Dog Trot Writers Residency October 2024
Application Deadline Has Ended. Thanks for Your Submissions! Looking forward to hosting the selected writers!
The Dog Trot residency at Nook of the Woods Retreat Center is a month long residency for writers who exist on the fringes of the academic community, who have forged their own creative path, or feel as if they have no platform that will amplify their voice.
Nestled in the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, the facilities provide 40 acres of streams and woodlands with several different habitats and work spaces to foster creation.
Applying:
Application Period: May 25th – June 30th, 2024
Residency Dates: October 1st – October 31st, 2024
Notification: July 2024
Eligibility:
The residency is open to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and those who cannot be categorized.
Application Fee-$20-Your application fee ensures that we can continue to keep costs as low as possible for chosen residents.
Some Details About the Residency
Six residents will be chosen to participate based on the quality of submissions. The month long fee for room and board is between $400 – $600 + 13% occupancy taxes, depending on your choice of lodging. One resident slot will be a labor exchange in which the resident is expected to work 20 hours a week on the property in lieu of payment for room and board.
Three vegetarian (and occasional fish) meals a day will be provided, as well as coffee, tea, and snacks.
Writers who attend The Dog Trot residency should expect to provide one finished work to be published by Outlandish Press as part of the Dog Trot Review. Beyond that, the time is yours to work as you please.
We seek to provide a platform and creative community for those who do not readily possess either. If you do not have or are not a candidate for an MFA, we want to host you. If you have never published before, we want to publish you. If your work is undefinable or experimental, you will be in good company. We understand how difficult it is to find both time and space to work unfettered on a craft that is not your primary source of income. Our goal is to provide writers with well-deserved time to experiment and create in a space that is inspirational and interesting. We are not externally funded and work hard to keep pricing low to afford as many writers as possible the chance to attend.
The Residency will be facilitated by Zenaida Smith who will offer informal workshops and exercises throughout the month.
Meet Your Facilitator
Zenaida Smith is a poet from Cleveland, Ohio. She has been involved in many creative community endeavors over the past decade, and has facilitated more poetry open mics than can be accurately counted. She is an editor for Outlandish Press, a small press specializing in printed matter that is unusual and amusing. This is her first foray into residency administration.
