---
title: "Edith Wharton Writing Residency"
organization: "Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild"
category: residency
deadline: 2026-10-01
valid_through: 2026-10-01
countries: ["US"]
disciplines: ["writing"]
location: "Lenox, Massachusetts, USA"
entry_fee: "$25"
award: "$500 stipend, travel reimbursement up to $250"
eligibility: "Emerging writers"
source_url: "https://edithwharton.org/calendar/wir/"
canonical: "https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/edith-wharton-writing-residency-edith-wharton-straw-dog-writers-guild-3e27d368"
status: open
last_updated: 2026-04-19T19:57:44.946675
---
# Edith Wharton Writing Residency

**Organization**: Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild
**Category**: residency
**Deadline**: 2026-10-01
**Location**: Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
**Country code(s)**: US
**Discipline(s)**: writing
**Entry fee**: $25
**Award**: $500 stipend, travel reimbursement up to $250
**Eligibility**: Emerging writers

## Description

The Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writing Residency offers one-week residencies during the month of March to nine emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Selected writers will receive a $500 stipend, travel reimbursement up to $250, dedicated workspaces at The Mount, and lodging at a neighboring inn in the Berkshires. This residency is hosted by The Mount, the former home of Edith Wharton, a 1902 Georgian revival mansion in Lenox, Massachusetts.

## Apply / Verify

- Official source: https://edithwharton.org/calendar/wir/
- OpenCall Radar listing: https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/edith-wharton-writing-residency-edith-wharton-straw-dog-writers-guild-3e27d368