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A list of places to send your poems on the days it feels too frivolous to send them anywhere
Sometimes it feels absolutely meaningless and absurd to be writing poems right now and sending them out for publication, but I keep doing it anyway
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A crowdsourced list of writing (and art) residencies
Gathered up from suggestions and comments left on the previous four residency lists!
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January Poetry Prompt Calendar
31 prompts for the month of January to help you set the tone <3
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A non-exhaustive list of writing (and art) residencies in the so-called US
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A list of letter-writing resources for the creative and hopeful heart
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Another non-exhaustive list of writing (and art) residencies in the so-called US
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31 Writing Prompts (a December Poetry Advent Calendar)
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17 art residencies in Maine
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January Poetry Prompt Calendar
31 prompts for the month of January to help you set the tone <3
Dec 28, 2025
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Audrey Gidman
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31 Writing Prompts (a December Poetry Advent Calendar)
...sort of. A list of end-of-year prompts to hopefully help you get a little closer to yourself <3
Nov 29, 2025
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artist residency
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A crowdsourced list of writing (and art) residencies
Gathered up from suggestions and comments left on the previous four residency lists!
Jan 3
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Audrey Gidman
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17 art residencies in Maine
A list of art residencies across so-called Maine providing programming, fellowships, studio space, and more.
Oct 6, 2025
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A non-exhaustive list of international writing (and art) residencies
A number of you asked me to create a list of international residencies so I gathered one up for you!
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31 Writing Prompts (a December Poetry Advent Calendar)
...sort of. A list of end-of-year prompts to hopefully help you get a little closer to yourself <3
Nov 29, 2025
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Audrey Gidman
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17 art residencies in Maine
A list of art residencies across so-called Maine providing programming, fellowships, studio space, and more.
Oct 6, 2025
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Audrey Gidman
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A gift: a compilation of quotes that have been living in my Notes app for the last several months
When I think of my life and all its secret colors, I feel like bursting into tears. —Albert Camus
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