Comments on: Writing residencies and conferences

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:48 +0000

Oh! I stayed in that very cottage in 1989! My experience at Hedgebrook — followed by the Bennington MFA Writing Seminars and fellowships at UCross and Vermont Studio Center — planted a dream seed that has just come to fruition. As the director of Beach Shack Writers’ Residency on Hilton Head Island, I hope to recreate the same kind of wonderful experience that set me on my path.

Thanks for this great post!

You can view pictures and learn more about Beach Shack at http://www.beachshackwriters.com.

By: Meghan Ward

Meghan Ward — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:47:27 +0000

I’m so glad Christine offered to write this post, since it’s been so useful for many of you.

Hanni – I’ve never been to Taos (for writing) or Tin House, but Squaw was great. Most people there didn’t have MFAs, so you’ll fit right in. And here’s a post about my own MFA: http://bit.ly/cCy0Rw

Tiffany, I’ll check out your link. Thanks!

By: tiffany lee brown

tiffany lee brown — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:10:29 +0000

nice post! thanks for laying out all this information.
i recently blogged about artist / writers residencies i’ve experienced at Soapstone, Caldera, and Hypatia. if you’re interested, it’s here:
http://www.2gq.org/2010/03/writer-artist-residencies.html

By: Hänni

Hänni — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:02:55 +0000

Thanks for the post. I’ve been thinking about applying to Squaw Valley or Taos, possibly Tin House for the summer. I don’t have an MFA, but have been flirting with the idea of getting one. Thank you for the informative post. Now to pick a program to apply to …

By: Sitka Residency | nwWriter

Sitka Residency | nwWriter — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:59:05 +0000

[...] If you need a longer list of the how/why behind residencies, check out a great blog post by fellow writer Meghan [...]

By: C(h)ristine

C(h)ristine — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:52:50 +0000

I’m glad this post is helping all of you!

By: Links « 80,000 words

Links « 80,000 words — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:54:19 +0000

[...] it’s writing colony season, might as well dredge up a guest post I wrote over at Writerland about various writing residencies and [...]

By: All About Writers Colonies « distraction no. 99

All About Writers Colonies « distraction no. 99 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:25:07 +0000

[...] me with their comments and let me include them here. For more information about colonies, check out Christine Lee Zilka’s post, with helpful links, on Writerland and Allison Amend’s article on Yaddo for [...]

By: JS Chancellor

JS Chancellor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:09:38 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this! I’ve been waffling back and forth for some time on whether to apply to a residency program or not and I’ll likely blog about it. I run a writer’s blog, Welcome to the Asylum. As the title obviously states, one of the goals in my career is to eventually provide a place for writers to physically take up residency. For now this is wishful thinking, but it won’t always be…

A room of one’s own??

By: January writing links, the fiction edition « Fog City Writer

January writing links, the fiction edition « Fog City Writer — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:25:57 +0000

[...] about going to a writing conference or residency to work on your revisions? If so, read this guest post, by Christine Lee Zilka on [...]