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Yaddo
Yaddo offers residencies of two weeks to two months from late October through May 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, work space, and meals. Submit three copies of 10 one-page poems or an excerpt from a longer poem totaling no more than 10 pages or no more than 30 pages of prose and a résumé with a $30 application fee by August 1. Two letters of recommendation must be sent directly to Yaddo by the references. A limited amount of financial assistance for travel is available. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.
Yaddo, Admissions, P.O. Box 395, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-0395. (518) 584-0746. Candace Wait, Program Director.
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