12/05/2025
New residency program for writers!! The Amanda + James Catskills Literary Residency is a self-directed retreat in the Catskills, which provides writers with up to two-weeks of exclusive access to a two-bedroom home in Andes, NY. Selected writers can work on any project they choose during the residency and are not required to share their final product.
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Amanda + James will select two writers to attend. You MUST be available for one of the two set weeks – May 2-17 or July 11-26. You can bring a significant other or children, but no pets.
Transportation is not covered and practically speaking you will need a car.
Alongside this residency, the selected writers will be asked to engage with Amanda + James’s performances over the course of one year (2026/2027 season). We ask you to:
1. Attend at least three A+J performances over the course of the year of your residency. Two tickets per performance will be comped.
2. Write an essay (at least 1,000 words) about the work of some A+J artist. You don’t have to like it. Genuine and thoughtful criticism is a gift to the arts and to artists. You will be free to pitch your essay to other outlets or to publish it on the new A+J Substack.
Honorarium:
$500 paid at the end of the residency, when you submit your essay.
APPLICATIONS DUE JANUARY 31. Applicants will be notified by the end of February.
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