Edith Wharton Writer-in Residence Program

The Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts, offers a two- to three-week residency each spring to a woman poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer. The resident will be provided with a $1,000 stipend, work space, and lodging at the Mount, a Georgian revival mansion located near Laurel Lake and Erving State Forest. The resident will be expected to write a short essay about their time at the Mount, which will be published on the program website, and give a reading or talk during or following their residency.

To apply for a residency in February 2018 or March 2018, submit a writing sample of up to 1,500 words, a curriculum vitae, and a statement of purpose by August

31. There is no application fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.