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    Conferences & Residencies

    Aug 18, 2021 11 minutes

    Agents & Editors Conference

    The Writers’ League of Texas 2021 Agents & Editors Conference will be held from September 17 to September 19 at the Hyatt Regency on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The conference features presentations, panels, receptions, a keynote address, and one-on-one consultations with editors and agents for fiction and creative nonfiction writers. Participating agents include Ian Bonaparte (Janklow & Nesbit), Stephanie Delman (Sanford J. Greenburger Associates), Ronald Gerber (Lowenstein Associates), and John Rudolph (Dystel, Goderich & Bourret). The cost of the conference is $399 for Writers’ League members and $459 for non-members and includes a one-on-one consultation and a ticket for the keynote luncheon. Lodging is available at the conference hotel for discounted rates. Full access to conference recordings will also be offered after the in-person conference for $399. Admissions are rolling through September 17. Visit the website for more information.

    Accessibility accommodations include elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, doorways, and parking; and ADA compliant bathrooms and events spaces. Contact Samantha Babiak, program director, for additional accessibility details or accessibility accommodation requests.

    Agents & Editors Conference, Writers’ League of Texas, 611 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200 A-3, Austin, TX 78704. (512) 499-8914. Samantha Babiak, Program Director.

    sam@writersleague.org

    writersleague.org/programs/a-e-conference

    A.I.R. Studio Paducah

    A.I.R. Studio Paducah offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky. Residents are provided with a private apartment, studio, and gallery space. The cost of the residency is $700 for two weeks and $1,000 for a month. Submit up to five poems of any length or up to 10 pages of prose, a curriculum vitae or résumé, a writer’s statement, and contact information for three references

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