Deadline: July 31, 2020
Don’t forget The Daphne Review is hosting an online mentorship program for talented high school student writers and established writers/teachers acting as their mentors. They’re currently taking applications for both types (students and qualified mentors) until July 31st! To apply, submit a resume and brief cover letter to [email protected]. Start Date: August 3-28. Format: online. Classes: flash fiction, poetry. Pay for mentors: $50 per hour for skype or $200; $25 per hour for email or $100; total: $300 via paypal. www.thedaphnereview.org
Event :: The Center for Creative Writing Offers Online Courses & Community
Deadline: Year-round
The Center for Creative Writing has been guiding aspiring writers toward a regular writing practice for more than 30 years. Our passionate, published teachers offer inspiring online writing courses in affordable six-week sessions, as well as one-on-one services (guidance, editing) and writing retreats (virtual for 2020). Whatever your background or experience, we can help you become a better writer and put you in touch with the part of you that must write, so that you will keep writing. Join our inclusive, supportive community built on reverence for creativity and self-expression, and find your way with words. Creativewritingcenter.com.
Call :: The Daphne Review Seeks Mentors & Student Writers
Deadline: July 31, 2020
The Daphne Review is hosting an online mentorship program for talented high school student writers and established writers/teachers acting as their mentors. We’re currently taking applications for both types (students and qualified mentors) until July 31st! To apply, submit a resume and brief cover letter to [email protected]. Start Date: August 3-28. Format: online. Classes: flash fiction, poetry. Pay for mentors: $50 per hour for skype or $200; $25 per hour for email or $100; total: $300 via paypal. www.thedaphnereview.org
Explore Your Wild at the Elk River Writers Workshop
The Elk River Writers Workshop embodies the idea that deep, communal experiences with the wild open the door to creativity. We bring together some of the most celebrated nature writers in the U.S. with students who are serious about fostering a connection with the environment in their writing, all under the big Montana skies. Rolling application deadline. Offering full refunds for coronavirus-related cancellations. elkriverwriters.org
2020 Chesapeake Writers’ Conference: Words. Water. Woods: Write on the River.
Spend the first week of summer on the St. Mary’s River! The 9th Annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference offers an immersive experience featuring daily workshops with accomplished faculty in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and songwriting; a diverse schedule of craft talks, lectures, panels, and readings; a youth workshop for high school students; and a Teachers’ Seminar for educators. All levels welcome. www.smcm.edu/events/chesapeake-writers-conference/
**They are monitoring the current situation and are optimistic they will be able to host the June conference as planned. A final decision will be made this month.**
2020 Cherry Tree Young Writers’ Conference Moves Online
This year the Cherry Tree Young Writers’ Conference will be held online. With this change, the conference will still involve the same great faculty, craft discussions, readings, and literary camaraderie that the face-to-face conference promised.
The dates stay the same: July 15-18 with a similar schedule, and the price to participate has been discounted. Scholarships are still available.
Learn more about this year’s conference at The Rose O’Neill Literary House page on the Washington College website.
Event :: Summer 2020 Writers Institute at Washington University in St. Louis
They are monitoring the current situation, but are hopeful the Summer Writers Institute will be able to happen as planned. This annual event brings together many of St. Louis’ finest writers to share their expertise with students who are serious about developing their writing. This year celebrates their 25th anniversary. The Institute is an intensive two-week program featuring workshops in fiction, micro-fiction, poetry, and personal narrative. Deadline to register is July 16. The Institute will run July 17 through 31. summerschool.wustl.edu/summer-writers-institute
Learn Online with Carve Magazine
Besides being both an online and print literary magazine, Carve also offers online writing classes and online workshops. Did you know that?
They currently offer two writing classes on the Wet Ink platform: Short Story Writing: Fundamentals and Short Story Writing Techniques. Theses classes both run five weeks and are held multiple times during the year.
Fundamentals consists of five lessons: Character & Plot, Point of View, Dialogue, Inner Monologue, and Description.
- June 15 – July 19
- August 24 to September 27
Techniques consists of five lessons: Use of Senses, Imagery, Metaphors & Similes, Rhythm & Pacing, and Threading.
- May 11 – June 14
- July 20 – August 23
- September 28 – November 1
Their Online Writing Workshop is devoted to editing for short stories or essays. This is a 10-week course where you get one-on-one attention from a Carve editor. Their next workshops start on June 1 and September 14.
2020 Writing & Literary Event Updates
With the uncertainty around the world and each country doing their best to respond to COVID-19 and stop the spread of the virus, many events are being postponed or cancelled. I have compiled a list of events that have updated their sites or social media with this information. I will update this post along with our Guide to Writing Conferences & Events when I find new ones. Know of any that need to be added to the list? Please contact us.
Arizona
Tucson Festival of Books – Cancelled, 2021 dates TBA
University of Arizona Poetry Center – Cancelling events through May 15
The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing – Events postponed or cancelled through April 8
Arkansas
Six Bridges Book Festival – Postponed until fall, dates TBA Continue reading “2020 Writing & Literary Event Updates”
The Writer’s Hotel Postpones June All-Fiction Writers Conference
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Writer’s Hotel has decided to postpone its annual summer NYC All-Fiction Writers Conference. The event was originally going to take place June 3-9, but is now slated for October 14-20. The application deadline is now August 9. Follow The Writer’s Hotel on social media for updates on their events.
Alongkian Writer Conferences June 2020 New York Pitch Conference
Algonkian Writer Conferences hosts the New York Pitch Conference and writers workshop four times a year. The next event is taking place June 18 through 21. Their goal is to help set writers on a realistic path to publication.
This event focuses on the art of the novel pitch “as the best method not only for communicating your work, but for having you and your work taken seriously by industry professionals.”
The registration fee will go up after June 13. Learn more…