Writing Residency: Storme DeLarverie Residency at the Baltic Writing Residency

The Baltic Writing Residency is extremely excited to announce the establishment of the Stormé DeLarverie writing residency, specifically aimed at under-represented writers. We are currently taking applications.

Deadline: June 15, 2017 

It will offer 6-7 days in a Victorian apartment in historic Old Louisville, or off of the Blue Ridge Parkway in idyllic Boone, NC (1.5 hrs from Asheville; 1 hr from Winston-Salem). The date of the residency will be decided through discussion with the winning writer, as will the choice of KY or NC.

Each year one writer will be chosen. Applications are accepted by any author of poetry, plays, screenplays, fiction or creative nonfiction writing in English, regardless of their home nation (translations are admissible).

Comfortable accommodations include Wi-Fi, furnished living room, bedroom, kitchen, central air and heat, &c.

An honorarium of $500 will accompany the residency. The writer will need to provide their own transportation.

Applications are read by an anonymous committee of judges composed of one member of the English Department of Harvard University, one poet of recognized standing, and one fiction writer of recognized standing.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

The application fee is $15.00, and applicants should identify as member of an underrepresented group (Asian-American, African-American, LGBTQ+, Native American, Hispanic, Native Alaskans & Hawaiians, &c.).

For the Writer in Residence all of the below should be included in a Single WORD or PDF document submitted through Submittable, with a deadline of June 15.

Please include a unique name for your submission (i.e. something other than " Stormé DeLarverie Residency," or "Baltic Application," etc.).

* Writer’s bio

* 10 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose

* A general CV, an abbreviated list of book and/or journal publications, and your full contact information, and contact Information for two references.

Former students, as well as, friends and family of the staff of the Baltic Writing Residency are ineligible to apply. Do not include any additional material (cover letter, reference letters, books, etc.). You can email:

balticresidencyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

with any questions you might have.

“Stormé DeLarverie (December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014) was a butch lesbian whose purported scuffle with police was one of the defining moments of the Stonewall riots, spurring the crowd to action. She was born in New Orleans, to an African American mother and a white father. She is remembered as a gay civil rights icon and entertainer, who graced the stages of the Apollo Theater and Radio City Music Hall.”