AWP offers two annual scholarships to emerging writers who wish to attend a writers’ conference, center, retreat, festival, or residency. The scholarships are applied to fees for winners who attend one of AWP’s member WC&C programs. Winners and four finalists also receive a one-year individual membership in AWP. Eligibility Requirements: • Former or current students of the judge are ineligible. Previous recipients of WC&C scholarships...

Polygraph (n.) 1. a machine designed to detect and record changes in biological characteristics 2. an author who can write on a variety of different subjects The Polygraph Tests is a residency program committed to enriching the process of theatre development by pairing selected playwrights with collaborators eager to guide and inspire the scripts’ evolution. We are looking for dangerous stories that expose and examine the ways in which desire...

The Island Institute, Sitka, AK Deadline: April 15th, annually The Island Institute’s Writers’ Residencies provide opportunities for four writers to each spend a month in Sitka, Alaska, pursuing their own work while getting to know this unique island community in the forested coastal mountains of Southeast Alaska. Residents’ time is largely their own, but each person is expected to take part in five community activities. Two...

We already have a dozen literary agents who are excited about reading the work that comes out of our residency. Unlike other residencies and writing competitions, the inhabitants of the Orphanage will not be decided by one mysterious person, or even a panel of unknowns, but will be chosen by the collectivity of the Internet. The writers whose pitches are engaging enough to reach the largest audiences will become a part of the Orphanage....

The Wassaic Project invites all writers, musicians, and artists to apply! Applications for our 2012 Summer Residency Program are now online. APPLY HERE!   Deadline February 14th, 2012 11:59pm   Our Summer Residency runs from May 2nd-Oct 31st, 2012. We are open to one-six month proposals.   Artists will receive an adaptable raw studio space in the historic livestock barn. All studios are roughly 300 square feet. Artists will have...

The New South Young Playwrights Festival focuses on the support and development of the next generation of American dramatists. Each summer we invite between 20 and 30 high school and college students to Horizon Theatre in Atlanta for week of residency filled with workshops, rehearsals, seminars, and readings with professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs. We are currently seeking play submissions from high school, college and university...