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Partial / Stipend

Yaddo Residency

FellowshipUSA · Saratoga Springs

The Corporation of Yaddo

Application Deadline

December 20, 2026

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“Artists who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or who are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible.” Eligibility

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Yaddo is a nonprofit artists’ retreat on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York, run by the Corporation of Yaddo since 1900.

It hosts writers, visual artists, composers, performance artists and filmmakers for stays of two weeks to two months, with no duty to report or take part in public events. Peer panels, changed every round, select residents on the quality of their work alone.

Benefits & funding

  • A private bedroom, a private studio and meals (communal dinners) for the whole stay.
  • Travel to and from Yaddo is the artist’s own cost; modest access grants are offered with invitations.
  • No visa help, interpreters or health insurance.

Eligibility

  • Any nationality; working English helps, but Yaddo does not assist with U.S. visas.
  • Professional-level artists, or emerging artists showing strong professional promise; no publication or exhibition record needed.
  • Disciplines: literature, visual art, music composition, performance, film & video; apply to one panel only.
  • Barred: anyone enrolled in a degree program or completing degree coursework when applying.
  • Barred: artists who applied in the previous two years (one application every other calendar year); auxiliary artists such as sound and lighting technicians, musicians, dancers and designers; collaborative teams (not accepted now).

Application process

  1. 1
    Prepare recent, finished work samples for your discipline with your name removed (early review is anonymous).
  2. 2
    Submit via SlideRoom between Nov 20 and Dec 20, 2026 (11:59 PM ET) with a nonrefundable $35 fee by credit card; the portal closes early once 1,600 applications arrive. (The Spanish page still lists US$30 plus US$5–10 and older dates.)
  3. 3
    No references are required.

Program timeline

  1. Portal opens

    Nov 20, 2026

  2. Application deadline, or earlier if the cap is reached

    Dec 20, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)

  3. Results by email

    Mid-March 2027

  4. Residencies start (winter-cycle window)

    May 2027 – Mar 2028

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