2026 RWC Residency Application for First Time Applicants

A residency application for first-time writers-in-residence at RWC in College Grove, Tennessee. Applications are accepted year-round through Submittable. Writers can apply for weekly stays or mini-residencies, with accommodation fees, cleaning fees and taxes payable by accepted writers.

For first-time residency applicants. Applications must be submitted through Submittable and completed fully and in detail. A non-refundable $15 application fee applies to all first-time applicants; acceptance is not guaranteed. Applicants are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with RWC's purpose, especially its website page "What is a Writers' Colony". Residencies are offered for the weeks listed in the application form; extensions outside those dates may be possible at the director's discretion. Food and travel are the writer's responsibility. All accepted writers pay accommodation fees: weekly residency, six nights Monday to Sunday, costs $550 for Farmhouse Rooms ($91.66 per night) or $600 for the Granary and Cabin ($100 per night); mini-residencies of one to three nights cost $125 per night for Farmhouse Rooms or $150 per night for the Granary and Cabin. A $50 cleaning fee, 9.75% sales tax and 4% occupancy tax also apply. Farmhouse room requests are not accepted. Writers may request the Cabin or Granary, with additional fees; requests are fulfilled when possible.