Tags: colonies and retreats
How to Create Your Own QPOC Writing Residency

Six queer writers of color create a collective space to pursue their work, no explanations or apologies necessary.
Where Big Books Are Born: Nathan Englander on the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers

The author of The Ministry of Special Cases on the retreat in New York City.
Where Big Books Are Born: Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Fine Arts Work Center

The author of The Refugees on the retreat in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Where Big Books Are Born: Duy Doan on the Kundiman Retreat

The author of We Play a Game on the retreat in New York City.
Where Big Books Are Born: Tommy Orange on the MacDowell Colony

The author of There There on the retreat in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Where Big Books Are Born: Reginald Dwayne Betts on the Cave Canem Retreat

The author of Shahid Reads His Own Palm on the retreat in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Ten More Retreats Where Your Big Book Could Be Born
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Fogo Island Arts Residency, Iceland Writers Retreat, and more.
The Writers Retreats Where Big Books Are Born
Annie Proulx, Tayari Jones, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and ten more authors on the retreats that changed their lives.
The Aha! Moment: A Literature Panelist for the MacDowell Colony
An anonymous juror weighs in on a residency applicant’s successful writing sample.
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