Conferences & Residencies
A.I.R. Studio Paducah
A.I.R. Studio Paducah offers residencies of two weeks to three months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky. Residents are provided with a private apartment and studio space. The cost of the residency is $550 for two weeks and $875 for a month. For residencies in 2020, submit up to five poems of any length or up to 10 pages of prose, a resume, a writer’s statement, and contact information for three references with a $25 application fee by October 12. Visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.
A.I.R. Studio Paducah, 4410 Oglethorpe Street #609, Hyattsville, MD 20781. (301) 454-0433. Kay Lindsey, Communications Coordinator.
American Literary Translators Association Conference
The 42nd annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference will be held from November 7 to November 10 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester & Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, New York. The conference features panels, workshops, readings, a book fair, and opportunities to meet with editors and translators. The 2019 theme is “Sight and Sound.” American Sign Language poetry troupe Flying Words Project will deliver the keynote. The cost of the conference for ALTA members is $200 before October 7, $225 before October 21, and $250 on site. The cost for non-ALTA members is $275 before October 7, $300 before October 21, and $325 on site. The cost for students is $50 before October 21 and $75 on site. One-day passes are available for $125 before October 21 and $150 on site. Lodging is available at the conference hotel for discounted rates, starting at $159 per night. Visit the website for more information. American Literary Translators Association Conference, American Literary Translators Association, University of Arizona, Esquire Building #205, 1230 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721. Elisabeth Jaquette, Executive Director.
elisabeth@literarytranslators.org
www.literarytranslators.org/conference/alta42-sight-and-sound
Art Omi Writers Residency
Residencies of one week to two months are offered to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators from late March through early June and from early September through early November at Omi International Arts Center, situated on 300 acres in the Hudson River Valley town of Ghent, New York. Approximately ten writers can be accommodated during each session.
