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Yaddo
Yaddo offers residencies of two weeks to two months from May to February to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Writers are provided with a private bedroom, a work space, and meals. Using the online submission system, writers submitted 10 short poems or excerpts of a longer poem, or up to 30 pages of prose (consisting of one or more short stories or essays, or an excerpt of a novel or work of nonfiction), two letters of recommendation (submitted directly to Yaddo by the references using the online submission system), and a résumé with a $30 application fee by January 1, 2014. Call, e-mail, or visit the website for complete guidelines.
Yaddo, Admissions, P.O. Box 395, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. (518) 584-0746. Candace Wait, Program Director.
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