Creative Writing and Research

A national new play festival that takes place over a two-year period. Selected theatres produce the winning scripts in their local communities and AACT spreads the word with nationwide promotion. The winning plays are published in an anthology by Dramatic Publishing Company.

Present your work at annual meetings, hosted at a different location in MS every February.

Poets, writers, and storytellers from around the country speak at the Symposium every October.

"A student-run publication of the MFA program at Mississippi University for Women, staffed by graduate students under the direction of Kendall Dunkelberg. PR publishes fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short plays, new media, and visual art twice a year."

Proactively search for writing awards through the Poets and Writers' database.

Hosting a writing event? Apply for supporting funds from Poets and Writers.

Read more about contests that award publications and current winners.

Looking to attend (or present at) a writer's conference? Explore the options on this list and see what's out there!

Search for festivals, conferences, and residencies by state, event, or genre.

List of conferences and events in the United States and internationally. Allows results to be filtered.