Sewanee Writers' Conference. Tinker Mountain Writers' Workshop at Hollins University. College: New York State Summer Writers Institute. Summer Writer's Institute The Institute The New York State Writers Institute, established in 1984 by award-winning novelist William Kennedy at the University at Albany, SUNY, announces its 28th annual summer program to be held June 30 – July 25, 2014.
Under the joint auspices of the Office of the Dean of Special Programs at Skidmore College and the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, the summer program is held on the campus of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and will feature creative writing workshops in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. An extraordinary staff of distinguished writers, among them winners of such major honors as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, serve as Institute faculty members. The Location. 8th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival January 16-21, 2012.