Genre: Poetry

Ucross Residency Program

Ucross offered two-, four-, and six-week residencies from February through early June and from August through early December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 20,000-acre ranch in Ucross, Wyoming, located 27 miles southeast of Sheridan. Residents were provided with a private bedroom and studio space, chef-prepared meals, and a $1,500 stipend. To apply, writers submitted 10 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose, a project description, and contact information for two references with a $40 application fee by January 15. Visit the website for more information.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 18, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 18, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 18, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Ucross Residency Program, 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835. (307) 737-2291. Tracey Y. Kikut, Program Director.

Tracey Y. Kikut
Program Director
Contact City: 
Ucross
Contact State: 
WY
Country: 
US

Joy Harjo and Camille T. Dungy on Nature Poems

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In this 2023 National Book Festival event, Joy Harjo, author of Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years (Norton, 2022), and Camille T. Dungy, author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden (Simon & Schuster, 2023), read from their work and discuss writing about nature in a conversation moderated by NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe. Dungy’s essay “Manifest Some Magic: Get Out of Your Own Way and Do the Darn Thing” is included in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency

The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency, administered by PEN Northwest, offered a seven-month residency from April through October to a poet or prose writer, or pair of writers, at Dutch Henry Homestead in the Rogue River Canyon of southwest Oregon. Residents were provided with private lodging, including two small bedrooms, a sleeping loft, a living room with a kitchen, a bathroom, and a roof-deck, on 92 acres of forest and meadow. One hour of general homestead maintenance was required each day. Residents also received a stipend of at least $3,500.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 18, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 18, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 18, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency, PEN Northwest, c/o John Daniel, 23030 W. Sheffler Road, Elmira, OR 97437.

Contact City: 
Elmira
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97437
Country: 
US

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