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Headlands Center for the Arts [1]

A large white house nestled in trees and mountains.
Type: 
Residency
Event Date: 
July 16, 2025
Application Deadline: 
June 2, 2025
Website: 
https://headlands.org/program/air [2]
Financial Aid?: 
No
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
Regular Deadlines
Free Admission: 
Yes

Headlands Center for the Arts offers four- to ten-week residencies from mid-March to mid-November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and graphic novelists at its retreat center in the coastal wilderness of the Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. Residents are provided with a private bedroom and work space in a shared house, round-trip airfare, four meals per week, and a $1,000 monthly stipend. Writers not currently enrolled in an academic program are eligible. To apply for residencies in 2026, submit a writing sample of up to 20 pages of poetry or no more than 30 pages of prose, a letter of interest, a résumé, and contact information for three references by June 2. The application fee is $35 until May 5 and $45 thereafter. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations include accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; accessible bathrooms in the studio building and select housing; an accessible dining hall; accessible parking; and ASL interpretation (with advance request). Contact the senior residency manager via phone or e-mail for additional accessibility details.

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Ft. Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965. (415) 472-9478. Holly Blake, Senior Residency Manager.

E-mail address: 
hblake@headlands.org [3]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/headlands_center_for_the_arts

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/headlands_center_for_the_arts [2] https://headlands.org/program/air [3] mailto:hblake@headlands.org