This fully-funded VCCA fellowship is intended to support a female-identifying fiction writer each year for a two-week residency. The VCCA residency at Mt. San Angelo includes a private bedroom with en-suite bath, a separate individual studio, and three meals a day in a community of cross-disciplinary artists.
This fellowship is supported by VCCA Fellow Edward Hower in memory of his late wife Alison Lurie. Alison Stewart Lurie was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children’s literature and the semiotics of dress.
FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DETAILS
Eligibility: Female-identifying fiction writers
Residencies Available: September 1 – December 31, 2023 Length of Fellowship: Two weeks
Application Opens: October 1, 2022 Application Deadline: January 15, 2023 Application Fee*: $30 Notification by: April 30, 2023
To be considered as an Alison Lurie Fellow, complete the “Application for Mt. San Angelo Residencies, VCCA in Virginia – Fall 2023,” selecting your fellowship interest in the first question.
* If the application fee presents a significant barrier to application, please write to vcca@vcca.com by January 10, 2023, to request an application fee waiver.
