The stars must have aligned. Someone in one of my online groups asked if anyone knew of a list of residencies that both 1) charge no application fees and 2) charge no fees for participation. And I had a free chunk of time once I finished a bunch of deadlines. And I thought that I’d go through my records and maybe come up with just such a list.
If you have comments/corrections/additions to share, please let me know.
Many thanks,
Erika
Last updated: April 2022
- (The) A-Frame Residency (for Canadian citizens/permanent residents)
- AIR – Artist in Residence Lower Austria
- The Amant NYC Residency Program
- Anderson Center Deaf Artists Residency and Jerome Emerging Artist (for those from Minnesota or the five boroughs of New York City) Residency Programs
- Andrews Forest Writing Residency
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center Community Arts Artist-in-Residence Program
- Art Omi Writers Residencies
- Badlands National Park Artist-in-Residence Program
- Bandelier National Monument Artist-in-Residence Program
- Berlin Prize Fellowships
- Berton House Writers’ Retreat (for Canadian citizens/permanent residents)
- Bethany Arts Community Residencies
- Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Artist-in-Residence Program
- Bothy Project Residencies (for writers “based in the UK”)
- (Peter) Bullough Foundation Residency Program
- Caldera Artists in Residence Program
- Camargo Foundation Core Program
- Centre Culturel Irlandais Residencies (for writers who are Irish citizens “or normally resident in Ireland”)
- Centrum Emerging Writers Residencies (for writers “residing in the Pacific Northwest, defined as Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and British Columbia”)
- Château de Lavigny International Writers’ Residence
- Collaborative Retreat at the Cabin at Shotpouch Creek
- Cove Park
- Denali National Park and Reserve Artist-in-Residence Program
- Elsewhere Residencies
- (Gaia) Fenna Memorial Fellowship (Minnesota residents only)
- Fondation Jan Michalski Residencies for Writers
- Franconia Sculpture Park Writer Residency (two-week fee-free application period)
- Gladstone Library Writer in Residence Programme
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Artist in Residence program
- Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum Writer-in-Residence program (link is for 2022 info)
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Artist-in-Residence program
- Hinge Arts Residency
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Artist-in-Residence Program
- Interface (“where science meets art”)
- Isle Royale National Park Artist-in-Residence Program
- Kentucky Foundation for Women/Hopscotch House Residencies (“for artists, activists, and allies who live and work in Kentucky and whose goals are to create art, gain a deeper understanding of feminism, and strengthen their understanding of their art and social change goals”)
- Kentucky Foundation for Women/Sisters of Loretto Residencies (for “feminist social change artists and writers who reside in Kentucky”)
- Lanesboro Artist Residency Program (for residents of Minnesota and the five boroughs of New York City)
- Lerman Trust/Soaring Gardens Artists’ Residency
- Logan Nonfiction Fellowship
- (Nancy) Ludmerer Fellowship for Flash Fiction and Nonfiction (at the Porches Retreat; offered ONE fee-free application day, for the first 15 applicants, in March 2022).
- Manassas National Battlefield Park Artist-in-Residence Program
- Mass MoCA Fellowships for Black and Indigenous Artists/Writers
- (The) Mastheads Writers’ Residencies
- “Miss Sarah” Fellowships for Black Women Writers
- Moniack Mhor Awards and Residencies
- (Carolyn) Moore Writing Residency
- New York Mills Arts Retreat
- Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Residencies (check also the Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence)
- Open Doors Poetry Fellowship (at the Porches Retreat, for “first time, new visitors with one published collection”)
- Ox-Bow Residencies
- Residency 108
- (Constance) Saltonstall Foundation Residencies (New York State residents only)
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park Artist-in-Residence Program
- (Marguerite and Lamar) Smith Fellowship for Writers
- (Eliza) So Fellowship
- Spruceton Inn Artist Residency
- (Wallace) Stegner House Residency (the “grant” program provides one free residency for a Canadian author)
- (Robert Louis) Stevenson Fellowship (for writers living in Scotland)
- Stomping Ground Creative Residency Program
- Sunny Point Artist-in-Residence Program
- Tallgrass Artist Residency
- Turkey Land Cove Foundation Residencies (women only)
- Ucross Fellowships for Native American Writers
- Villa Ruffieux
- Wellstone Center in the Redwoods (click “Fellowships” for sponsored residencies; the “Residencies” tab will lead you to residencies that don’t charge application fees, but do charge for the residencies.)
- Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities (if you are “a North Carolina native, current resident or [someone with a] direct tie to North Carolina”; “though there is no charge for the residencies, we do ask for donations so that we may keep the house and grounds in good repair and available for our writers for years to come.)