American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute
The American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute offers workshops to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from June 28 to July 19 on the university’s campus in the seventh arrondissement of Paris. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Siân Dafydd, poet and nonfiction writer Biswamit Dwibedy, and novelist Amanda Dennis. The cost of tuition is €2,050 (approximately $2,158) for auditors; the cost of tuition for transferable academic credit is €4,100 (approximately $4,316). Lodging is available in residence halls arranged through the university. Using only the online application system, submit a personal statement, academic transcripts (or a copy of a tertiary degree for auditors), and an online application form with a €50 (approximately $53) application fee by June 1. To apply for one of three travel stipends of up to €500 (approximately $526), submit via e-mail a creative writing sample of three to five poems of any length or five to 10 pages of prose and a paragraph explaining how this course in Paris might help you develop as a writer, in addition to the completed summer application and application fee, by March 31. Visit the website for more information.
Accessibility accommodations include public transportation near the venue, elevators in all multilevel event spaces, and accessible doorways. E-mail the university for additional accessibility details or to arrange workshop scheduling in an accessible classroom.
American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute, 5 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg, 75007 Paris, France. Andrea Christmas, Summer School Coordinator. admissions@aup.edu
aup.edu/admissions/summer/courses/creative-writing
Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency
The Adirondack Center for Writing will offer a residency from September 24 to October 8 to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Three of the residents will be chosen from the Adirondack region and the other three from anywhere in the world. Residents are each provided with a private room and bathroom, work space, and all meals. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for travel expenses to and from Twitchell Lake. Using only the online application system, submit a writing sample of up to 10 pages with a $30 application fee between April 10 and May 10. Visit the website for more information.
Accessibility accommodations include accessible dining spaces, reading event spaces, and parking. Contact executive director Nathalie Thill at nathalie@adirondackcenterforwriting.org or (518) 354-1261 for additional accessibility details.
Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency, Adirondack Center for Writing, P.O. Box 956, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. (518) 354-1261.
info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org
adirondackcenterforwriting.org/residency
Atlanta Writers Conference
The spring 2023 Atlanta Writers Conference, sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, will be held from May 5 to May 6 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel. The conference includes a book fair featuring attendees’ books; presentations on the craft and business of writing, including a workshop on writing diverse characters for inclusive literature; agent and editor pitch sessions; manuscript sample critiques; query letter critiques; and Q&A panels for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writers. Virtual participation will be available for all agent and editor meetings, including query letter critiques, manuscript sample critiques, and pitch activities, as well as the awards ceremony. Participating publishing professionals include acquisitions editors William E. Burleson (Flexible Press), Kimberly Davis (Madville Publishing), Rachel Gilmer (Sourcebooks), Ashley Hearn (Peachtree Publishing), Colin Hosten (Woodhall Press), Meg Reid (Hub City Press), Sara Rodgers (Graydon House/HarperCollins), and Reagan Rothe (Black Rose Writing), and literary agents Margaret Danko and Antoinette Van Sluytman (Irene Goodman Literary Agency), Sarah N. Fisk (Tobias Literary Agency), Alice Fugate (Joy Harris Literary Agency), Saint Gibson (Speilburg Literary), Ismita Hussain (Great
