Looking Glass Arts Goldfinch Writing Residency Application 2025

LOOKING GLASS ARTS

2025 Goldfinch Writing Residency Application

Goldfinch Writing Residency Dates

Monday, August 4- Friday, August 8

Looking Glass Arts Mission Statement

Looking Glass Arts is an artist-led non-profit residency organization in Upstate New York democratizing access to the space, time, and natural beauty critical to artistic growth and practice. Our programming prioritizes people of the Global Majority; artists who make up the bedrock of our cultural lives.

About the Goldfinch Residency

Looking Glass Arts understands that some writers come to their craft as very young people, others begin writing as mature adults. For many reasons, including obligations and hardships, it can be challenging to consider writing as a career.

The Goldfinch Writers’ Retreat is a fully-funded residency established to support writers who demonstrate a unique commitment to their craft who have not made it a career and are not yet published by a major outlet. Writers aged 45+ will be prioritized in the selection process.

Works can include a novel, collection of short stories, poetry, memoir, graphic novel, play, screenplay, essays, hybrid work and more. Residencies are self-directed. There is no requirement to share your work. Writers' applications are adjudicated in two rounds; the first a written application and the second a conversation over Zoom.

If accepted, each writer is expected be present for the entirety of the residency

Hospitality

A private bedroom (with writing desk) in the Farm House
A shared bathroom
Additional work spaces include: the Barn, the Milk House, the Bull Pen, front porch, sun room and more
High speed fiber optic internet in the Farm House
There is no wi-fi or cell reception in the Barn, the Milk House or the Bull Pen
Three meals a day prepared by the resident chef
Depending on each artist’s circumstances and individual need, we can discuss reimbursement for RT Amtrak tickets and/or cost of gas up to $100 per artist

This season LGA is scaling back our programming in order to develop our administrative infrastructure so that we can grow sustainably and better meet artists' needs in future years. This year there will be only one Goldfinch Writing Residency. We will offer more writing residencies next year!

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 18, 5pm

ZOOM INTERVIEW FOR FINALISTS: Within the first two weeks of May (to be scheduled, not all applicants will be asked to attend a Zoom)

NOTIFICATION: Third week of May (by email)

Full legal name of applicant (as appears on official ID)

First NameLast Name

What name do you prefer to go by (if different from legal name)?

E-mail

example@example.com

Phone Number

I am 45 years or older

YesNo

Please write a brief biography:

100-200 words

Tell us how you came to writing, or about your writing practice:

100-200 words

If accepted to a Goldfinch writing residency, what do you plan to work on at LGA? Please include a one-page project summary, discussing your form and approach. Please only upload PDF files.

Writing Sample (2- 10 pages max). Please only upload PDF files.

If you have a website, please share it here:

Please share anything else you would like us to know about your artistic practice:

How did you hear about the Goldfinch Writing Residency at Looking Glass Arts?

If accepted as an artist-in-residence at Looking Glass Arts, we ask that you engage in respectful, clear and timely communication with LGA staff as needed.