The Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program 2025
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts, in partnership with Straw Dog Writers Guild, offers one-week residencies during March 2025 for nine emerging writers, three writers each for three weeks (poets, fiction, creative non-fiction writers, screen-or playwrights). Selected writers will receive a $500 stipend, travel reimbursement, workspaces at The Mount, and lodging at a neighboring Inn.
When:
Week 1: Sunday, March 2 to Saturday, March 8, 2025
Week 2: Sunday, March 9 to Saturday, March 15, 2025
Week 3: Sunday, March 16 to Saturday, March 22, 2025
Where:
Residents will work at The Mount in Lenox, MA.
Application Fee: $25
Fee waived for members of The Mount and Straw Dog Writers Guild, or for financial hardship
Important Dates:
Application opens September 1, 2024
Application deadline October 1, 2024
Finalists announced on November 15, 2024
Residents announced on December 13 2024
Questions? Contact Sarah Margolis-Pineo, Public Programs Director at The Mount, programs@edithwharton.org or 413-551-5110.
Applications are now open. Click HERE for more information and to submit an application.
APPLICATIONS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 300 SUBMISSIONS.
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About The Mount:
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home is a National Historic Landmark and cultural center dedicated to the intellectual, artistic, and humanitarian legacy of Edith Wharton (1862-1937), one of America’s greatest authors. Wharton wrote over 40 books in 40 years, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence.
The Mount presents Wharton’s life and achievements through tours of her house and gardens, and programming. The Mount is the literary hub of the Berkshires and hosts lectures and panels by national authors and scholars both on-site and online. Seasonal cultural offerings on property include an annual outdoor sculpture show, music, and dance.
“The Mount was conceived as a private retreat by a writer on the verge of her literary ascent; in the 21st century, what better way to share Edith Wharton’s home and legacy than with an organization of writers devoted to supporting emerging voices,” says Patricia Pin, public program director at The Mount.
The Mount is located at 2 Plunkett Street in Lenox, Mass. For more information, visit EdithWharton.org
About Straw Dog Writers Guild:
The mission of Straw Dog Writers Guild is to unite and inspire writers throughout their diverse communities. A membership organization set in Western Massachusetts, it is open to writers of all genres and levels of expertise, no matter where they reside. Straw Dog Writers Guild supports writers virtually and in-person through craft workshops, open mics, on-line writing opportunities, social gatherings, authors’ showcases, networking, writing residencies, high school scholarships, an Emerging Writers Fellowship, and more. All are welcome.
Funding the Residency Program
Our generous anonymous donor, who funded our previous Patchwork Farm residencies, has committed to supporting this new collaboration with The Mount for the next three years. You too can be part of this new initiative by underwriting the residencies. Please donate HERE.