All Residencies 2027

Writing By Writers is pleased to offer one and two week residencies in the United States and abroad. Residencies are open to fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, poets, playwrights and screenwriters. 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 unless applying as a co-resident.      

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 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.       

Applicants will be asked to provide a statement of intent, a short writing sample and submit a $50.00 tax deductible application fee.  The application fee will help fund fellowships at future Writing By Writers workshops.