Thornton Writer Residency
Poetry  
Annual

An eight-week residency at Lynchburg College, including a stipend of $8,000, is awarded annually to a fiction writer for the fall term and a poet for the spring term. The writer-in-residence will teach a weekly creative writing workshop and present a public reading. The residency includes housing, meals, and roundtrip travel expenses.

To apply for the fall 2006 fiction residency, submit a published book, a curriculum vitae, and a cover letter outlining evidence of successful teaching experience by March 15. There is no entry fee. The deadline for the spring 2007 poetry residency will be September 1.

Call or e-mail for complete guidelines.

Lynchburg College
Thornton Writer Residency, English Department
Lynchburg College
1501 Lakeside Drive
Lynchburg, VA 24501

(434) 544-8267

Thomas Allen, Chair.
allen@lynchburg.edu