YADDO RETREAT
Yaddo
DEADLINE: January 5, 2023
INFO: Yaddo has been a haven for artists for a century. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment for individual artists, giving you the time, space and silence to create your best work. Our mission is to nurture the creative process at our 400-acre retreat in upstate, New York, protecting the essential privacy of artists and offering an opportunity to work without interruption in a supportive environment.
We offer residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. You may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of up to three artists. Peer review is the keystone of our selection process, with different panelists each season. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board and a studio. There is no fee to come to Yaddo, and we have access grants to help offset the costs of attending a residency.
All artists are encouraged to apply! Generally, those who qualify for Yaddo residencies are either working at the professional level in their fields or are emerging artists whose work shows great professional promise. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged solely on the quality of the work. There are no publication, exhibition or performance requirements if granted a residency.
ELIGIBILITY: Artists in all disciplines who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible to apply to Yaddo.
Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied in 2021 (January or August deadline), you will be eligible to apply again in either January or August of 2023.
REAPPLICATION: All artists seeking residency at Yaddo must submit a complete application, including recent work samples. The criterion for repeat visit requests is the same as for first visits – the quality of the artist’s work. However, preference is normally given to artists who have not recently visited Yaddo.
FEES: Yaddo’s nonrefundable application fee is $30, to which is added a fee for media uploads ranging from $5 to $10, depending on the discipline. Application fees must be paid by credit card. Applicants who might experience difficulty in paying the application fee are encouraged to contact our Program Department. Artists are responsible for the means to travel to and from Yaddo. However, we have access grants available to offset the costs of accepting an invitation to Yaddo.
LENGTH OF STAY: Residencies vary in length – the average stay is five weeks. The minimum stay is two weeks; the maximum is eight weeks.
FINANCIAL AID: Funds exist to provide limited financial aid to artists, based on need. Only individuals who have already been invited for visits may apply for financial assistance. Specific instructions and an application form are included with each letter of invitation.
ADMISSIONS PANEL: Applications are considered by five independent admissions committees in the artistic disciplines represented at Yaddo: Literature, Visual Art, Music Composition, Performance, and Film & Video. Membership in these committees rotates frequently and the members are artists whose work is recognized and esteemed by their peers. Collaborative applications are considered by appropriate cross-disciplinary panelists.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES:
Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, librettos, and graphic novels.
Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art
Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art
Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance
Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays
Applicants should apply to the Admissions Panel that best represents the project they wish to undertake should they be invited for a residency. Applicants may apply to only one admissions panel, and in one genre, at a time. Artists working in new disciplines or on projects that do not fit easily into the above disciplinary categories are encouraged to contact the Program Director about which category is most appropriate for their project.
COLLABORATIONS: Small groups (2 to 3 individuals) of artists wishing to work collaboratively are encouraged to apply. Each member of the group will need to submit an individual application under “Collaborative Teams.” Work samples should give a clear and precise representation of the nature of the collaboration, preferably via previous work the applicants have undertaken together as a collaborative team. Support personnel or interpretative artists, such as computer programmers, instrumentalists, set and lighting designers, and dancers, cannot be included in a residency as part of a collaborative team.
Artists who do not have a collaborative history but who wish to be in residence at the same time should apply to the admissions panel most closely connected to their individual artistic discipline, rather than Collaborative Teams. Concurrent dates of residence may be requested.
Specific questions should be directed to the Program Director before submitting an application.
REFERENCES: Artists are required to have one current reference on file for each application. Rather than a standard letter of recommendation, applicants must provide the name of a colleague who can answer two brief questions regarding artistic work and character. Jurors evaluating your application give more consideration to references from peers in your field. Yaddo does not accept letters of reference on paper or from Interfolio or other reference services. All references must come through SlideRoom.
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CHAPBOOK CONTEST
Garden Party Collective
SUBMISSION PERIOD: January 8 - January 14, 2023
ENTRY FEE: $0
ABOUT US: Garden Party Collective is made of writers who want to create a space that treats publishing as an invitation. Not only do we want to support the growth and development of authors, but we aim to honor the process with collaboration in each stage—from seedling to germination to full bloom—and everything in between.
We hope to grow the party by inviting authors to join the Collective after their publication so they can nurture the future cohort of authors. As the Collective grows, we know some things will change, but collaboration and generosity will always be at our core.
For our chapbook contest, our three judges—Laura Villareal, Stephen Furlong, and Lyd Havens—will each be picking a winner. We're excited to bring three collections into print!
GUIDELINES: All submission entries should be accompanied by a 2-4 sentence bio and any relevant links in the body of the email. Please attach your chapbook manuscript as a pdf / doc / docx to gardenpartycollectivelit@gmail.com. Submissions are ONLY ACCEPTED on the designated submission days. One manuscript per person, please. Any entry received after the selected dates will not be considered for publication. We read every manuscript, and will have our picks for finalists within two months of submissions!
-Submissions must be ~20 pages min/~30 pages max (including ToC, Acknowledgements, etc)
-Acknowledgments page required for all previously published pieces
-Please start each piece on a new page
-Individual pieces may be previously published, but large portions of the manuscript cannot be already published
-Prose, poetry, and hybrid combinations are all welcome (in traditional or experimental styles)
-Please double-space all fiction and essays
-We’re open to collaborations, translation, reviews, art, and anything you can think of–surprise us!
-Please include your pronouns in your bio/submission so we can properly refer to you.
WHAT WE OFFER OUR AUTHORS:
-20 author copies (plus free copies of the other winning chaps for the year!)
-An initial print run of 125 copies, with additional print runs as needed
-Beautiful cover art! We'll work with you if you have someone in mind, or we'll find somebody wonderful together
-Expert printing & binding
-Online release of our winning chaps as free ebooks later in the year
-An invitation to feature at our Garden Party online reading
-Reviews & blurbs for your book from within our network
-Invitation to join the Garden Party Collective—lend your voice for picking new winners in future contests
-Winners will have extensive involvement regarding their cover art, interior design, and general editing, with plenty of guidance from our entire collective—let's grow your writing with lots of different perspectives!
gardenpartycollective.com/
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James Merrill Writer-in-Residence
James Merrill House
DEADLINE: January 9, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: James Merrill House invites writers of all genres to apply for their Fall '23-Summer '24 residencies.
We have six residencies for 2023-24: September 2023 (4 weeks), October (4 weeks) November (4 weeks) February-mid March 2024 (6 weeks) April-mid May (6 weeks) August (4 weeks)
STIPEND: The Writer-in-Residence program includes a stipend of $1,100 per month, prorated according to the length of stay.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Applicants must be:
A writer or scholar with a specific project of literary or academic merit who is committed to full-time residence in Stonington during his or her stay. We regret that the residency is not intended for completion of one’s dissertation. Genres accepted: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, plays.
A person willing to contribute to the community. It is expected that this will include a reading or a workshop for the community.
A person of integrity and responsibility who can be entrusted with the Merrill Apartment and its contents.
We welcome suggestions from applicants about ways in which our fellows might reinforce the community’s links to writing, poetry, and James Merrill’s legacy.
APPLICATIONS: We accept applications for the 2023-2024 residencies between October 1, 2022 and January 9, 2023 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. Decisions will be made by mid-March.
GUIDELINES:
A complete application includes the following documents:
A resume of four or fewer pages
A writing or work sample of ten or fewer pages
A statement of your plan of work while in Stonington CT
Two letters of reference
If applicable, a brief biographical sketch of a spouse or partner who would be residing in the apartment with you. Please note that due to the age and nature of the building we cannot accept pets and it may be difficult for a child to reside there. If you have a child that would need to reside with you during the residency please let us know. Also, please note that the apartment is located on the third floor and is only accessible by stairs.
The James Merrill House follows the State of Connecticut guidelines on the COVID-19 pandemic.
A $30 application fee. Unfortunately, we do not allow fee exemptions.
jamesmerrillhouse.submittable.com/submit
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Discovery Poetry Contest: The Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prizes
92NY
DEADLINE: January 13, 2023 at 5 pm ET
SUBMISSION FEE: $15
INFO: For over 70 years 92Y’s Discovery Contest has launched the careers of major poets. Four winners receive a reading at 92NY, publication in The Paris Review Daily, a two-day residency at the ACE Hotel, roundtrip travel as needed and $500 each.
This year’s preliminary judges are Timothy Donnelly and Omotara James; Kaveh Akbar, Tracie Morris and Simone White are final judges.
ELIGIBILITY:
The contest is open to poets who have not published a full-length poetry collection.
Poets who have published chapbooks of less than 42 pages and in prints of less than 500 are eligible.
Poets who have self-published, have a book contract or who are awarded a book contract after submission are not eligible if the book is scheduled for publication before fall 2023. If you receive a book contract following submission, please withdraw your manuscript over Submittable or email.
Manuscripts by more than one author are not eligible.
Translations of another poet’s work are not eligible. All poems must be original and primarily in English.
MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES:
Submissions must be no longer than ten pages, typed.
At least two of the poems must be a page or shorter. (You cannot submit five two page poems, two five page poems, etc.)
Do not submit multiple poems per page.
Poems that have been or will be published in periodicals or anthologies may be submitted; however, at least two of the submitted poems must be unpublished as of May 2023.
Personal identification cannot appear in the manuscript document in any form. Personal information includes:
a) Your name anywhere in the manuscript document, including the text, headers, footers, file name or submission name.
b) Copyright attributions for published poems included anywhere in the manuscript document such as in footnotes, footers, headers, etc. For information on how to send us this information, please see “How to Submit” below.No contestant may submit more than one entry.
We cannot accept corrections after submission.
92ny.org/poetry/discovery-contest/guidelines
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KUNDIMAN RETREAT
Kundiman
DEADLINE: January 15, 2023
FEES: $375 (Tuition Fee) + $25 (Application Fee)
INFO: In order to mentor and build community among Asian American writers, Kundiman sponsors an annual Retreat in partnership with Fordham University. During each Retreat, six nationally renowned Asian American poets and fiction writers conduct craft classes and mentorship meetings. Readings, writing circles, and informal social gatherings are also scheduled. Through this Retreat, Kundiman hopes to provide a safe and instructive environment that identifies and addresses the unique challenges faced by emerging Asian American writers. This five-day Retreat takes place from Wednesday to Sunday.
CRAFT CLASSES & MENTORSHIP MEETINGS: A nationally renowned Asian American writer facilitates each craft class. Fellows are assigned a home group for the duration of the retreat, and each home group takes one craft class with each faculty member in their genre. Craft classes will not exceed six students. The Kundiman Retreat is generative in nature and so craft classes are focused on new work that is written at the Retreat. Craft classes include a craft talk, readings and prompts / exercises to generate this new work. Poetry and fiction Fellows will receive 30 minute mentorship meetings where they can speak with a faculty member about craft, career, and the writing life. Our hope is that Fellows are able to forge a deeper relationship to their artistic process and are able to encounter their work with renewed focus and energy.
LOCATION: The Kundiman Retreat is held at Fordham University's beautiful Rose Hill Campus located in the Bronx, NYC. If you have any questions about accessibility or if you need any accommodations, please email info@kundiman.org.
ELIGIBILITY: Anyone who self-identifies as Asian American can apply to the Retreat.
FEES: The non-refundable tuition fee is $375. Thanks to the Fordham College at Rose Hill, room and board are provided free to accepted Fellows. We thank our generous donors for making the reduced rate possible in order to nurture the next generation of Asian American writers. The full cost for a Fellow to attend a Retreat would otherwise be $2500.
The application fee is $25.
LOGISTICS: It is expected that Fellows and faculty are in residence at Fordham University for the duration of the Retreat. We will ask that you not invite in outside visitors, or make plans to meet with visitors during the retreat. If you would like to explore New York City separate from the Retreat, please make plans to arrive in New York a few days before or after the Retreat to make arrangements for this. If you know that you will not be able to be in residence for the entirety of the Retreat, it is recommended that you select another year to attend.
Everyone in attendance will be required to be vaccinated and boosted to attend the Retreat, and to take a COVID test before arrival. Masks are required to be worn at all mandatory indoor events except when drinking or eating. Further guidance on COVID protocol will be provided to admitted Fellows at a later date.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Between December 1st and January 15th, apply to the Kundiman Retreat by clicking on one of the below buttons. Submit a cover letter and brief writing sample 5–7 pages of poetry or 5 pages of prose (1250 words max). Notification on application status will be given by mid-March.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Due to the generosity of individuals, social justice organizations, and community giving circles, Kundiman is able to offer needs-based tuition scholarships for our summer retreat. See below for more information about the scholarship eligibility requirements. Scholarships are awarded after Fellows have been selected and notified; there is not a separate application process. If you are interested in donating a tuition scholarship, please contact Kundiman’s Development Associate Shan Rao at shan@kundiman.org.
PAWA Manuel and Penelope Flores Prize - PAWA's Manuel and Penelope Flores Prize Fund continues to provide annual scholarships to three Filipino American Kundiman Fellows to attend the retreat. For more information about Manuel G. Flores click here.
Queer Scholarship Fund - In an effort to support LGBTQIA+ Asian American writers, Kundiman is able to provide two tuition scholarships for two Fellows to attend the Annual Summer Retreat.
General Scholarship Fund - General scholarships are given, based on need and the funds available to us.
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Saltonstall Residency
DEADLINE: January 15, 2023
INFO: Saltonstall offers free residencies to artists and writers who are current residents of New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. Our residencies are designed for those looking for a quiet, supportive environment in which to focus on their craft.
In 2019, we piloted a new program: a free six-night residency specifically for artist/writer parents with at least one dependent child under the age of 18 at home. This new residency was a huge success, and is now in its fourth year. We are not able to accommodate children, spouses, partners, or collaborators. This residency is designed for the artist/writer parent alone.
Our categories include:
Poetry
Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Photography (film or digital) & Filmmaking
Painting | Sculpture | Visual Arts
Each residency session includes the same combination of five artists and writers: one poet, one fiction or creative nonfiction writer, one photographer or filmmaker, and two visual artists. These residencies are designed for individual artists and writers; we cannot accommodate collaborations or partners working together.
All residencies (incl. the six-night residency for artist/writer parents, the two-week, and four-week) function exactly the same way. Each group of five arrives and leaves together, and the application process for all residencies is also exactly the same.
2023 RESIDENCY DATES:
We are offering two residencies specifically for artist/writer parents:
Thursday – Thursday, June 1 – 8
Thursday – Thursday, October 19 – 26
(Please note: this residency is strictly for artist/writer parents who have at least one dependent child at home. The residency is designed to be a period of solitude and focus; as such, we ask that children and other family members remain home.)
Our four-week residencies:
Monday – Monday, June 12 – July 10
Monday – Monday, July 17 – August 14
Our three-week residency (new in 2023!):
Monday – Monday, August 21 – September 11
Our two-week residencies:
Thursday – Thursday, September 14 – 28
Monday – Monday, October 2 – 16
Our one-week residency (new in 2023!):
Monday – Monday, October 30 – November 6
Note: for our two-, three-, and four-week sessions, artists and writers will be expected to participate in an open house at the end of the residency.
AWARD: There is no cost associated with the residency and no cost to apply. Artists and writers who are awarded a residency are provided the following:
$100 per-week stipend + additional stipend support based on financial need. This will be new in 2023. We expect the upper threshold to be approximately $1,000 with priority given to those living below the median household income for their NYS County.
writers: a spacious private apartment with ample desk space
visual artists: a private apartment with adjoining studio space on the same level
photographers or filmmakers: a private apartment with ample desk space and a fully functional wet darkroom
all apartments have private baths and a patio or balcony
hearty chef-prepared vegetarian dinners (we always accommodate for allergies but cannot always accommodate very specific dietary sensitivities.)
groceries and a 24-hour accessible kitchen
washer and dryer in each building
Saltonstall is located eight miles outside Ithaca, NY in the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes region.
The residency competition is statewide and is open to residents of New York State and/or the Indian Nations located therein. Residency alumni are eligible to re-apply two years after being accepted for a residency. (Ex. artists/writers who were in residence in 2021 are eligible to re-apply in 2023.)
saltonstall.org/residencies/juried-residencies/
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2022 PRINT CONTEST: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation
Columbia Journal
DEADLINE: Extended to January 15, 2022
ENTRY FEE: $15
INFO: The Columbia Journal is delighted to announce that the 2022 Print Contest will accept submissions in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation. Our judges this year are Jonathan Escoffery (fiction), Qian Julie Wang (nonfiction), Diana Khoi Nguyen (poetry), and Valzhyna Mort (translation).
PRIZE: The four first place winners of the Print Contest will be published in print in Columbia Journal’s 61st issue in the summer of 2023 and will receive a $400 cash prize each. At least two additional finalists will be selected and announced for each genre.
FEES: Entry to the 2022 Print Contest will be accepted via Submittable and requires a $15 entry fee, which helps subsidize the contest and our magazine at large.
COMPLETE GUIDELINES:
The four winning artists will receive $400 and have their work published in Columbia Journal’s 61st issue, to be released in the summer of 2023. Some finalists may also be published in the issue or online.
One story per submission. Multiple submissions welcome. Submissions with more than one story per document cannot be considered.
Fiction and nonfiction submissions must not exceed 5,000 words. Poetry submissions must not exceed 5 pages, and must not exceed three poems.
The contest entrant’s name should not appear anywhere on the submitted file. In addition, because we share files electronically, it is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure other identifying notations, including references in the document’s properties and title, are not present.
Contest finalists are blind judged to select prize winners.
All work must be submitted through Submittable. We will not accept mailed or emailed submissions.
All work must be original and previously unpublished in any form.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Submissions may not be modified after entry. The Columbia Journal, however, reserves the right to suggest edits to the winning story as well as to finalists’ and semi-finalists’ work that they are interested in publishing.
Contest entrants cannot have studied or taught at the Columbia University Writing Program at any time in the past three years.
If you have questions, please email us at publisher.columbia@gmail.com.
ABOUT OUR JUDGES:
FICTION: Jonathan Escoffery
Jonathan Escoffery’s debut story collection, If I Survive You, which was long-listed for the National Book Award and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, and is a finalist for the Southern Book Prize and a Golden Poppy Award. Jonathan also is the winner of The Paris Review’s 2020 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and is the recipient of a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts (Prose) Literature Fellowship. His stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Oprah Daily, Electric Literature, Zyzzyva, AGNI, Pleiades, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Passages North, and elsewhere. Jonathan has taught creative writing and seminars on the writer’s life at Stanford University, the University of Minnesota, the Center for Fiction, Tin House, The Work Room, The Porch, and at GrubStreet in Boston. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program (Fiction) and attends the University of Southern California’s Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature Program as a Provost Fellow. He is a 2021-2023 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.
NONFICTION: Qian Julie Wang
Qian Julie Wang is The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country and a civil rights litigator. A graduate of Yale Law School and Swarthmore College, Qian Julie is managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP, a firm dedicated to advancing education, disability, and civil rights on behalf of marginalized communities. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and The Cut, and she has appeared on the TODAY Show, MSNBC, and NPR. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two rescue dogs, Salty and Peppers.
POETRY: Diana Khoi Nguyen
A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of (2018) and recipient of a 2021 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to winning the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest, 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Colorado Book Award, she was also a finalist for the National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A Kundiman fellow, she is core faculty in the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. In the spring of 2022, she was an artist-in-residence at Brown University.
TRANSLATION: Valzhyna Mort
Valzhyna Mort is a poet and translator born in Minsk, Belarus. She is the author of three poetry collections, Factory of Tears (2008), Collected Body (2011) and, most recently, Music for the Dead and Resurrected (2020), named one of the best poetry book of 2020 by the New York Times and NPR, and the winner of the 2020 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Mort is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, the Lannan Foundation, and the Amy Clampitt Foundation. Her essays and poetry have appeared in The Best American Poetry, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Poetry, Poetry Review, Granta, The White Review, The Baffler, and many more. Mort teaches at Cornell University and writes in English and Belarusian. She translates between English, Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish. She has received the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation and the National Endowment for the Arts grant in translation for her work on Polina Barskova’s book of selected poems, Air Raid (2021). Valzhyna Mort’s Belarusian books are Я тоненькая як твае вейкі (2005), Эпідэмія Ружаў (2017), and Песні Для Мёртвых і Ўваскрэслых (2022).
columbiajournal.org/2022-columbia-journal-print-contest/
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2023 Emerging Artist Residency - For MN & NYC Artists
Anderson Center at Tower View
DEADLINE: January 16, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to advance their personal artistic goals and projects.
The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency is an ideal fit for early-career artists in need of focused time and dedicated space in an inspiring residency work environment that empowers them take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving.
Thanks to generous support from the Jerome Foundation, selected emerging artists receive a $625/week artist stipend, documentation support, art-making resources, lodging & studio space, a travel honorarium, groceries, and chef-prepared communal dinners.
The Anderson Center is an artist community founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate, a venerable research-and-development lab for the arts rooted in an expansive natural setting in rural Red Wing, MN (approximately 1-hour outside the Twin Cities metro).
The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency is geared toward generative art making, as well as exchange across an interdisciplinary cohort. The program is well suited for vocational early-career artists in pursuit of time, space, and resources to truly commit to a project and explore new creative territories. Critiques, studio visits, and formal professional development are not offered.
The Anderson Center seeks to support emerging writers and artists with an uncompromising drive to create new work at Tower View in August 2023 that demonstrates significant potential for cultural and community impact, is technically accomplished, and engages diverse communities. The organization also believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with an exchange of ideas between artists working across disciplines, can serve as a catalyst for new inspiration and innovative directions for the work emerging artists create while in residence.
DEFINITION OF “EMERGING ARTIST”: While the Anderson Center’s general Artist Residency Program hosts artists with a wide range of talent and experience, its Emerging Artist Residency Program exclusively focuses on meeting the specific needs of artists who are in the early stages of their artistic development and career.
The Anderson Center’s goal is to support artists early in their careers who create work that is and/or has the potential to be:
Compelling—offering distinctive vision and authentic voice;
Deeply considered, imaginative, and executed with attention to craft and with technical proficiency, providing artistic experiences that communicate unique perspective/s, and invite viewers to question, discover, explore new ideas in new ways;
Innovative and risk-taking—engaging, questioning, challenging or re-imagining conventional artistic forms.
The Anderson Center defines an emerging artist as someone in the early stages of their creative development with 2-10 years of generative experience, and:
have a focused direction and goals, even while still developing their artistic “voice”
have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles or the public at large
are vocational (as opposed to avocational, academic, amateur or educational) artists
Artists who have been in the field for longer than 10 years (excluding any time in a degree-granting program; as a dancer in work created by others; remounting the work of other choreographers; or time away from working as an artist due to circumstances–e.g., having children, caring for family members, long-term illness, etc.) are generally not eligible, even if they feel under-recognized. Age is not a factor in determining emerging artist status.
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES:
The four primary eligibility guidelines for the Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency are:
Legal residency in the State of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Not enrolled in any degree-granting program from time of application through residency period.
Self-identification as an “emerging artist” with 2-10 years of generative experience in the field
An artistic practice centered in generating and creating entirely new work.
Minnesota or New York City artists - Artists must currently be legal residents of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City and have been residents for at least one year prior to the submission of an application. Artist did (or will) file US federal taxes as a resident of Minnesota or New York City. Account address in Submittable must be within MN or NYC. Selected artists will be required to provide proof of Minnesota or New York City residency before a residency is formally offered. Artists must have a US Social Security Number or US Tax ID.
No students - Students enrolled in any degree-granting program from the time of application through the residency period are not eligible to apply for an Emerging Artist Residency at the Anderson Center (this includes any and all K-12, technical school, college, graduate, postgraduate, ABD studies). There are no exceptions to this eligibility criterion. If an artist is pursuing a degree-granting program in some form, they are not eligible. Please do not contact Anderson Center staff regarding technical situations or special edge cases around student status. This program supports vocational artists, not students. No matter the specifics or details, if an artist can be considered a student of a degree-granting program in any way, they are simply not eligible.
“Emerging Artist” Status – Eligible artists self-identify as an “emerging artist” and are in the early stages of their creative development with 2-10 years of generative experience. The Anderson Center’s goal is to serve a spectrum of artists typically in their 2nd to 10th year of creative practice, post-student status (if applicable). This spectrum is framed by artists with some track record of creating and presenting full work (not beginning artists), and artists who are NOT at a point in their careers where they receive consistent development and production opportunities and significant recognition, awards, and acclaim (not mid-career or established artists).
Artists who have been in the field for longer than 10 years (excluding any time in a degree-granting program; as a dancer in work created by others; remounting the work of other choreographers; or time away from working as an artist due to circumstances–e.g., having children, caring for family members, long-term illness, etc.) are generally not eligible, even if they feel under-recognized.
Age is not a determining factor. Career stage is assessed by the cumulative number of years an artist has been generating their own work. Mid-career or established artists shifting from one artistic discipline to another will not be considered early career. For example, a composer with a substantial career in music who is now moving into film will not be considered early career.
The Anderson Center has defined the 2–10 year span recognizing that some artists may experience enormous success and move past early career status well before their 5th year or 10th year. The organization recognizes that the number of opportunities afforded to artists may differ significantly based on discipline, race/ethnicity, class, gender, physical ability, and geography among other factors. Consequently, some artists may be past their 10th year and still be on the spectrum of early career status due to taking time out of active artistic practice for school or other circumstances. The Anderson Center understands that the lack of an absolute or rigid definition leaves room for interpretation, but embraces this flexibility out of our value around diversity and in recognition of the many variables that impact artists’ careers.
New Work – Eligible artists are generating and creating entirely new work (rather than interpreting, translating, arranging, copying, remounting pre-existing work or the work of others). Generative artists are those who conceive and create new original work (e.g., choreographers, composers, playwrights and devisers, filmmakers, writers, visual artists, etc.). This program does not support artists who solely perform or develop/produce the work of others (e.g., dancers, musicians, actors, editors, journalists, etc.).
Collaboratives - Artists that are part of an artistic collective, partnership, or collaborative are welcome to apply, but collaborative residencies are also rare. The program is extremely competitive, and space is simply limited. Each artist must also complete their own application form. Obviously, each application will repeat things and have much overlap. That is OK. In the work plan for in each application, highlight that artist's contribution / skills, while making clear the collaborative nature of the project.
Notes - Artists of all disciplines are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted through the Anderson Center’s online webform via Submittable.
Please direct any questions regarding emerging artist status and eligibility requirements to Adam Wiltgen, Anderson Center at Tower View Program Director at: adam@andersoncenter.org.
APPLICATION: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, an emerging artist statement, a community engagement statement, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one year from the time of your residency to apply again.
The Artist Statement, provides an opportunity for you to share, in 100 words or less, a brief statement or summary about your current and future work.
The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you’d like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing, location, and cohort-based model of the residency would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
An Emerging Artist Statement addresses, in 250 words or less, your status as an emerging artist or early-career artist. How would participating in this program impact or advance your practice as an emerging artist? In what ways would this program meet your needs as an emerging artist? Why is this residency important to this stage of your career path? How do you identify as an emerging artist?
Community Engagement Statement is a chance for you to address, in 200 words or less, any interests, goals, or connections that may help staff in developing your engagement activity with community members in Red Wing. What sort of mutually beneficial exchange would both advance your practice and be meaningful for local participants? We are not asking for any concrete plans here, just some general ideas for us to consider.
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
· For composers and musicians: 3 to 5 recordings
· For visual artists: At least 5 images of work (300 dpi or larger)
· For nonfiction and fiction writers: 10 pages of double-spaced prose
· For playwrights & screenwriters: 10-page excerpt (does not need to be from the beginning)
· For poets: 10 pages of poetry
· For translators: 10 pages of translation and original text
· For performance artists: 3 short videos excerpts of performances (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
· For filmmakers: at least 3 short film clips (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
· For Scholars: 10 pages of work, including research abstracts and relevant diagrams
DURATION OF RESIDENCY
The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency Program is a 4-week residency-fellowship the month of August 2023. Selected artists must commit to arriving on August 1 and departing on August 30. August is the only month the program takes place.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Each artist-in-residence receives:
· $625/week artist stipend
· Travel honorarium ($550 for New Yorkers and $150 for Minnesotans)
· $450 documentation budget (services for photography, video, audio, etc.)
Evening dinners are prepared and presented by the Anderson Center chef Monday through Friday. The chef also shops for meal items for artist residents, and residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends. There are also housekeepers who clean and maintain the historic facilities.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View residence. Visual artists are provided a 15' x 26' studio and are responsible for supplying their own materials. Other workspaces on site include a cone 10 gas kiln and electric kilns, an open-air metalsmith facility, a dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press). Practice space is also available for dancers, choreographers, and musicians. Composers are provided with access to a 1904 Steinway piano and a Royale grand piano.
Residents have access to the many walking trails on campus and to the Cannon Valley Trail, which goes through the Anderson Center’s property. Bicycles are also provided. Residents have responded to many different aspects of the gorgeous Tower View campus through their work, including composers sampling natural sounds and visual artists harvesting plant materials to create site-specific natural inks.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The program is set-up to minimize distractions and other obligations so that artists have every opportunity to fully focus on their work. However, the Anderson Center was one of the first artist residency programs in the country to require that residents give back to the local community and connect with area residents & organizations through community engagement activities.
Staff work with artists to facilitate and customize at least one hour of mutually beneficial exchange with the Red Wing community that helps foster connection and greater a sense of place.
Within the last few years, Anderson Center residents have connected with 12 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), 5 senior centers, 2 correctional or detention facilities, 7 community organizations serving children and families, and 8 community organizations serving adults. Residents have also engaged individuals from all walks of life through public workshops, events, discussions, and artful interventions -- both at the Anderson Center or in the community of Red Wing.
PROGRAM MISSION & VALUES
The mission of the Anderson Center is to, in the unique and historic setting of Tower View, offer residencies in the arts, sciences, and humanities; provide a dynamic environment for the exchange of ideas; encourage the pursuit of creative and scholarly endeavors; and serve as a forum for significant contributions to society.
The Anderson Center Residency Program was set-up by a working poet to support other artists and continues to function by those with hands-on experience in the creative process. The organization seeks out feedback from residents each month in order to implement necessary changes as it works toward continual improvement of the program. Most importantly, staff trust artists to know what they need most to advance their individual practices. The Center does not dictate specific outcomes or arrange regular structured activities. Instead, the expectation is that the gift of time and space will generate significant advancements in residents' work. The Anderson Center trusts the artists to best use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals.
Since 2014 the Anderson Center has offered such month-long residencies in alternating years to small groups of Deaf artists, including poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, whose native or adoptive language is American Sign Language (ASL). Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Anderson Center's Deaf Artists Residency is the only program in the country that is Deaf-centric. It was developed with the goal of contributing to the creation of a local and national network of Deaf culture-creators.
The Center also engages in artist exchange programs with the city of Salzburg, Austria, and with Red Wing's Sister City, Quzhou, China. The Center participates in annual scholarship programs with the MFA programs at The University of Minnesota and Pacific Lutheran University in Washington.
As an interdisciplinary arts organization, the Anderson Center embraces artists who are diverse in every way. Since its inception, the organization has intentionally worked with artists representing a wide range of disciplines, with the belief that the exchange of ideas is generative. The residency program supports artists from around the world, representing a wide range of cultures, races, sexual identities and genders. The Center strives to bring people and ideas together and operates with a spirit of welcome for all.
VACCINATION POLICY
Prior to arrival, all artists are sent a revised Residency Handbook outline many items related to daily life for artists-in-residence, including the most current safety policies and protocols. The organization's goal is to balance standard pandemic policies and clear expectations while also highlighting areas where communication or flexibility within each cohort might be beneficial or needed. Again, the Anderson Center Residency Program trusts that artists know what they need most to advance their individual practices and how best to use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals. Likewise, artists are empowered to collectively make changes where appropriate and ultimately build the artist community they'd like to see.
At the same time, and as is outlined in the Residency Handbook, the Anderson Center is committed to supporting artists by creating a safe space for their residency experience. As such, for the 2023 season, the organization requires all participating artists to provide proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination prior to arrival.
Of course even with all of these precautions, by simply participating in an artist residency program, there is an inherent risk of exposure, even for vaccinated persons, that is beyond the ability of the Anderson Center to control entirely. By applying to this program you are communicating that you are comfortable with that risk and that you are also up-to-date on your COVID vaccinations (or will be prior to arrival).
SELECTION TIMELINE
January 16, 2023 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline
February 3, 2023 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the status of their application.
February 20, 2023 – Jury has determined finalists. Phone interviews with finalists begin.
March 2, 2023 – Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up
SELECTION CRITERIA Selection criteria include (in order of importance):
1) Artistic excellence as demonstrated by work samples, resume and artist statement
2) Potential benefit and impact on career as demonstrated by work plan and emerging artist statement
3) Balance of artistic disciplines, identity, geography, etc within selected cohort
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The Anderson Center provides equal opportunity for all people to participate in and benefit from the activities of the Center, regardless of race, national origin, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, in admission, access, or employment. The Anderson Center staff is willing to do what they can to accommodate residents with disabilities. Please call before applying to discuss special needs.
theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit/237467/2023-emerging-artist-residency-for-mn-nyc-artists
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2023 Anderson Center Residency
Anderson Center at Tower View
DEADLINE: January 16, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $20
INFO: The Anderson Center, founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate in rural Red Wing, Minn., has renovated and restored historic buildings to support working artists and the creative process, including developing twenty-two active studio spaces and three galleries. A renovated barn serves as a performance and event venue, the historic main residence houses artists-in-residence, and fifteen acres support a sculpture garden.
The Anderson Center at Tower View's flagship artist residency program enables artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment to create, advance, or complete work. In addition to community engagement activities through the artist residency program, the organization has a strong history of helping integrate the arts into community life through local partnerships, hosting annual arts events and participating in other community-based initiatives.
ELIGIBILITY: The Residency Program is open to emerging, mid-career, and established visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, multidisciplinary artists, musicians, performance artists, scholars, and translators from across the globe. The program is interdisciplinary and the organization welcomes applications from a wide range of creative and intellectual genres, including those that don't fit neatly into the above list.
To be considered, artists must submit an application through the Anderson Center’s online form via Submittable. Complete program details are below. Please contact Adam Wiltgen at 651-388-2009 x4 or adam@andersoncenter.org for any questions.
DURATION OF RESIDENCY: For the 2023 season, the Anderson Center is offering month-long residencies in July, September, and October with rare exceptions made for two-week stays. Additionally, a 2-week session is also taking place the first half of November 2023. In general, there is a 48-hour turnover between residencies to allow time for housekeeping. Specific start and end dates are listed in the application form. Please plan your requested residency dates carefully and provide as much detail as possible regarding your availability.
The Anderson Center is not offering residencies in May or June of 2023 as restoration work and improvements are being completed on the Historic Tower View Residence. August 2023 residencies are reserved for the organization’s Emerging Artist Residency-Fellowship Program.
2023 SCHEDULING & AVAILABILITY: With construction work happening on the residency house in May and June, the 2023 season is running from July through the first half of November. This truncated schedule, coupled with other fellowships, exchanges, and deferrals, has resulted in less availability than would be offered during organization’s regular full May – October season.
Available spots in 2023 for artists submitting materials for this General Residency program opportunity (as of 9/2022):
July 2023 - Three 4-week spots; space for 3 – 5 artists depending on duration
September 2023 - Three 4-week spots; space for 3 – 5 artists depending on duration
October 2023 - Two 4-week spots; space for 2 artists each staying the entire month
November 2023 – Four 2-week spots; space for four artists each staying two weeks
Please keep in mind the organization gives preference to 4-week residencies. While flexibility is possible, in general, no more than two spots (4 artists) would be scheduled for 2-week residencies in a given month. Again, ideally all residencies outside of November 2023 would be 4-weeks in duration. In practical terms across the season, there is space available for eight 4-week residencies (and the four 2-week residencies in November) or at least four 4-week residencies and up to twelve 2-week residencies.
Due to the competitiveness of the program, the organization's goal is to be upfront and transparent about the availability for the General Residency program in 2023 in an effort to help you make a decision about whether this year is the best time to submit an application. Please contact us if you have any questions or need further clarification here.
LOCATION: The Anderson Center campus is located on the 350-acre historic Tower View Estate, built by scientist & farmer Dr. Alexander Pierce Anderson between 1915 and 1921, on the western edge of Red Wing, Minnesota, and its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Center features a large sculpture garden, and is adjacent to the Cannon Valley Trail, a 20-mile biking and walking trail that runs from Cannon Falls to Red Wing.
The Center is approximately 45 minutes southeast of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Transportation is provided between the Center and the Twin Cities airport on the first and last day of residencies only. Artist Residents that choose to drive will have access to private parking on the property.
The community of Red Wing, Minn., (pop. 16,000) is nestled amidst the scenic bluffs of the upper Mississippi River.
The town is settled on the ancestral homelands of the Mdewakanton & Wahpakute bands of the Dakota people. The City of Red Wing is named after Tatanka Mani (Walking Buffalo), a leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota in the upper Mississippi Valley who wore a ceremonial swan’s wing dyed in brilliant red. In 1815, Tatanka Mani and his people moved their village south to a place they called Khemnichan (Hill, Wood, & Water) in present-day downtown Red Wing. Euro-American immigrants who met him as they advanced into the region in the early nineteenth century came to know him and his village as “Red Wing.”
Since its settlement and eventual incorporation in 1857, Red Wing established itself as a center for agriculture, industry, tourism, medical care, technology, and the arts. The Red Wing Shoe Company and its iconic brands, in particular, continue to have a significant impact on the community’s economic, business, and community development climates. Natural resources abound with Red Wing's riverfront, winding paths through the majestic bluffs, bike trails, and 35 city parks. The Prairie Island Indian Community is located northwest of the city. Frontenac State Park is to the southeast on Lake Pepin. Minnesota State College Southeast Technical’s Red Wing campus is known for its string and brass instrument repair programs. The MN Dept. of Corrections also operates a large juvenile residential facility in Red Wing.
Other amenities include a destination bakery, a chocolate shop, coffee shops, restaurants, the flagship Red Wing Shoe Company store, Goodhue County Historical Society Museum, the Red Wing Stoneware & Pottery store, the Pottery Museum of Red Wing, a Duluth Trading store, the Red Wing Marine Museum, a Target, several pharmacies, a plant nursery & garden center, a Mayo Health System Hospital, a small independent bookstore, and a public library.
Other key community stakeholders include the historic Sheldon Theatre, the Red Wing Arts Association, Red Wing YMCA, Red Wing Youth Outreach, Hispanic Outreach of Goodhue County, Red Wing Area Friends of Immigrants, Red Wing Area Women’s Network, Live Healthy Red Wing, Artreach, Red Wing Artisan Collective, the Artist Sanctuary, Pier 55 Red Wing Area Seniors, Big Turn Music Festival, Red Wing AAUW, Red Wing Environmental Learning Center, Red Wing Girl Scouts, Red Wing Public Schools, Tower View Alternative School, and Universal Music Center, as well as several City boards, commissions, and departments.
APPLICATION: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, a community engagement statement, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one year from the time of your residency to apply again.
The Artist Statement, provides an opportunity for you to share, in 100 words or less, a brief statement or summary about your current and future work.
The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one-page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you’d like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing, location, and cohort-based model of the residency would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
Community Engagement Statement is a chance for you to address, in 200 words or less, any interests, goals, or connections that may help staff in developing your engagement activity with community members in Red Wing. What sort of mutually beneficial exchange would both advance your practice and be meaningful for local participants? We are not asking for any concrete plans here, just some general ideas for us to consider.
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
For composers and musicians: 3 to 5 recordings
For visual artists: At least 5 images of work (300 dpi or larger)
For nonfiction and fiction writers: 10 pages of double-spaced prose
For playwrights & screenwriters: 10-page excerpt (does not need to be from the beginning)
For poets: 10 pages of poetry
For translators: 10 pages of translation and original text
For performance artists: 3 short videos excerpts of performances (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
For filmmakers: at least 3 short film clips (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
For Scholars: 10 pages of work, including research abstracts and relevant diagrams
ACCOMMODATIONS: Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View residence. Visual artists will be provided a 15' x 26' studio and are responsible for supplying their own materials. Other workspaces on-site include a cone 10 gas kiln and electric kilns, an open-air metalsmith facility, a dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press). Practice space is also available for dancers, choreographers, and musicians. Composers are provided with access to a 1904 Steinway piano and a Royale grand piano.
Dinners are prepared and presented by the Anderson Center chef Monday through Friday. This chef also shops for groceries for artists-in-residence. Residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends. There are also housekeepers who clean and maintain the historic facilities.
Residents have access to the many walking trails on campus and to the Cannon Valley Trail, which goes through the Anderson Center’s property. Bicycles are also provided. Residents have responded to many different aspects of the gorgeous Tower View campus through their work, including composers sampling natural sounds and visual artists harvesting plant materials to create site-specific natural inks.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: The program is set-up to minimize distractions and other obligations so that artists have every opportunity to fully focus on their work. However, the Anderson Center was one of the first artist residency programs in the country to require that residents give back to the local community and connect with area residents & organizations through community engagement activities.
Staff work with artists to facilitate and customize at least one hour of mutually beneficial exchange with the Red Wing community that helps foster connection and greater a sense of place.
Within the last few years, Anderson Center residents have connected with 12 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), 5 senior centers, 2 correctional or detention facilities, 7 community organizations serving children and families, and 8 community organizations serving adults. Residents have also engaged individuals from all walks of life through public workshops, events, discussions, and artful interventions -- both at the Anderson Center or in the community of Red Wing.
theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit/237200/2023-anderson-center-residency
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2023 WRITER'S RETREAT FOR EMERGING LGBTQ VOICES
Lambda Literary
DEADLINE: January 18, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: Applications to attend the 2023 Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices open on November 30, 2022 and close at 11:59 pm EST on Wednesday, January 18, 2022. You may apply to more than one workshop, however, each application must be submitted separately and requires an additional fee.
The application fee for each application is $25.00. We are offering a number of application fee waivers for the QTBIPOC** (Queer and Trans folks who are Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color) members of our community applying for a fellowship (excluding Writers in Residence). Please email retreat@lambdaliterary.org with your eligibility to request an application fee waiver.
WRITERS IN RESIDENCE: Writers in Residence is a program within The Retreat specifically for Retreat Alumni. There are seven spots open for Writers in Residence in 2023 to study within the seven genres we offer. Please only apply to be a Writers in Residence if you are a former Retreat Attendee.
Writers in Residences will be able to attend daily workshops within one of our seven genre-specific cohorts, but will not have their manuscript workshopped within the cohort. Writers in Residence, will, however, be given a one-on-one with the faculty member leading the genre you apply to.
For example, the Writer in Residence for the Nonfiction cohort with Meredith Talusan will be able to attend 5 days of nonfiction workshops, and will have a one-on-one with Meredith to workshop and critique their piece of writing.
There will be one Writer in Residence chosen per in-person genre for a total of seven spots available for Writer's in Residence in 2023 in-person.
We are also giving Writers in Residence the option to be a part of a panel during the retreat, Life After Lambda, to share with current fellows their experiences as an alumni of The Retreat.
In-Person Retreat Dates and Location
The 2023 Writer's Retreat will be held from July 30-August 5, 2023, at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Virtual Retreat Option
Lambda Literary is excited to announce its all-new Multi-Genre Virtual Cohort, a completely virtual option to attend The Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Like our in-person workshops, this cross-genre cohort will serve twelve writers. The group will be led by a talented multidisciplinary faculty member with experience in a multitude of different forms, genres, and approaches. This cohort’s daily workshops will take place fully online all week, with the opportunity to virtually attend all other panels, craft talks, and nightly readings held during the week of The Retreat.
As we work to confirm our Multi-Genre Virtual Cohort faculty member, we will adhere to the same high standards we always have when inviting an instructor to lead at The Retreat, We will be releasing the application with the option to choose “Virtual Cohort”, and we will notify our community once we have the faculty member on board. This will be a wonderful opportunity for writers looking to work in multiple genres. Writers of all genres represented at The Retreat are encouraged to apply to the Virtual Cohort.
Tuition & Scholarships
Writer's Retreat tuition is $1,875. Lambda Literary has a host of full and partial scholarships that are available for accepted applicants. Ability to pay is in no way part of the decision-making process. The $25.00 application fee is processed through Submittable's online portal. If you wish to pay by cash or check please contact retreat@lambdaliterary.org.
Application Status Notifications
Writer's Retreat Faculty make the final determinations regarding accepted and waitlisted applicants. All applicants will be notified of their application status in March 2023.
Refund Policy
The $25.00 Writer's Retreat application fee is nonrefundable.
Covid-19 Policy
Lambda Literary will monitor infection rates, health care system capacity, variants, and state and local regulations. If any changes, spikes, or other information deems necessary to switch back to all-virtual programming, we will make the call to do so. Find our full Covid-19 safety policy on our website.
Accessibility Strategy for In-Person Retreat
Chestnut Hill is a very small campus, find their map here. The workshops, readings, and panels will take place in building 1, Fornier hall, which is the bulk of where fellows will be spending their days. Fellows will be staying overnight in building 4, Fitzsimmons hall, where all dorm rooms are air conditioned. The map doesn’t have distance on it, but Fitzsimmons hall is about .1 mile to Fornier hall.
The school has a variety of physical accessibility supports built in such as elevators in the dorm, ramps and lifts throughout for wheelchair users, and hand railings on all other steps. Outside of the dorms, our meeting rooms are all situated on the first floor, but there is elevator access throughout Fornier hall as well. All of the classrooms, larger meeting spaces, and dining hall are in close proximity inside Fonier hall. Bathrooms in the dorms and Fournier Hall are accessible for those with wheelchairs as well.
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WURLITZER FOUNDATION RESIDENCY
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
DEADLINE: January 18, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF) is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational and charitable organization committed to supporting the arts. Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA and is located on fifteen acres in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, a multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists.
The Foundation offers three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to people who specialize in the creative arts. Our eleven artist casitas, or guest houses, are fully furnished and provide residents with a peaceful setting in which to pursue their creative endeavors.
The Foundation accepts applications from painters, poets, sculptors, writers, playwrights, screenwriters, composers, photographers, and filmmakers of national and international origin.
Applications are reviewed by a selection committee consisting of professionals who specialize in the artistic discipline of the applicant. Numerous jurors serve on committees for each: visual arts, music composers, writers, poets, playwrights, and filmmakers. Jurors, who know nothing about the artist's demographics, score in five categories based purely on the merit of the applicant's creative work samples.
Artists in residence have no imposed expectations, quotas, or requirements during their stay on the HWF campus. The HWF’s residency program provides artists with the time and space to create, which in turn enriches the artistic community and culture locally and abroad.
GUIDELINES:
Literary artists may upload writing samples in .pdf format using the application form above. Alternatively, literary artists may choose to mail hard-copies. Include a cover sheet containing your contact info and table of contents, but please omit names and contact info on the writing samples themselves.
Writers: samples should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages
Poets: a maximum of six poems.
Playwrights: include one complete play.
Screenwriters: include one complete screenplay.
Digital work samples are accepted and encouraged for applications from visual artists and composers. Applicants should prepare to submit five work sample files when filling out the online application form. Acceptable file types for images include jpg, gif and png. Accepted types for audio files are mp3 and m4a.
Filmmakers must mail a DVD or USB-drive containing up to 30 minutes of video which represents no more than five different samples of your work.
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ANTHOLOGY OPEN CALL
Nekkid
DEADLINE: January 20, 2023
INFO: Nekkid, an online platform providing programming and resources for creating a radically free world through self-transformation, has announced an open call for an anthology titled and themed “Love Notes for Revolution.”
At this time on the planet where we are hurdling ourselves toward climate catastrophe, deeper social division, and violence, the importance of hope as a discipline is self-evident.
The anthology will be a collection of brilliant minds sharing their visions, critiques, and hopes in nurturing us on the journey of creating a new world characterized by cooperation, pleasure, and joy.
The anthology will include poems, essays, recipes, practices, and meditations from a multitude of disciplines on the dreams had, skills needed, and hardships faced on the journey to create a more aligned, sustainable, and liberated world.
SUGGESTED TOPICS INCLUDE:
Abolition + Justice
Birth + Parenting
Land Stewardship + Earth Connection
Death + Grief
Love + Spirit
Movement + Nourishment
Sex + Pleasure
Rest + Undressing Capitalism
Psychedelics + Acension/Decension
GUIDELINES:
Works Accepted: Poetry, Essays, Recipes, Prayers, Practices, Visual Art
Format of submission: .DOCX (Poetry + Pose) or .PNG (Visual Art)
Submissions by historically marginalized artist will be prioritized, however, everyone is welcome to submit. Send submission to Martissa at martissa@letsgetnekkid.com by January 20, 2023.
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2023 LEGACY AWARD
Hurston/Wright Foundation
DEADLINE: January 21, 2023
INFO: Submissions must be in PDF form. Do not mail hard copies of books to the Hurston/Wright Foundation.
ELIGIBILITY:
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards are open to Black writers in America and across the globe.
Full-length books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for adult audiences. We have added a distinct category for speculative fiction which can include young adult novels.
Books must be published in the United States.
Books can be self-published by the author, published by a publishing house or small press.
Books considered for the 2023 Legacy Awards must have been published in 2022. No exceptions.
U.S. editions of foreign books published for the first time in the United States are acceptable.
An English translation of a book originally written in another language is acceptable. The translator need not be a Black author.
Submissions must be in PDF form. We are not accepting hard copies of books for this award year.
Previous Legacy Award winners and nominees and college writing awardees may submit for consideration.
INELIGIBLE SUBMISSIONS:
Books written by more than one author.
Poetry books with fewer than 50 pages.
Retrospectives or collections of previously published work.
E-books
Reprints of books published in a previous year.
Books by board members and staff of the Hurston/Wright Foundation and their family members.
Books by a judge for that year’s competition or a family member of the judge.
Photography books, cookbooks and travel books, genre fiction other than speculative fiction (such as commercial, romance and mystery works) and children’s books.
JUDGING:
A panel of previous Legacy Award honorees will judge submissions in each genre. The categories are as follows:
Fiction: Novel, Novella, or Short-Story Collection
Speculative Fiction: Novel, Novella, or Short-Story Collection
Nonfiction: Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, History, Social Issues, Literary Criticism
Poetry: Books In Verse, Prose Poetry, Formal Verse, Experimental Verse.
More than 100 books are submitted for the competition, but the number of entries vary from year to year. Hurston/Wright staff review incoming submissions to ensure they meet the qualifications as outlined. Books that do not meet the criteria are not sent to the judges. Staff reserves the right to adjust the category of a submission as necessary. Submitters will be notified of any change in submission category.
REQUIREMENTS:
Include with each application a $50 nonrefundable submission fee. One application and fee per title. All payments must be made through Submittable at the time of submitting the book in PDF form.
The Hurston/Wright Foundation reserves the right to inquire about potential submissions, but does so to ensure that Black authors who receive major reviews or appear on best-seller lists are included. No inquiries will be made after the submission deadline closes.
The submission period opens October 28, 2022 and closes on January 21, 2023.
Nominations are announced in August. Winners & finalists are announced at the annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Ceremony in October.
The author of a Legacy nominated book or a representative is expected to attend the awards ceremony.
hurstonwright.org/book-submissions/
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NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
DEADLINE: January 25, 2023 at 5pm EST
INFO: The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $8,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein.
This grant is awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period (five categories a year) and the application is free to complete. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development.
2023 AWARD CYCLE:
Applications for the 2022-23 award cycle will open on Tuesday, October 25. The following categories will be reviewed:
Craft/Sculpture
Digital/Electronic Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
ELIGIBILITY:
25 years or older by the application deadline date
Current residents of New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located in New York State
Must have maintained New York State residency, and/or residency in one of the Indian Nations located therein, for at least the last two consecutive years (2021 & 2022)
Not enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind
Are the originators of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights, not interpretive artists such as dancers or actors
Did not receive a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in any discipline in the past five consecutive years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Cannot submit any work samples that have been previously awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
While collaborating artists are eligible to apply, the total number of collaborators cannot exceed three
Applicants can apply in a maximum of 2 categories each cycle
Are not a current NYFA employee or have been in the last 12 months, a member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, immediate family member of any of the aforementioned, or an immediate family member of a 2022-2023 panelist
Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award
nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/?mc_cid=bfb2cea470&mc_eid=b2828bf2ea
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CAAPP Creative Writing Fellow (2023-2025)
The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics at the University of Pittsburgh
DEADLINE: January 31, 2023
INFO: The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applicants for a two-year fellowship in creative writing running from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025 in a “creative think tank” for African American and African diasporic poetry and poetics, housed in a lively English/ creative writing program. Salary of $48,000 plus benefits.
FELLOWSHIP DUTIES: The fellow will teach one community workshop each year; spend ten hours per week on the Cave Canem Oral History Project; lead one seminar discussion in the course Studio in African American Poetry and Poetics; participate in Co-Lab, the interactive public forum in which visiting writers and artists present their work in progress; and give one public reading with a Q&A. The fellow’s primary attention will be focused on their own poetry and creative work. Poets who have completed an MFA or PhD with creative writing experience are eligible to apply, provided they do not yet have more than one full-length book of poetry or other creative writing published or under contract by the application deadline. Because this is a residential fellowship, we expect fellows to live in the Pittsburgh area, to hold no other substantial teaching, graduate study or fellowship obligations, and to be active participants in the Pittsburgh literary community during the fellowship period.
REQUIREMENTS:
An MFA or PhD with creative writing experience by August 2023;
knowledge of African American and/or African diasporic poetry and poetics;
experience, or interest in, oral histories and/or library science;
creative writing teaching experience.
Desirable: a: record of publication; a book underway; interest in a secondary genre or art form and/or in hybrid or cross-genre exploration.
Apply with a cover letter, C.V. writing sample of up to 15 pages, and the names, titles and email addresses of three recommenders by January 31, 2023.
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2023-24 Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts at Bucknell University
DEADLINE: February 1, 2023
INFO: Named for Bucknell's renowned literary alumnus ('54) and initiated in fall 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers up to four months of unfettered writing time for a writer working on a first or second book.
In the current application season, The Roth Residence is open to writers in any creative genre in the literary arts, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel, etc.
The residency provides an apartment in Bucknell's Writers' Cottage and a stipend of $5,000.
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Woodberry Poetry Room Creative Fellowship 2023-2024
Harvard University
DEADLINE: February 1, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: The Creative Fellowship program invites poets, writers, translators, visual artists, composers, and scholars to propose creative projects that would benefit from an immersive encounter with the Woodberry Poetry Room and its collections.
The fellowship includes: a stipend of $5,000, access to the Woodberry Poetry Room (and several other Harvard special collections), and research support from the Poetry Room curatorial staff. Thanks to the generosity of the T. S. Eliot Foundation, the fellowship recipient will also receive a one-week residency to work on their project at the T. S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Eliot House residency may be scheduled between May-October of the fellowship year, but does not have to coincide with the fellow's research visit to Harvard.
The fellowship recipient will receive a Harvard Library special access card that is active for one year, allowing for a great deal of flexibility in terms of scheduling. It is hoped that the $5,000 stipend (which is the comprehensive honorarium for individual and collaborative recipients) will help to offset travel and lodging costs.
GUIDELINES:
Applicants will be asked to provide the following information and materials:
a project description
a curriculum vitae
a work sample
no letter of reference is required
no application fee is required
houghtonlibrary.submittable.com/submit/243266/woodberry-poetry-room-creative-fellowship-2023-2024
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2023 Starshine and Clay Fellowship
Cave Canem
DEADLINE: February 2, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Submissions are now open for the 2023 Starshine and Clay Fellowship. This year's judge is Roger Reeves.
Since 2020, Cave Canem has collaborated with EcoTheo Collective to provide financial and artistic support to emerging Black poets.
Two recipients will each receive $500 for a featured reading at the 2023 Wonder Festival in Jackson, Wyoming. Fellowship recipients will also receive a one-on-one consultation with Roger Reeves. Additionally, the fellows’ work will be published in the summer 2023 issue of EcoTheo Review.
cavecanem.submittable.com/submit
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Stellium
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Stellium centers Black queer and trans creatives. We still accept work from other Black and QTPOC creatives. We seek those emerging and established (with an emphasis on emerging).
What type of work do you accept?
Fiction - We welcome long- or short-form fiction. If you submit flash fiction (up to 2k words), you can submit up to three pieces of similar length. The sweet spot is around 2k to 5k words but we'll consider all lengths.
Nonfiction - We're seeking creative nonfiction submissions. Please note the following before submitting. We welcome personal essay, memoir, biography, autobiography, the Audre Lorde-invented “biomythography," new journalism or literary journalism, diary entries, and more. No academic papers. The sweet spot is around 1k to 4k words but we'll consider all lengths.
“The stories that only you can tell. Stories about your most closely-held revelations or your brightest lightbulb moments, whether about your own life or about the world at large or both. Those 2000-word-long musings scribbled in your Notes app between shifts? Those clever tweet threads that make you go “dang, Twitter should pay me for this”? Those are great places to start.” - former CNF editor Kim Wong-Shing
See work from Akwaeke Emezi in The Cut and from Brandon Taylor in them.
Prose poetry - We do not accept traditional poetry. Please note the following before submitting. Prose poetry is "not broken into verse lines, [but] demonstrates other traits such as symbols, metaphors, and other figures of speech common to poetry." Write in paragraphs and with a poetic flow, and we'll want to see it. Please submit a maximum of five poems.
“Think poetry without line breaks. Think a really poetic tweet without character limits. Think an expressive, detailed letter or e-mail to the homie. Think run-on sentences, runaway thoughts. Think IDGAF about punctuation all like that but I care about the feels & the mood & the setting & maybe i’mma slide in a slant rhyme or 2 or as many as necessary.” - former prose poetry editor Nefertiti Asanti
See [Kills bugs dead.] and Elliptical by Harryette Mullen.
Art - We accept high-quality scans of any original, visual art.
So how do I submit?
Please use the following format when submitting, otherwise, your entry may be discarded.
Craft an e-mail to submissions (at) stelliumlit.com
In the subject line, clarify your submission as genre: title, your name
example: “Fiction: Fifteen Little Birds, Janelle Doe”
In the body, please share:
your bio (any length) including your name, pronouns, and creative background
social media links or an alternative way to contact you outside of e-mail (to confirm you’re not a plagiarist)
submission summary (at least a sentence, even for art submissions)
answer: has this work been submitted elsewhere?
your submission as a DOCX or PDF attachment, or as a JPG or PNG for art submissions
within the e-mail body is fine but an attachment is preferred
no other file formats are accepted at this time
Do y’all pay?
We do! In the past, we’ve offered $50 for each accepted submission, even for art and poetry. However, we’re still in the running for grants and hope to offer more than that in the future. For now, you can expect our standard minimum payment and, if we’re able to offer more, we will announce it and update the text here. If you’d like to support us, feel free to make a contribution today via our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas.