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  • February Writer's Chronicle

    Writer's Chronicle

    Surprise as Method & Mystique

    Jacob M. Appel discusses Chris Adrian's astonishing techniques in our February issue.

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  • Author Signings

    Conference & Bookfair

    Author Signings

    View our schedule of author signings for the 2013 Bookfair.

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  • AWP Award Series

    Contests

    AWP Award Series

    Submit now in creative nonfiction, novel, poetry, and short fiction.

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Annual Report on the State of the Academic Job Market

    Library

    Job Market Report

    AWP's annual report on the state of the academic job market.

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WC&C Scholarship Competition

    Contests

    WC&C Scholarship

    Submissions of fiction and poetry are welcome between December 1 and March 30.

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  • Conference & Bookfair Schedule

    Conference & Bookfair

    Event Schedule

    Our 2013 Conference & Bookfair will feature more than 500 events.

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Calendar

  • Feb 07

    Writers Studio at UCLA Extension

    Presented by the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, the Writers Studio at UCLA Extension is an intensive four days of instruction and writing.

  • Feb 22

    Arizona State University - Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference

    Sponsored by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University, Desert Nights, Rising Stars returns with new faces, old friends, and a renewed emphasis on developing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a true community of writer

  • Mar 06

    AWP Annual Conference

    Each year, AWP holds its Annual Conference & Bookfair in a different city to celebrate the authors, teachers, writing programs, literary centers, and independent publishers of that region. The conference typically features 450 readings, lectures, panel di

  • Mar 15

    Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference: Intensive

    A small (maximum 8), highly selective master conference (including, but not limited to, previous attendees). Total immersion for poetry manuscript with poets and editors Joan Houlihan and Martha Rhodes.

  • Mar 19

    University of North Dakota Writers Conference

    The 44th Annual UND Writers Conference features Tony Kushner, Cheryl Strayed, Gary Shteyngart, Mary Jo Bang, Dorothy Allison, Richard Bausch, Nick Flynn, and Ed Bok Lee.

  • Mar 21

    Write Stuff, The

    The Write Stuff is the annual conference of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group. It offers valuable opportunities to network with and learn from published authors, agents, editors, and other writers.

  • Mar 30

    National Black Writers Conference Bi-Annual Symposium

    The National Black Writers' Conference is dedicated to the exploration of emerging themes, trends and issues in Black American literature. It is hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY and attracts writers, scholars, editor

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