Wolf House Residency
January 11 - 17, 2027
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.
Collioure France Residency
Feb 15 - March 10, 2027
(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 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.
Faulkner Gulf Coast Residency
April 3 - 9, 2027
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.
Hemingway House Residency
April 14 - 28, 2027
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 15 - 29, 2027
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.
Lewis Creek Residency
December 2026 - May 2027
(One Week TBD by owner and winner)
Writing by Writers offers a one-week residency in a cabin on 20 acres of walking and snowshoe trails in Charlotte, Vermont. Lewis Creek 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 full mini kitchen, living room, queen bed, 3/4 bath (built in 2020), propane fireplace, screened porch, two writing desks and Wifi. This residency is intended for a solo writer. No spouses, children or friends are allowed.
Baja Residency
July 11 - 25, 2027
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.
Big Bend Residency
September 9 - 19, 2027
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.
Lamb Creek Residency
2027 (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.
Joshua Tree Residency
2027 (1 - 2 weeks TBD
by owner and winners)
Writing by Writers offers a one to two week residency (depending on time of year) in this 900 square foot, funky and fun desert home on 5 acres of beautiful land with mountain views and a cactus garden in Twentynine Palms California. The recently renovated house features a large and fully finished screened in porch plus two additional studio “guest units”—a shipping container home with compostable toilet and its own kitchen, and a small vintage trailer, both hooked up to the main water and electricity. The residency accommodates 3 people and 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.
Application Details
Applications for all 2027 Residences will open on September 1, 2026 and are due October 15, 2026. Selections will be made by November 15, 2026. 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
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 seven 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, 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 of essays on kinship, Animals Taught Me Everything, will be published by Torrey House Press in October, 2026.