Franconia Sculpture Park offered four residencies of two weeks in late January to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at an outdoor sculpture park in Saint Croix River Valley, Minnesota. Residents were provided with a private bedroom within a communal farmhouse, a shared office space, access to walking trails, airport pick-up and drop-off, and a $1,000 stipend. For residencies from January 18, 2023, to February 1, 2023, using only the online application system writers submitted up to five pages of poetry (no more than two poems) or prose, a 150-word biography, a 250-word work plan and one sentence summary, two references, and a curriculum vitae with a $25 application fee by September 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Contact residency director Ellina Kevorkian for accessibility details.
Contact Information
Franconia Sculpture Park Writers Residency, 29836 St. Croix Trail, Shafer, MN 55074. Ellina Kevorkian, Residency Director. (651) 257-6668.