Residencies
Our Core Residency Program
Hedgebrook’s Writer-in-Residence Program supports women-identified writers,18 and older, from all over the world for residencies of two to four weeks. The cottage, all meals, and the entire residency experience at Hedgebrook are free to selected writers. Travel is not included and is the responsibility of the writer to arrange and pay for. Up to 6 writers can be in residence at a time, each housed in their own handcrafted cottage. Days are spent in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, “The Gathering” is a social time for residents to connect and share over their freshly prepared meals.
Multi-genre writers are welcome to apply in whatever genre represents your strongest work.
Find out more by reading our FAQs here.
DEADLINE: June 12th
The Mother Tree Residency Program
We are thrilled to introduce The Mother Tree Residency!
In 2025, we're innovating with an eye toward sustainability and this is a new option for women-identified writers to experience Hedgebrook. These partially subsidized residencies are a conscious act of radical reciprocity - the gift of time on the land for yourself and your creative practice works to sustain our historic free-to-writers residency program and allows us to continue to support women who are authoring change. This program is an opportunity for new residents and returning alumnae to plan a residency that fits their schedule, foregoing our anonymous adjudication process.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis year-round via our SlideRoom portal. Residencies are scheduled between January and November 2025. Applicants will be notified as soon as possible.