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CONFERENCES & RESIDENCIES
Residents are provided with private
studio space, a private bedroom, shared
bathrooms, and meals. For residencies
from March 2020 through early June
2020, using only the online application
system submit 10 pages of poetry or 20
pages of prose, a project description, and
two letters of recommendation with a
$40 application fee by September 1. The
application deadline for fall residencies
is March 1, 2020. Visit the website for an
application and complete guidelines.
Ucross Foundation Residency Program,
30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835.
(307) 737-2291.
http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/residency-program
Under the Volcano Master
Classes and Residency
The 17th annual Under the Volcano
Master Classes and Residency will be
held from January 9, 2020, to January
19, 2020, in Tepoztlán, Mexico, a village
located in the foothills of volcanoes
approximately one hour from Mexico
City. The conference features daily
master classes in poetry, fiction, and
creative nonfiction, as well as readings,
manuscript consultations, excursions,
time to write, and an optional two-week
with lodging and work space in a private
cabin, access to the center’s gardens and
library, as well as nearby mountains,
lakes, and waterfalls. The cost of the resi-
dency is $150 per week, or $50 per week
if the resident contributes eight hours
of work per week toward improving the
center. Transportation and meals are
not included. For residencies beginning
in March 2020, submit up to 20 pages
of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfic-
tion, a résumé, a statement of intent, and
contact information for one reference
with a $20 application fee. Applications
are accepted on a rolling basis. Visit the
website for an application and complete
guidelines.
Rensing Center, 1165 Mile Creek Road,
Pickens, SC 29671. (864) 380-1267.
[email protected]
http://www.rensingcenter.org
Ucross Foundation Residency
Program
The Ucross Foundation offers residen-
cies of two to six weeks during the spring
and fall to poets, fiction writers, and
creative nonfiction writers on a 20,000-
acre working cattle ranch in the foothills
of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains.
and neighboring venues in downtown
Portland, Oregon. The festival features
writing workshops, panel discussions, a
book fair, and pop-up readings. The cost
of admission is $15 in advance and $20
on site for adults, and free for attendees
under the age of 17, high school students,
and military veterans. Paying attendees
receive a $5 voucher that is redeem-
able at the book fair. Workshops, which
include festival admission, are available
for up to $75. Registration is first come,
first served. Visit the website for more
information.
Portland Book Festival, Literary Arts, Inc.,
925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR

97205. (503) 227-2583. Amanda Bullock,
       Director of Public Programs.
       [email protected]
       http://www.literary-arts.org/pdxbookfest

Rensing Center
The Rensing Center offers residencies
of three weeks to three months from
March through August to poets, fiction
writers, and creative nonfiction writers
in the Southern Appalachian foothills
of Pickens, South Carolina. Writers
whose work is focused on the environ-
ment are eligible. Residents are provided

the longer we

were there

A Memoir of a

Part-Time Soldier

Steven Moore

association of writer s

& writing programs

award for creative

nonfiction

valuing

Poems by

Christopher Kondrich

Selected by

Jericho Brown

national poetry prize

once removed

Stories by

Colette Sartor

flannery o’connor

award for short

fiction

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS

@UGAPress ugapress.org

made holy

Essays

Emily Arnason Casey

crux: the georgia series

in literary nonfiction

through a small ghost

Poems by Chelsea Dingman

Selected by Travis Denton

georgia poetry prize