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 2023
- (The) A-Frame Residency (for Canadian citizens/permanent residents)
- AIR – Artist in Residence Lower Austria
- The Amant NYC Residency Program
- Anderson Center Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program (for those from Minnesota or the five boroughs of New York City)
- Andrews Forest Writing Residency
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center Community Arts Artist-in-Residence Program
- Art Omi Writers Residencies
- Atmosphere Press Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Costa Rica
- Badlands National Park Artist-in-Residence Program
- Bandelier National Monument Artist-in-Residence Program
- Bellagio Center Residency 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”)
- Caldera Artists in Residence Program
- Camargo Foundation Core Program
- Centre Culturel Irlandais Residencies (for writers who are Irish citizens “or normally resident in Ireland”)
- Château de Lavigny International Writers’ Residence
- Cove Park
- Denali National Park and Reserve Artist-in-Residence Program
- Fondation Jan Michalski Residencies for Writers
- Franconia Sculpture Park Writer Residency (two-week fee-free application period)
- Gladstone Library Writer in Residence Programme
- Granada Writers in Residence Programme
- Green Box Artist in Residence Program
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Artist in Residence program
- Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum Writer-in-Residence program (link is for 2023 info)
- 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/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
- (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
- Martin House Creative Residency Program
- Mass MoCA Full Fellowships
- (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
- (Constance) Saltonstall Foundation Residencies (New York State residents only)
- Shoals Marine Laboratory Artist-in-Residence Program
- (Marguerite and Lamar) Smith Fellowship for Writers
- Spruceton Inn Artist Residency
- (Wallace) Stegner House Residency (the “grant” program provides one free residency for a Canadian author)
- Stomping Ground Creative Residency Program
- Sunny Point Artist-in-Residence Program
- Tallgrass Artist Residency
- Turkey Land Cove Foundation Residencies (women only)
- 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.)