Mineral School is an artists residency located in a former elementary school built in 1947 near Mt. Rainier, in Mineral, Washington. During 2023 and the first half of 2024, we'll host 24 creative people. (Separately, we'll host eight folks who are rescheduling from prior years or joining us in an invitational residency.) We'll host four two-week residency sessions as well as two one-week residency sessions for Spanish-language writers (one session for parents, one without that requirement), and a special one-week session for parents writing in English. Applications for 2023 and the first half of 2024 open up March 2, 2023 and close April 15, 2023.
We provide accepted applicants with space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals prepared by culinary guest staffers using locally-grown organic produce and eggs where possible. Each resident will live in an 800-square foot former classroom that offers peekaboo views of Mineral Lake and Mt. Rainier, and that will double as their writing studio, with desk and chair, lighting, bookcase, and lots of chalkboards. The school building has shared bathrooms with showers. Residents are served all meals daily (plus 24/7 access to a snack fridge and coffee/tea station), and will have the opportunity to share work with the public. Mineral features a fishing lake, boat rentals (or our kayaks), some in-town hiking trails, a bar, a B&B, a general store, churches, a post office, and many deer. It's a 25-minute drive to the Ashford/Nisqually entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park.
Mineral School es una residencia de artistas ubicada en una antigua escuela primaria de 1947 cerca de Mt. Rainier, en Mineral, Washington. En el 2023 y la primera mitad de 2024, ofreceremos residencias a un total de 24 personas. (Recibiremos por separado a ocho personas que reprogramaron las fechas de años anteriores o se unirán a nosotros en una residencia por invitación). Tendremos cuatro períodos de residencia de dos semanas, así como dos sesiones de residencias de una semana para escritores en español (una sesión para padres, y otra sin ese requisito), y una sesión especial de una semana para padres que escriben en inglés. Las solicitudes se abren el 2 de marzo de 2023 y se extienden hasta el 15 de abril de 2023.
Los artistas y escritores seleccionados gozarán de un espacio y tiempo para crear nuevas obras sin las interrupciones de la vida cotidiana, y de comidas saludables preparadas por personal de invitados culinarios que usarán mayoritariamente productos orgánicos locales. Cada residente se alojará en un antiguo salón de clases de 800 pies cuadrados con vistas panorámicas al lago Mineral Lake y al Mt. Rainier, que servirá también de estudio de escritura, con escritorio, silla, iluminación, biblioteca y pizarras. El edificio de la escuela cuenta con baños y duchas compartidos. Se servirán tres comidas todos los días (además hay acceso las 24 horas, los 7 días de la semana a un refrigerador para refrigerios y una estación de café/té), los residentes tendrán la oportunidad de compartir sus obras con el público. Mineral cuenta con un lago con posibilidad para la pesca, alquiler de botes (o nuestros kayaks), algunas rutas de senderismo en la localidad, un bar, un B & B, una tienda, iglesias, una oficina de correos y gran cantidad de ciervos. Mineral está a 25 minutos en coche de la entrada de Ashford/Nisqually al Parque Nacional del Monte Rainier.
Visiting authors and artists: During each residency, special guests will visit and present work. Typically, alumni presenters visit and in some cases bring with them a special guest artist they've chosen to introduce to Mineral. These events are free and open to the public, and include dessert.
Autores y artistas visitantes: Durante cada residencia, contaremos con invitados especiales que harán una visita y presentarán sus trabajos. Por lo general, los presentadores son ex alumnos de la residencia y, quienes en algunos casos, vienen acompañados de un artista o invitado especial con quien presentan en la residencia de Mineral. Estos eventos son gratuitos y abiertos al público e incluyen postre.
Resident presentations: If they wish, residents can share with one another and the public at each session's "show and tell" held during residency. These presentations are typically held after dinner in our library/multi-purpose room and are casual dessert potlucks.
Presentaciones de los residentes: si así lo desean, los residentes podrían compartir entre sí y con el público en cada sesión de "mostrar y comentar" ("show and tell") que se lleve a cabo durante la residencia. Estas presentaciones se llevan generalmente a cabo después de la cena en nuestra biblioteca/salón de usos múltiples y se trata de encuentros informales con postres.
We are accepting applications from March 2, 2023, through April 15, 2023 (Midnight, PST) for 2023-2024 residencies. Notification will be given at least two months before the residency period for which you've applied.
Aceptaremos solicitudes desde el 2 de marzo del 2023 hasta el 15 de abril del 2023 (medianoche, PST) para residencias en el 2022-2023. La notificación a los elegidos se realizará al menos dos meses antes del período de residencia para el que haya mandado su solicitud.
2023-2024 RESIDENCY DATES
Residency sessions with openings will be held during the following time periods:
- September 16-September 24, 2023 (Spanish-language session with Seattle Escribe for writers who are parents)
- October 1-October 15, 2023 (all genres)
- October 21-October 29, 2023 (parent writers and artists)
- November 5-November 19, 2023 (all genres)
- December 3-December 17, 2023 (all genres
- March 3-March 17, 2024 (all genres)
- March 30-April 7, 2024 (Spanish-language writers)
FECHAS DE RESIDENCIA 2023-2024
Las sesiones de residencia con vacantes se llevarán a cabo durante los siguientes períodos:
- 16 de septiembre al 24 de septiembre de 2023 (sesión de escritores en español con Seattle Escribe para padres)
- 1 de octubre al 15 de octubre de 2023 (padres escritores/artistas en todos los géneros)
- 21 de octubre al 29 de octubre de 2023 (todos los géneros para padres)
- 5 de noviembre al 19 de noviembre de 2023 (todos los géneros)
- 3 de diciembre al 17 de diciembre de 2023 (todos los géneros)
- 3 de marzo al 17 de marzo de 2023 (todos los géneros)
- 30 de marzo al 7 de abril (sesión de escritores en español con Seattle Escribe)
RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS
During 2023-2024, we are able to offer 17 fellowships so writers and artists may attend residency at no cost. All one-week sessions are free. Otherwise, two-week residency costs $425 (mixed-genre residencies).
BECAS DE RESIDENCIA
En el 2023 y 2024, contamos con la capacidad de ofrecer 17 becas para que tanto escritores como artistas puedan asistir a la residencia libres de costo. Sin la financiación, la residencia de dos semanas costaría $425.
Seattle Escribe (8) celebrates Spanish literature and supports poets and writers who produce literature in Spanish. In 2023 and 2024, Seattle Escribe and Mineral School are partnering to offer two Spanish-specific writing residencies to poets and prose writers currently living in the United States. The first session, in September 2023, supports four Spanish writers who are also parents and is supported with funding from the Sustainable Arts Foundation; the second, in March 2024, is open to U.S.-based writers who work in Spanish. The fellowships include travel assistance from points between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA along the I-5 corridor, if needed.
Seattle Escribecelebra la literatura en español y apoya a los poetas y escritores que producen literatura en español. En 2023 y 2024, Seattle Escribe y Mineral School se han asociado para ofrecer dos residencias de escritura en español a poetas y prosistas que actualmente viven en los Estados Unidos. La primera sesión, en septiembre de 2023, apoya a cuatro escritores que escriban en español y que también sean padres; la segunda, en marzo de 2024, está abierta a escritores radicados en Estados Unidos que escriban en español sean o no padres. La beca también incluye asistencia con el traslado desde Portland (Oregón) Seattle (Washington) o sus alrededores.
SAF Fellowships for Parents (4) are open to writers or visual artists who are parents, stepparents, or guardians of a child 18 or under at the time they attend residency. For these creative folks, we offer a special, shorter-format one-week session with support from the Sustainable Arts Foundation which includes a visit from a presenter with experience creating art while raising a family, and opportunities for residents to present publicly. (Note: Participants do not bring children to residency; the residency is shorter to make leaving home less disruptive for childcare arrangements.) Accepted residents attend at no cost, are provided all meals, and receive travel assistance if necessary from points in or between Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA.
June Dodge Fellowships (2) are open to poets or writers from the Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon) and whose work is inspired by adventure, travel, the outdoors, and a feisty won't-give-up spirit. Though named for a woman, applicants of any identity may apply! These fellowships fund a two-week residency and include transit to Mineral from Portland, Seattle, or points between on I-5.
The Tahoma Literary Review Fellowship (1) will offer one writer of poetry or prose who identifies as part of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) community support for a two-week residency. Applicants may request that their submission be read solely for residency or also considered for publication in TLR. Tahoma Literary Review is supporting this fellowship and publication opportunity to recognize and uplift BIPOC voices. The fellowship also includes travel assistance from points between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA along the I-5 corridor, if needed.
The Mona Lisa Roberts Visual Artist Fellowship (1) supports a two-week residency for one visual artist who self-identifies as LGBTQ+ and lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon). This fellowship funds a two-week residency any month and transit from Seattle, Portland, or points between. Depending on the medium and artist preference, the accepted artist can work in the studio room where they sleep, spread out in the gym, or make the most of the outdoors.
The Erin Donovan Writing Fellowship (1) supports one woman writer at midlife. A fan of small town culture, travel, dive bars, nature, wordplay, and late-night talks about the meaning of life, Erin Donovan lived with abandon. Her friends and family co-created a fellowship in her memory open to applicants from the states where Erin lived. This residency is open to a woman-identifying writer of poetry or prose living in Massachusetts, New York, Washington, or Oregon, who is at least 40, and whose writing expresses wit and compassion. This fellowship funds the two-week residency fee and offers travel reimbursement upon proof of travel purchase or mileage, up to $175 (OR/WA) or $400 (NY/MA).
¿Quién puede aplicar? Escritores en cualquier etapa de su carrera, radicados en los Estados Unidos y que escriban en español. Se hablará español durante toda la residencia.
Who should apply? Writers from any career stage based in the United States and who speak and write in fluent Spanish are welcome. Spanish will be spoken throughout the residency.
Selección: Su obra será evaluada por un panel de tres escritores de habla hispana con experiencia en escritura de diversos géneros. Su trabajo se presentará de forma anónima (nombre oculto) a los lectores jurados y ellos tomarán decisiones basadas en el mérito de su declaración de artista y muestra de trabajo. NO incluya su nombre en su declaración de artista, muestra de trabajo ni use su nombre para titular las muestras (p. ej., si su nombre es Isabel Allende, no descargue un documento con la etiqueta "IsabelAllende.doc"). Por favor envíe todo el trabajo en español.
Selection: Your work will be juried by a three-person panel of Spanish-speaking writers with cross-genre writing expertise. Your work will be presented anonymously (name blind) to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement, work sample, or use your name to title samples (eg, if your name is Isabel Allende, don't upload a document labeled "IsabelAllende.doc"). Please submit work in Spanish.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Lo que deberá preparar antes de comenzar el proceso de solicitud:
- Una breve biografía: de un párrafo, ¿cómo describiría su educación, experiencia escribiendo y cualquier trabajo remunerado o de voluntario que le ayude a promover su visión artística? Piense en la biografía como una breve presentación que contiene los detalles que compartiría un artista antes de subir al escenario. Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, writing experience, and any paid or volunteer service work that helps further your artistic vision? Think of this bio as one containing the details that would be shared by an introducer before you take the stage to present.
- Declaración del artista: en una declaración de una página (como máximo), explique cómo la residencia en español lo ayudaría a avanzar con su trabajo creativo. Comparta también una breve declaración sobre su proceso de escritura y/o qué experiencias de vida e influencias han dado forma a su arte y sus temas y cómo ha crecido o está creciendo como narrador o poeta. Sea usted mismo. Los lectores quieren tener una idea de usted como artista y de su proceso creativo. Por favor, no incluya su nombre. Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a Spanish-language residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a storyteller or poet . Be yourself. Readers want to get a sense of you as an artist and of your creative process. Please do not include your name.
- Muestra de trabajo: Mande una muestra de trabajo de hasta 10 páginas (a doble espacio y/o incluyendo saltos de línea tradicionales para el diálogo) en fuente de 12 puntos, formato Word Doc, Docx o PDF. Las muestras de trabajo pueden ser obras en progreso otrabajos producidos previamente pero no publicados o inéditos; lo que usted considere que constituye una aplicación más sólida. Le invitamos a incluir una nota introductoria (un párrafo más o menos) que explique la muestra (es decir, este es un extracto de una memoria, esta es la segunda historia vinculada a una colección y el lector conocería este detalle de la trama, este poema es parte de una antología). No incluya información biográfica o de identificación en su muestra de trabajo y no etiquete su muestra de trabajo con su nombre (es decir, si se llama Pablo Neruda, no nombre su archivo PabloNeruda.doc). Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 10 pages (double-spaced and/or including traditional line breaks for dialogue) in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or previously produced work that hasn't been published -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or so) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is an excerpt of a memoir, this is the second story in a linked collection and the reader would know this one plot detail, this poem is one of a cycle). Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample and don't label your work sample with your name (i.e., if your name is Pablo Neruda, please don't name your file PabloNeruda.doc).
Fechas de residencia: Esta beca es para la residencia que se ofrecerá del 30 de marzo hasta el 7 de abril del 2024.
Residency Dates: This fellowship is for residency that runs from March 30, 2024 to April 7, 2024.
Costo de residencia: No hay ningún costo para que los escritores asistan a la residencia, aparte de cualquier gasto relacionado conla aplicación $25 yel viaje al noroeste (Seattle, Portland o puntos intermedios a lo largo de la interestatal I-5). Residency Cost: There is no cost for writers to attend the residency, other than any domestic travel to the Northwest (Seattle, Portland, or points between along I-5); the application fee is $25.
¡No presione el botón "enviar" ("submit") en su solicitud hasta que no tenga todos estos documentos completos adjuntos!
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all these elements are attached!
¿Quién puede aplicar?Escritores en cualquier etapa de su carrera, radicados en los Estados Unidos y que escriban en español. Se hablará español durante toda la residencia. Esta aplicación es para escritores que actualmente están criando niños de hasta 18 años o menos de edad; si usted es padre o madre biológico/a, madrastra o padrastro o tutor/a, puede presentar su solicitud.
Who should apply? Writers from any career stage based in the United States and who speak and write in fluent Spanish are welcome. Spanish will be spoken throughout the residency. This application is for writers who are currently raising children 18 years old or younger; if you are a biological parent, stepparent, or guardian, you may apply.
Selección: Su obra será evaluada por un panel de tres escritores de habla hispana con experiencia en escritura de diversos géneros. Su trabajo se presentará de forma anónima (nombre oculto) a los lectores jurados y ellos tomarán decisiones basadas en el mérito de su declaración de artista y muestra de trabajo. NO incluya su nombre en su declaración de artista, muestra de trabajo ni use su nombre para titular las muestras (p. ej., si su nombre es Isabel Allende, no descargue un documento con la etiqueta "IsabelAllende.doc"). Por favor envíe todo el trabajo en español.
Selection: Your work will be juried by a three-person panel of Spanish-speaking writers with cross-genre writing expertise. Your work will be presented anonymously (name blind) to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement, work sample, or use your name to title samples (eg, if your name is Isabel Allende, don't upload a document labeled "IsabelAllende.doc"). Please submit work in Spanish.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Lo que deberá preparar antes de comenzar el proceso de solicitud:
- Una breve biografía: de un párrafo, ¿cómo describiría su educación, experiencia escribiendo y cualquier trabajo remunerado o de voluntario que le ayude a promover su visión artística? Piense en la biografía como una breve presentación que contiene los detalles que compartiría un artista antes de subir al escenario. Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, writing experience, and any paid or volunteer service work that helps further your artistic vision? Think of this bio as one containing the details that would be shared by an introducer before you take the stage to present.
- Declaración del artista: en una declaración de una página (como máximo), explique cómo la residencia en español lo ayudaría a avanzar con su trabajo creativo. Comparta también una breve declaración sobre su proceso de escritura y/o qué experiencias de vida e influencias han dado forma a su arte y sus temas y cómo ha crecido o está creciendo como narrador o poeta. Sea usted mismo. Los lectores quieren tener una idea de usted como artista y de su proceso creativo. Por favor, no incluya su nombre. Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a Spanish-language residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a storyteller or poet . Be yourself. Readers want to get a sense of you as an artist and of your creative process. Please do not include your name.
- Muestra de trabajo: Mande una muestra de trabajo de hasta 10 páginas (a doble espacio y/o incluyendo saltos de línea tradicionales para el diálogo) en fuente de 12 puntos, formato Word Doc, Docx o PDF. Las muestras de trabajo pueden ser obras en progreso otrabajos producidos previamente pero no publicados o inéditos; lo que usted considere que constituye una aplicación más sólida. Le invitamos a incluir una nota introductoria (un párrafo más o menos) que explique la muestra (es decir, este es un extracto de una memoria, esta es la segunda historia vinculada a una colección y el lector conocería este detalle de la trama, este poema es parte de una antología). No incluya información biográfica o de identificación en su muestra de trabajo y no etiquete su muestra de trabajo con su nombre (es decir, si se llama Pablo Neruda, no nombre su archivo PabloNeruda.doc). Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 10 pages (double-spaced and/or including traditional line breaks for dialogue) in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or previously produced work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or so) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is an excerpt of a memoir, this is the second story in a linked collection and the reader would know this one plot detail, this poem is one of a cycle). Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample and don't label your work sample with your name (i.e., if your name is Pablo Neruda, please don't name your file PabloNeruda.doc).
Fechas de residencia: Esta beca es para la residencia que se ofrecerá 16 de septiembre al 24 de septiembre de 2023.
Residency Dates: This fellowship is for residency that runs from September 16, 2023 to September 24, 2023.
Costo de residencia: No hay ningún costo para que los escritores asistan a la residencia, aparte de cualquier gasto relacionado con la aplicación $25 y el viaje al noroeste (Seattle, Portland o puntos intermedios a lo largo de la interestatal I-5). Residency Cost: There is no cost for writers to attend the residency, other than the $25 application fee and the cost of any domestic travel to the Northwest (Seattle, Portland, or points between along I-5).
¡No presione el botón "enviar" ("submit") en su solicitud hasta que no tenga todos estos documentos completos adjuntos!
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all these elements are attached!
The Erin Donovan Writing Fellowship is open to an emerging woman writer of poetry or prose living in Massachusetts, New York, Washington, or Oregon, who is at least 40 years old as of June 1, 2023, and whose writing expresses both wit and compassion. This fellowship includes room and board as well as a travel stipend of ($175 max for WA/OR, $400 max for MA/NY) and is available during any two-week residency during 2023.
About Erin Donovan: This fellowship was established to honor the memory of Erin Donovan (1965-2015), a talented fiction writer, beloved teacher, and independent creative spirit who made her home in the Pacific Northwest. Beloved for her joie de vivre, sense of humor, and compassion, Erin was a gifted and intuitive thinker, attuned to human nature and the brilliant particulars of the everyday. Offering this fellowship in her name, her friends and family seek to support the talent and literary potential of other women writers who will find creative space and time at Mineral School.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by established poetry and prose writers (depending on your application genre), and finalists may be additionally reviewed by friends and family of Erin. Your work is presented anonymously to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample and boldness of your voice. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample or the title of the documents for those samples (eg, if your name is Jane Doe, don't title your document "JaneDoe.doc").
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process. This will help in making final decisions. For the artist statement please do not include information regarding awards, published work, or identifying biographical information. This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 10,000 words (prose) or 20 pages (poetry) in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or two) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is a prologue, this is a memoir excerpt, etc.). Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample, i.e. make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages.
Consider Dates: These residency sessions are your date options.
- October 1 - October 15, 2023
- November 5-9, 2023
- December 3-17, 2023
- March 3-17, 2024
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all these elements are attached!
June Dodge Fellowships are open to poetry or prose writers from the Northwest -- Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon) -- and whose work is inspired by adventure, travel, or the outdoors. The June Dodge fellowship includes your room/writing studio, meals, and transit assistance (if needed) to Mineral from Portland, Seattle, or points between those two cities along the I-5 corridor.
About June Dodge: June Dodge is not a real person -- but she's got a real heart. June Dodge emerged from a typo in the local newspaper, but what a great typo, what a great muse. We picture June Dodge as a wild west character, tough but gracious, with a little dirt on her brow from a hard day's work, an Aries spitfire, probably ready to spend the evening talking quatrains or Coltrane over a tin cup of moonshine before kicking her chair over with her boot and going back to the typewriter to make the words fly like bullets. It takes grit to write and June Dodge has it. If you've got character and determination she'd like to support that.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by a panel of established poetry and prose writers. Your work is presented anonymously to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample. (If your name is June Dodge, do not upload a document titled JuneDodgePoems.doc.) Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision? Think of this as the sort of short bio that someone might read before you step up to the stage to give a public presentation.
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself! The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding awards, published work, or identifying or biographical information. This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 20 pages of poetry in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or two) explaining the sample. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages. Also, do not include your name as the title of your document. (That is, if your name is Sylvia Plath, don't upload sylviaplath.doc.)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during one residency period, do not designate a 2nd choice residency period. If you are willing/able to attend any session, you may designate that. You can also share 2nd and 3rd choice session dates.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all these elements are attached!
June Dodge Fellowships are open to poetry or prose writers from the Northwest -- Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon) -- and whose work is inspired by adventure, travel, or the outdoors. The June Dodge fellowship includes your room/writing studio, meals, and transit assistance (if needed) to Mineral from Portland, Seattle, or points between those two cities along the I-5 corridor.
About June Dodge: June Dodge is not a real person -- but she's got a real heart. June Dodge emerged from a typo in the local newspaper, but what a great typo, what a great muse. We picture June Dodge as a wild west character, tough but gracious, with a little dirt on her brow from a hard day's work, an Aries spitfire, probably ready to spend the evening talking quatrains or Coltrane over a tin cup of moonshine before kicking her chair over with her boot and going back to the typewriter to make the words fly like bullets. It takes grit to write and June Dodge has it. If you've got character and determination she'd like to support that.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by a panel of established poetry and prose writers. Your work is presented anonymously to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample. (If your name is June Dodge, do not upload a document titled JuneDodgePoems.doc.) Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision? Think of this as the sort of short bio that someone might read before you step up to the stage to give a public presentation.
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself! The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding awards, published work, or identifying or biographical information. This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 20 pages of poetry in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or two) explaining the sample. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages. Also, do not include your name as the title of your document. (That is, if your name is Sylvia Plath, don't upload sylviaplath.doc.)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during one residency period, do not designate a 2nd choice residency period. If you are willing/able to attend any session, you may designate that. You can also share 2nd and 3rd choice session dates.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all these elements are attached!
Who should apply? The Mona Lisa Roberts Visual Artist Fellowship is open to an artist who self-identifies as LGBTQ+ and lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon). This fellowship funds a two-week residency any month and transit assistance if needed from Seattle, Portland, or points between. If you are a visual artist who can bring your own supplies to Mineral and work in improvised studio space, this is the place for you to apply. We have a lot of space, though we don't have a specific "visual art studio" -- you can work on a covered patio, inside our gym (which has good light, a lockable door, and walls to pin/tape/tack work up), plein air about town, or, if your medium (graphic novelist? pen-and-ink artist? fabric guru? editing your digital photos?) isn't too stinky to live with, you can work in the room where you sleep (which has chalkboards and pushpin surfaces etc.). Because of fire risks, we currently cannot have portable kilns, blowtorches, or other highly flammable art-making onsite.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by a panel of visual artists. Your work is presented anonymously and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample. Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, shows, gallery presence or other public experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your process and/or what life experiences and influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as an artist. Be yourself. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding awards, shows, or identifying or biographical information. This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to five images of your art in JPEG, GIF, or TIFF form. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample files. (If your name is Vincent Van Gogh, don't upload vvangogh.jpeg -- change that file name to something without your name embedded in it.)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during your preferred residency period, do not designate a 2nd choice residency period. If all choices are equally fine for you, tick off that box. If you have a 1st/2nd/3rd choice, let us know.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!
Who should apply? If you write poetry (prose poetry, poetry in stanzas, free verse, limericks, Haikus, etc.), or any other form of poetry, this is where you should apply. Writers at all career stages are encouraged.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by a panel of established poetry and prose writers. Your work is presented anonymously to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample. Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself! The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding awards, published work, or identifying or biographical information (you can put that in your bio). This assures admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 20 pages of poetry in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or two) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is a selection of a cycle of sonnets etc..). Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages. Please do not use your name in the title of the file you upload. (If your name is Jane Doe, don't upload janedoe.doc!)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during your preferred residency period, do not designate 2nd or 3rd choice residency periods. If you have a preferred residency period but are willing to attend other sessions in the event your first choice isn't possible, mark 2nd and/or 3rd choices. If all dates are equally fine, tick that box.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!
Who should apply? If you write prose (fiction, nonfiction, memoir, essay, things that occur in large blocks of text over long series of pages) or any other form of prose, this is where you should apply. Writers at all career stages are encouraged.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by a panel of established poetry and prose writers with competence in your genre. Your work is presented anonymously to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample. Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your particular creative process. This will help in making final decisions. For the artist statement do not include identifying/biographical information (such as naming yourself in the file). This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 10,000 words in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or so) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is a prologue, this is a memoir excerpt, etc.). Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages. Please do not use your name in the title of the file you upload. (If your name is Jane Doe, don't upload janedoe.doc!)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during your preferred residency period, do not designate a 2nd choice residency period. If you are willing to attend any session, indicate so.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!
Who should apply? Tahoma Literary Review and Mineral School are collaborating to offer one writer of poetry or prose who identifies as part of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) community support for a two-week residency. When applying, you can elect to have your submission read both for publication in Tahoma Literary Review and as a sample for residency, or just for residency.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by Tahoma Literary Review-affiliated writers with experience in your genre. Your work is presented anonymously to the readers and they will make choices based on the merit of your work sample as well as your artist statement. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample, and please do not submit previously published work. Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself. The reviewers want to get a sense of you as an artist and your particular creative process. For the artist statement do not include identifying information (aka, your name). This assures that submissions are name-blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to 6,000 words (prose) or 12 pages (poetry) in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. If you are submitting work for consideration in Tahoma Literary Review, please be sure to check that box on the application and apply with previously unpublished work. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages. Please do not use your name in the title of the file you upload. (If your name is Jane Doe, don't upload janedoe.doc!)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during your preferred residency period, do not designate a 2nd or 3rd choice residency period. If you have a preferred residency period but are willing to attend other sessions in the event your first choice isn't possible, mark a 2nd choice and if applicable a 3rd. If all dates are equally fine for you, tick that box.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!
Who should apply? If you are a visual artist who can bring your own supplies to Mineral and work in improvised studio space, this is the place for you to apply. We have a lot of space, though we don't have a specific "visual art studio" -- you can work on a covered patio, inside our gym (which has a mix of natural and overhead light, a lockable door, locker rooms with janitor sinks, and walls to pin/tape/tack work up), plein air about town, or, if your medium (graphic novelist? pen-and-ink artist? fabric guru? editing your digital photos?) isn't too stinky to live with, you can work in the room where you sleep (which has chalkboards and pushpin surfaces etc.). Because of fire risks, we currently cannot have portable kilns, blowtorches, or other flame-required art-making processes onsite.
Selection: Your work will be evaluated by a panel of visual artists. Your work is presented anonymously and they will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample. Your application will be assigned a number once it is completed.
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, shows, gallery presence or other public experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your process and/or what life experiences and influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as an artist. Be yourself. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding shows (if your name is Vincent Van Gogh, mention your work was at X or Y museum but not that you were the subject of "Vincent Van Gogh: A retrospective") or identifying or biographical information (aka, your name). This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Create a work sample of up to five images of your art in JPEG, GIF, or TIFF form. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample files. (If your name is Jane Doe, don't upload janedoe.jpeg -- change that file name to something without your name embedded in it.)
Preferred Residency Dates: Our application lets you choose your preferred residency period. If you can only attend during your preferred residency period, do not designate a 2nd choice residency periods. If you have a preferred residency period but are willing to attend other sessions in the event your first choice isn't possible, mark a 2nd choice.
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!
The Sustainable Arts Foundation Parent Fellowships fund one-week fellowships for poets, writers, and visual artists who are parents of children under 18 at the time of residency. This fellowship includes room and board, a visiting author reading and craft chat, an optional residents' reading, and lots of love. The one-week residency period will be held during fall 2023 -- October 21-29, 2023.
About the Sustainable Arts Foundation: The San Francisco-based Sustainable Arts Foundation supports individual artists as well as artists residencies in helping creative people of parenting age sustain their work practice amid the busy child-rearing years. With help from the foundation, Mineral School has designed a shorter-format residency that affords parents a long enough window to make meaningful progress on their work but that is short enough for partners or caretakers to handle childcare responsibilities in the artist's absence.
Selection: Your work will be anonymously evaluated by a panel of established writers or visual artists, depending on genre. Jurors will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample and boldness/clarity of your voice or expression. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample or the title of the documents for those samples (eg, if your name is Jane Doe, don't titled your document "JaneDoe.doc").
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your process. This will help in making final decisions. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding awards, published work, or identifying or biographical information. This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample:
Writers will create a work sample of up to 10,000 words (prose) or 20 pages (poetry) in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or two) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is a prologue, this is a memoir excerpt, etc.). Visual artists upload up to five work samples in JPEG, GIF, or TIFF form. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages or the title of your file (I.e. if your name is Flannery O'Connor or Pablo Picasso, don't title your file FlanneryOConnor.doc or PabloPicasso.jpeg).
Residency Dates
October 21 (Saturday) - October 29, 2023 (Sunday)
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!
If you're an alum of Mineral School wishing to come back, this is the right application!
We reserve one two-week spot for an alum each time we offer a call for residents, and ask alumni wishing to return to wait three seasons before returning. If you attended residency during 2019 or a prior year, you may apply in this call. If you have previously attended residency without a fellowship, you are eligible to attend for free. If you have attended with a fellowship, you may return as a paid resident.
Selection: Your work will be anonymously evaluated by a panel of established writers or visual artists, depending on genre. Jurors will make choices based on the merit of your artist statement and work sample and boldness/clarity of your voice or expression. Please do NOT include your name on your artist statement or work sample or the title of the documents for those samples (eg, if your name is Jane Doe, don't titled your document "JaneDoe.doc").
What you will need to prepare before beginning the application process:
Short bio: In one paragraph, how would you describe your education, publication or public readings experience, and any paid or service work that helps further your artistic vision?
Artist Statement: In a one-page (maximum) statement, please discuss how a residency would help you advance your creative work. Also share a short statement about your writing process and/or what life experiences and literary influences have shaped your art and its themes and how you have grown or are growing as a writer. Be yourself. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your process. This will help in making final decisions. For the artist statement you do not include information regarding awards, published work, or identifying or biographical information. This assures that admissions are blind.
Work Sample: Writers will create a work sample of up to 10,000 words (prose) or 20 pages (poetry) in 12-point font, in a Word Doc, Docx, or PDF format. Work samples can be work-in-progress or already published work -- whatever you feel will make the strongest application. You are welcome to include an introductory note (a paragraph or two) explaining the sample (i.e. -- this is a prologue, this is a memoir excerpt, etc.). Visual artists upload up to five work samples in JPEG, GIF, or TIFF form. Do not include biographical or identifying information in your work sample. Make sure your name is not on any of the work sample pages or the title of your file (I.e. if your name is Flannery O'Connor or Pablo Picasso, don't title your file FlanneryOConnor.doc or PabloPicasso.jpeg).
Residency Dates
- September 30-October 15, 2023 (all genres)
- November 4-November 19, 2023 (all genres)
- December 2-December 17, 2023 (all genres
- March 2-March 17, 2024 (all genres)
Please don't hit the "submit" button on your application until all elements are attached!