Jentel Artist Residency

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Type: 
Residency
Location: 
Banner, WY, United States
Event Date: 
May 15, 2024
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2024
E-mail address: 

The Jentel Foundation offers four-week residencies from mid-January to mid-December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a cattle ranch in the Lower Piney Creek Valley, located 20 miles southeast of Sheridan, Wyoming. Writers age 25 or older who reside in the United States (or are U.S. citizens living abroad) and who are not currently enrolled in an academic institution are eligible. Each resident is provided with a private room, a separate work space, a $400 stipend, and access to a shared library, recreation area, and common living area. To apply for residencies from May 15 to December 13, writers submitted up to 10 pages of poetry or up to 20 pages of prose, a résumé or curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references with a $30 application fee by January 15. Visit the website for more information.

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Contact Information

Jentel Artist Residency, 130 Lower Piney Road, Banner, WY 82832. (307) 737-2311. Lynn Reeves, Residency Program Manager.