Cape Cod Writers Center Conference
The 2023 Cape Cod Writers Center Conference will be held from August 3 to August 6 at the Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis in Barn-stable, Massachusetts. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, an agent panel, and mentoring sessions with faculty. The faculty includes fiction and nonfiction writer Vanessa Mártir, and nonfiction writers Jamie Brickhouse, Margaret McMullan, and Stephanie Schorow. Creative nonfiction writer Verlyn Klinkenborg will deliver the keynote address. Participating publishing professionals include agents Alicia Brooks (Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency), Maggie Cooper (Aevitas Creative Management), and Jacqueline Flynn (Joëlle Delbourgo Associates); freelance developmental editors Jacquelin Cangro and Diane O’Connell; and publicist Penny Sansevieri (Author Marketing Experts). General registration is $80 and includes a yearlong membership to the Cape Cod Writers Center (registration is free for current members). Writers may stay at the Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis for $199 per night, or at other hotels in the area. Tuition for a three-session two-hour workshop is $170; the cost is $130 for a two-session workshop and $70 for a one-session workshop. Manuscript consultations are available for an additional $150. The deadline to register for a manuscript consultation is July 24. The general registration deadline is July 28. Visit the website for more information.
Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, P.O. Box 408, Osterville, MA 02655.
writers@capecodwriterscenter.org
Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program
The Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program offers residencies of one to three weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers looking to “explore the scientific process and interact with international scientific staff and visitors” at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on the wooded north shore of Long Island, New York. Residents are provided with a dorm room, private bathroom, all meals, and a $1,000 to $1,500 stipend, depending on the length of the stay. E-mail no more than 10 pages of poetry or prose, including a brief statement about the work, a 2,000-word
