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Residencies

2025 summer residencies, eligibility, applications, fee waivers.

An Open (Tin) House: Residency Edition Executive Director Lance Cleland and Director of Online Programs A.L. Major hosted an open house to discuss applying to the Tin House Residency program. Topics included what makes for a stand-out residency application, what to do if you have previously applied and have not been selected, and if residents can meet Mingus, the Residency pup. View the recording here .

Parents June This residency is intended to support writers with children 18 or younger.

General Residency July This residency is intended for any writer working on a full-length manuscript.

First Book August This residency is intended for debut writers who have not yet published a full-length book. Applicants may be under contract but cannot be scheduled to publish their debuts until 2026. Chapbooks and self-published works do not count toward this requirement.

We accept applications in the following genres: Fiction (novel/short fiction/YA), Nonfiction, Poetry, and Graphic Novel, as well as the translation of any of those genres.

When applicable, applicants may be under contract to publish the book they are applying with.

International writers may apply. 

Former Residents may not apply. Former Scholars and past Workshop faculty may apply.

You must be 21 years of age or older by the start date of the residency you are applying for.

The Tin House Resident will be housed in a 900 square ft. studio apartment next to the Tin House Workshop office in Northwest Portland.  The apartment includes a full kitchen, bathroom, and a small living room/office with WiFi. There are several coffee shops, restaurants, and grocery stores within walking distance of the apartment and access to public transit.

Please note this is a second-floor apartment that is only accessible by stairs. If a Resident cannot use the apartment due to accessibility, we will work with the Resident to provide alternative housing options (at no cost to the Resident). 

Partners and children are welcome to accompany Residents. Though the studio apartment features one queen bed,  Cribs/Pack ‘n Play/Air Mattresses will be available upon request.

Each Residency comes with a $1200 stipend, a 100$ Lyft credit, and a public reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde . Residents may also have an opportunity to meet (virtually) with editors from Tin House Books and participate in other gatherings with members of Portland’s literary community.

A list of past Residents can be found here.    

We ask for one unpublished writing sample. In addition to the writing sample, the application includes several questions about your project.

For Fiction and Nonfiction, 6,000 words or less. If you are submitting an excerpt, please include a synopsis. For poetry, six poems, totaling no more than 20 pages. For GN, 30 pages or less of combined graphics/text. Translation: Please follow the requirements for the genre in the original language and submit both your translation and the original text.

No reference letters, please.

Applications are read by Tin House Workshop staff and our 2024-2025 Reading Fellows. Our panel makes selections based on the writing sample, artist statement, residency plans, and through the lens of our core values.

Tin House offers a limited number of application fee waivers for our Residencies. We will be distributing these waivers on a first-come, first-serve basis. As an applicant, you can also Pay It Forward to help cover the cost of another writer’s application fee.

 To inquire about a waiver, p lease email [email protected] with the subject line “Residency Fee Waiver.” Please wait until applications are open to do so. 

All additional funds will be transferred to our next residency application period.

2025 Residencies

2025 Winter Residencies Dates: January & February 2024 Type: Debut 40 & General Closed

2025 Summer Residencies Dates: June, July, August, 2024 Type: First Book, Parents, General, Applications Open: October 2024 Deadline: November 2024

2025 Fall Residencies Dates: September & October Type: General, Trans Applications Open: March 2025 Deadline: April 2025

Residency Descriptions 

Debut 40: This residency is intended for writers over forty years of age who have not yet published a full-length book. 

First Book: This residency is intended for debut writers who have not yet published a full-length book. Applicants may be under contract but cannot be scheduled to publish their debuts until 2025. Chapbooks and self-published works do not count toward this requirement.

General: This residency is intended for any writer working on a full-length manuscript.

Parents Residency: This residency is intended to support writers with children 18 or younger.

Trans Author Residency: This residency is intended to support writers who identify as trans.

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Fall 2022 Creative Writing Residency

Announcing the Fall 2022 Creative Writing Residency for Students at UNC-CH!  

In partnership with Arts Everywhere, the editorial team at Short Story UNC is excited to announce the Fall 2022 Residency for creative writers at UNC-CH! The Short Story UNC team curates content for the eight short story dispensers positioned around campus and in the community, which have cumulatively distributed over 30,000 short stories, poems, and essays written by UNC students, faculty, and alumni to a diverse local audience. Please see their call for student writers below!

About the Residency

Returning for a second year, the Short Story UNC residency will give up to three UNC students writing in any genre or combination of genres the opportunity to “occupy” one of the dispensers for a month during the upcoming fall semester, filling the machine exclusively with writing by residents. Selected writers will work with the SSUNC editorial team to curate a vibrant collection of their short stories, essays, poems, experiments, pensées, manifestos, provocations, journal entries, epigrams, aphorisms, quotes, gems, etc. At the end of the residency, Short Story UNC will host a reading party to celebrate our writers’ work. We want to provide a platform for the best student writers at UNC to be able to amplify their voices while experimenting with the affordances of a unique multimedia publishing format. 

This year, Short Story UNC is pleased to be able to offer an honorarium of $250 for each resident . 

Application details

The application deadline is  May 31st.  Fall residents will be announced in mid-June, giving the selected writers a chance to use the summer to create and compile materials for publication. We welcome applications from students of all demographic backgrounds and all stages of their education at UNC. We are keen to promote diversity in our resident selection. 

  To apply, please submit the following:

  • A statement of purpose (1 pg max) describing how you plan to use your residency to advance your goals as a writer. In your statement, we encourage you to propose specific outcomes, projects, or experiments
  • A writing sample (8 pgs max), any genre or combination of genres
  • A biographical statement (½ pg – 1 pg) in which applicants introduce themselves and describe their past accomplishments.

All files should be in PDF format. 

Submit your applications to  [email protected]  before May 31st, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST.   

For more information about Short Story UNC, please visit  https://artseverywhere.unc.edu/art-at-carolina/short-story-machines/

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