OH THE PLACES YOULL WRITE RESIDENCIES FELLOWSHIPS UNCW

OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL WRITE: RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS UNCW CRW / MFA 2021

An introduction to FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, & CONFERENCES

How to know which opportunities are right for you Different kinds of residencies and fellowships – Length (residencies versus fellowships) – Application requirements – Stipends and cost (fees + travel/accommodations) – Living/working space (shared, communal? ) – Amenities (bathrooms, laundry, linens, kitchen access, meals provided, private or communal meals? ) – Environment (Rural? Farm? City? Isolated? Do they have running water and electricity? !) – Work or presentation requirements? – Mood/tone/atmosphere?

FELLOWSHIPS

STEGNER FELLOWSHIP STANFORD Ben Hoffman

THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIPS Ben Hoffman, Rebecca Lee

FINE ARTS WORK CENTER IN PROVINCETOWN MA Robert Siegel, Bill Carty, Lookout author Matthew Neill Null

HUB CITY WRITERS PROJECT NOW THE SOUTHERN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP Spartanburg, SC Emily Smith, Corinne Manning

JEFF BASKIN WRITING FELLOW OXFORD AMERICAN Conway, AR Ka. Toya Ellis Fleming

RESIDENCIES

“The residencies I've attended have been vital in creating space and time and permission to deeply engage with my work. A good residency offers such a nice balance of that time and time spent connecting with other people engaged in the same kind of effort. My recommendation would be to choose residencies that have a lot of shared meals and that have at least a few residents at a time. Some programs are really focused on solitude and isolation from the world, which can be great, but the movement between intensive work and intense conversation, and the chance to get to know other artists, has been really valuable for me. ” —Anna Lena Phillips Bell

VERMONT STUDIO CENTER Eric Cipriani, Shana Deets, Keith Kopka, Janie Miller, Beth Roddy, Anna Sutton, Jesse Waters, Michael White , Chrissy Hennessey, Anna Lena Phillips Bell

VCCA: VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS Shana Deets, Renee Dixon, Jeremy Hawkins, Beth Roddy, Emily Smith, Anna Lena Phillips Bell

THE MACDOWELL COLONY NEW HAMPSHIRE Ariana Nash, Erin Sroka, Corinne Manning

YADDO NEW YORK Malena Morling

UCROSS FOUNDATION Michael White http: //www. ucrossfoundation. org/ WYOMING

SEASIDE INSTITUTE FLORIDA Nina de Gramont

THE STUDIOS OF KEY WEST FLORIDA Emily Smith

WEYMOUTH CENTER FOR THE ARTS & HUMANITIES NC Chrissy Hennessey, Dina Greenberg, Dana Sachs, and Anna Lena Phillips Bell, among others

WILDACRES RETREAT NC Megan Ellis, Michael White, Emily Smith, Jeff Oloizia, among others

THE HAMBIDGE CENTER GEORGIA Emily Smith, Katie O’Reilly

SUNDRESS ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS SUNDRESS PUBLICATIONS TN Diana Clark, Anna Lena Phillips Bell

RENSING CENTER SOUTH CAROLINA Anna Lena Phillips Bell

WELLSPRING HOUSE A RETREAT FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS MASSACHUSETTS Nina de Gramont

THE HELENE WURLITZER FOUNDATION OF NEW MEXICO TAOS, NEW MEXICO Regina Di. Perna, Arianna Nash

DJERASSI RESIDENT ARTISTS PROGRAM CALIFORNIA Michael White

RESIDENCIES CENTRUM WASHINGTON STATE Corinne Manning

TRURO CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT CASTLE HILL AKA THE DUNE SHACK! CAPE COD, MA Emily Smith

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

SUMMER WRITER'S WORKSHOP TIN HOUSE OREGON Beth Roddy, Elle Drumheller, Katherine O’Hara, Morgan Davis, Anna Sutton, Eric Tran

BREAD LOAF CONFERENCES MIDDLEBURY VERMONT Mark Cox, Philip Gerard, Malena Morling, Kimi Faxon Hemingway, Clare Beams

SEWANEE WRITERS' CONFERENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH TN Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Sophia Stid, Ana Alvarez, Anna Sutton, Clare Beams

SUMMER WORDS PROGRAMS ASPEN WORDS COLORADO Christine Hennessey

WRITERS' FESTIVAL CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION NEW YORK Renee La Bonte, CJ Pendergast, Diane Sorensen, Matt Thies

SLICE LITERARY WRITER'S CONFERENCE SLICE MAGAZINE Beth Roddy, Katie O’Reilly, Carolyn Desalu, Stephanie Trott

POETRY BY THE SEA CONNECTICUT Anna Lena Phillips Bell

POETRY CENTER POETRY CONFERENCE WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY PA Anna Lena Phillips Bell

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS NC Emily Smith, Anna Lena Phillips Bell: letterpress classes and residencies

Cam Terwilliger had these good thoughts about residencies and post-MFA life in an interview for TMR: Could you tell us a little bit about your thoughts on residencies? When I first got out of Emerson, I felt a real urgency around the idea of getting my work published (as many people do). But looking back, I think it would have been wiser to use that energy to secure writing residencies and grants instead. Here’s why: When you’re working full time and trying to be a serious writer, time management becomes one of the most important things. You only have so many minutes to write, to submit work, or to apply for things. So, to me, eating up a lot of time sending out submissions for publication doesn’t make the most sense. When you finally publish, it’s wonderful, but it doesn’t fundamentally help you do the work of writing at all. You get the acknowledgement, but it doesn’t become any easier to write the next story. Whereas when you get residencies or grants, it TOTALLY helps you develop your writing. You either get time to work, or you get money that lets you deal with your life more easily, allowing more time or energy for writing. For example, I won a grant from The Massachusetts Cultural Council that really helped me pay off my student loans, which allowed me to reduce my hours at work and write more. So I think a lot of writers just out of the MFA would be helped by focusing their limited energy on grants and residencies rather than on getting published. Consequently, it’s helpful if you have a job that you wouldn’t mind quitting if a residency or fellowship comes up. So, for the sake of your writing, it may be better to take a decent, totally replaceable job at a company you’re blasé about, rather than one of the cool arts-based jobs that don’t pay much and demand that you make many sacrifices. —Cam Terwilliger / http: //www. missourireview. com/tmr-blog/2013/03/working-writers-series-cam -terwilliger/

http: //www. kenyonreview. org/programs/fellowship/ http: //www. bucknell. edu/centers-institutes-and-resources/stadler-center -for-poetry/programs-and-residencies/stadler-fellowships. html http: //www. gilman. edu/academics/tickner-writing-center/tickner-writing -fellow http: //creativewriting. stanford. edu/about-the-fellowship Fine Arts Work Center: http: //web. fawc. org/program A Public Space Emerging Writers Fellowship: http: //apublicspace. org/blog/detail/the_2016_aps_emerging_ writer_fellowships Buzzfeed Emerging Writers Fellowship: http: //www. buzzfeed. com/saeedjones/buzzfeed-emergingwriters. Alliance of Artists Communities | Advocacy and Support for Artist. . . www. artistcommunities. org/ Home | Res. Artis Residency Unlimited Be an Artist-in-Residence - Arts in the Parks (U. S. National Park Service)

LOCATING OPPORTUNITIES Poets & Writers / Tools for Writers www. pw. org AWP’s Directory of Conferences & Centers www. awpwriter. org Alliance of Artist Communities www. artistcommunities. org/residencies