Writers in Residence
About
Hedgebrook’s Writer-in-Residence Program supports writers from all over the world for residencies of two to four weeks. The cottage, all meals, and the entire residency experience at Hedgebrook is free to selected writers. Travel is not included and is the responsibility of the writer to arrange and pay for. Up to 6 writers can be in residence at a time, each housed in their own handcrafted cottage. They spend their days in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, “The Gathering” is a social time for residents to connect and share over their freshly prepared meals.
Who applies?
Hedgebrook’s mission is to support visionary women-identified writers,18 and older, whose stories and ideas shape our culture now and for generations to come. Writers must be women, which is inclusive of transgender women and female-identified individuals. Because gender inequity still occurs in all spaces including literary ones, it is part of our explicit mission to support and promote women’s voices. This application is not for alumnae seeking a return stay.
We are doing things a bit differently for 2025!
Our 2025 applications and more information will be available in April. If you want to receive notification of when applications open, please sign up for our newsletter here.
UPDATE: Notifications for our 2024 Summer/Fall applications were sent via Slideroom on February 23rd.
For more information about the Writer in Residence program, please review our FAQs here.
The Writer-in-Residence program is supported in part by: