Wolf House Residency
January 12 - 18, 2026
Writing By Writers offers a one-week, residency at The Wolf House in NE Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Wolf House Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children, friends or pets are allowed.
Sea Wolf Bookstore Residency
January 18 - 24, 2026
Writing By Writers offers a one week residency at Sea Wolf Bookstore in Port Orford on the Oregon Coast. The Sea Wolf Books Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children, friends or pets are allowed.
Faulkner Gulf Coast Residency
April 4 - April 10, 2026
Writing By Writers offers a week-long residency in Pass Christian, Mississippi about an hour outside of New Orleans. The Faulkner Gulf Coast Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Big Bend Residency
April 9 - April 19 2026
Writing By Writers offers a two-week dog-friendly residency at a Sears Kit House in Marathon, Texas near Big Bend National Park. Writers may apply with co-applicants for a 3-bedroom house. The Big Bend Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Hemingway House Residency
April 1 - 15, 2026
Writing By Writers offers a two-week residency at the Hemingway House in Ketchum, Idaho. The Hemingway House Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge in a studio apartment that was formerly the 3-bay garage of Ernest Hemingway’s Ketchum home. During the residency, the writer will be asked to do one public program at the Library – such as a public reading, book discussion, or writing workshop. Residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places. As such, pets are not allowed on the premises. ​The studio apartment is being provided courtesy of The Community Library. Amenities include Wi-Fi, washer/dryer, full kitchen, free parking on premise, and heating/air-conditioning.
ShineMaker Residency
May 16 - 30, 2026
Writing by Writers offers a two-week, dog-friendly residency in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Writers may apply with co-applicants for a 3-bedroom house. Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Baja Residency
July 12 - 26, 2026
Writing By Writers offers a two-week residency at Casita de Catarina on the beach in the Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The Baja Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Soul Land Residency
2026 (Week TBD by owner and winner)
Writing by Writers offers a one-week residency at The Soul Land Retreat in Pioneertown, California, near Joshua Tree National Park. Writers-in-residence stay in an original 1950's homestead cabin that has been completely renovated, nestled among giant boulders on 10 acres of land with immediate access to hiking trails. Soul Land is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation, and personal needs while at the residency. The cabin includes a mini fridge and coffee/tea making facilities, with full access to the kitchen in the main house. This residency is intended for a solo writer only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed. Please note: host may have dogs on the property at times.
Collioure France Residency
2026 (2 weeks TBD by owner and winner)
Writing by Writers offers a two-week residency in a very simple one bedroom/one bath walk-up (1 flight of stairs) apartment fronting the shoreline, with balcony views from the sitting room and bedroom out over the Mediterranean Sea at the foothills of the eastern Pyrenees in Collioure, France. The exact dates to be determined between the winner and the owner. The Collioure France Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond, however preference will be given to a writer who is a single parent. Please note this in your application letter. Lodging is provided free of charge. Residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Lamb Creek Residency
2026 (10 days TBD by owner and winner)
Writing by Writers offers a 10 day residency at the off-grid Lamb Creek Retreat in the chimney stack of Idaho, two hours north of Spokane, WA. Writers may apply with co-applicants for a 2-bedroom house. The Lamb Creek Retreat Residency is open to writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay, playwriting, and beyond. Lodging is provided free of charge, however residents are responsible for their own meals, transportation and personal needs while at the residency. There is modern day power and plumbing at the cabin, but no internet and little cell reception. Both of these connections can be arranged at the public library, 1.5 miles down the road. Residencies are intended for writers only. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Application Details
Applications for all 2026 Residences will open on September 1, 2025 and are due October 15, 2025. Selections will be made by November 15, 2025. Applications open September 1st and close October 15th every year for the following calendar year residencies. Applicants will be asked to provide a brief statement of intent telling us what you hope to accomplish during this residency, a short writing sample (10 pages prose or 5 poems) and a $50.00 tax deductible application fee. The application fee is critical in helping fund fellowships at future Writing By Writers workshops. Once you apply you will receive an immediate email confirmation of your application. Sometimes these go into your junk or bulk mail folder. If this happens, please add info@writingxwriters.org to your safe senders list to make sure you get our acceptance notification!
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Pam Houston
Winners are selected by Pam Houston. Pam Houston is the author of the short story collection Cowboys Are My Weakness, the memoir Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country, and six other books of fiction and nonfiction. Her books have won multiple Western States, Mountains and Plains and Colorado Book Awards and her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, the O Henry Prize Anthology and Best American Short Stories of the Century. She teaches creative writing at The Institute of American Indian Arts and UC Davis and is cofounder and creative director of the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers and fiction editor at the environmental arts journal Terrain.org. She lives on a homestead at 9,000 feet near the headwaters of the Rio Grande. Her book, Without Exception: Reclaiming Abortion, Personhood and Freedom, was published by Torrey House Press in September.