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Tennessee Writing Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee [137] The Writing Academy, Farmington, Minnesota [138] Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference, Reno, Nevada [139] Tulsa NightWriters Craft of Writing Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma [140] UNF Writers Conference, August 5–7, 2011, University of North Florida, Jacksonville ...
Arvon was founded in 1968 by two young poets, John Fairfax and John Moat. [3] It runs residential writing courses at writing houses in three rural locations: Totleigh Barton, a 16th-century manor house in Devon; The Hurst, a manor house in Shropshire, which formerly belonged to the playwright John Osborne; and the former home of Ted Hughes, Lumb Bank, a 17th-century mill-owner's house hear ...
Places on courses at the retreat have been awarded as prizes for Scottish book awards, such as the Caledonia Novel Award and the Scottish Book Trust's Next Chapter Award. [8] [9] There are a number of fellowships available through the centre. These include: The Jessie Kesson Fellowship; Emerging Writer Award; Writing for Children Bursary
Since 1990 it has housed the National Writing Centre of Wales. [1] The centre specialises in residential creative writing and retreats. The courses are in both the English and Welsh languages, and cover many genres, forms and styles. The centre also holds regular seminars and forums.
Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat is a project in the village of Eyeries, County Cork, Ireland, which provides accommodation and a supportive environment for writers and other creative workers to develop their ideas. It was founded in 1998, and has hosted more than a thousand writers, artists, composers and choreographers since then.
At the memorial service for historian and writer Michael King in 2004, Gordon McLauchlan suggested that a writers' centre in King's name should be set up. [8] The centre was established through a charitable trust; together with McLauchlan, founding trustees included Christine Cole Catley, [9] Witi Ihimaera and Geoff Chapple.
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It is published in the UK each July, alongside the Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. The Yearbook contains 100 articles covering every aspect of the publishing world and the paths which creatives can follow to gain entry into it, and over 4,500 named industry contacts including agents, publishers, media companies and societies.