THE 2020 NORTH COAST WRITER’S RESIDENCY
deadline to apply: June 20
The Writer’s Guild Astoria and Astoria Visual Arts are thrilled to announce the 2020 North Coast Writer’s Residency. Now in its second year, this jointly sponsored residency affords a selected writer the time, space, and solitude needed to work, uninterrupted, on a literary project of their choosing.
DETAILS: The chosen writer will have the opportunity to spend one week in meaningful pursuit of creative work in a lovely cottage located on Washington’s magnificent Willapa Bay. The residency will provide writing time and space in an idyllic setting to make substantial progress on a significant writing project. Writers of novels, short stories, literary nonfiction, plays, memoir, poetry and screenplays will be considered.
The week of residency will be determined with the residency hosts and recipient, optimally occurring between July and October 2020. Lodging and a modest food stipend are provided. A reception and reading will be held near the end of the week. Writer must arrange for transportation to and from the residency. For photos and more information about last year’s residency see: www.thewritersguild.org
HOW TO APPLY
Applications are due June 20, 2020. Applications consist of:
(1) a cover letter describing your experience and interests as a writer and what you hope to accomplish during your residency;
(2) a one-page description of your writing project, its scope, and current state;
(3) a short (1-5 page) writing sample, and
(4) a resume, including any writing publications if applicable.
Send finished applications to: info@thewritersguild.org.
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Buzz Bissinger teaches advanced narrative non-fiction at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of various books, including Friday Night Lights, Three Nights in August and A Prayer for the City. Lisa Smith has spent much of her career in public-interest communications, including writing and producing for public television and public radio. One or both of the hosts will be on hand, for at least a portion of the residency, for socializing in the evenings.
Previous residents:
2019: Poet Cecelia Hagen and literary non-fiction writer Andrew Zingg
DETAILS: The chosen writer will have the opportunity to spend one week in meaningful pursuit of creative work in a lovely cottage located on Washington’s magnificent Willapa Bay. The residency will provide writing time and space in an idyllic setting to make substantial progress on a significant writing project. Writers of novels, short stories, literary nonfiction, plays, memoir, poetry and screenplays will be considered.
The week of residency will be determined with the residency hosts and recipient, optimally occurring between July and October 2020. Lodging and a modest food stipend are provided. A reception and reading will be held near the end of the week. Writer must arrange for transportation to and from the residency. For photos and more information about last year’s residency see: www.thewritersguild.org
HOW TO APPLY
Applications are due June 20, 2020. Applications consist of:
(1) a cover letter describing your experience and interests as a writer and what you hope to accomplish during your residency;
(2) a one-page description of your writing project, its scope, and current state;
(3) a short (1-5 page) writing sample, and
(4) a resume, including any writing publications if applicable.
Send finished applications to: info@thewritersguild.org.
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Buzz Bissinger teaches advanced narrative non-fiction at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of various books, including Friday Night Lights, Three Nights in August and A Prayer for the City. Lisa Smith has spent much of her career in public-interest communications, including writing and producing for public television and public radio. One or both of the hosts will be on hand, for at least a portion of the residency, for socializing in the evenings.
Previous residents:
2019: Poet Cecelia Hagen and literary non-fiction writer Andrew Zingg
