Summer Fellowship Application Guidelines

The Foundation seeks applications for the following categories for 2009 Fellowships:

• Memoir/Creative Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Painting/Sculpture/Visual Art
• Photography

Note: Categories may change annually.

Postmark deadline for 2009 applications:
JANUARY 15, 2009.

All applicants must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.  The Summer Fellowship competition is open to legal residents of New York State (all counties).   Applicants should seriously consider whether the communal environment of the Colony suits their temperaments and work habits.  The Foundation requires that those selected for residencies firmly commit to spending four weeks at the Colony.

Artists who wish to apply to more than one program or artistic category must make complete and separate applications for each program (Fellowship or Grant) or category.  Two or more persons wishing to be considered as a single collaborative unit should indicate that fact but must submit individual application forms etal.  Work samples may be individual or collaborative work.

Summer Fellowships are awarded on artistic merit, based on the evaluation of our juries, comprised of distinguished professionals in each field.  Those who are awarded Fellowships will be notified by telephone as early as possible.  All applicants will be notified of final decisions by April 15, 2009.

Application Checklist:

• THREE (3) copies of the Summer Fellowship Application Form
• THREE (3) copies of your one-page artistic resumé
• THREE (3) copies of your one-page Artist's Statement
• THREE identical copies of appropriate work samples ~ read Work
        Sample Requirements below carefully!!
• Optional: ONE (1) self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt
        notification
• Optional: ONE (1) self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of
        visual work samples.
• Check for application fee of $10
• Arrange for two recommenders to complete and send the
        Recommender Form directly to the Foundation.

Work Sample Requirements:
Examples of your creative work are the most important part of your application.  Send only the required work samples and supporting materials requested without extra binders, folders, brochures, publications, or publicity materials.  The latter will not be considered or returned.

Visual work samples will be returned only if you include a self-addressed stamped envelope large enough to accommodate the CDs/DVDs.  Send only the work samples and supporting materials requested.  Written work samples will not be returned.

Manuscript material must be typescript, legible, properly collated, and stapled in the top left corner only.  The applicant's name and the page number should appear in the upper right hand corner of each page.  Do not submit manuscripts in folders or binders, nor published books or periodicals.  Photocopied excerpts from books or periodicals, in published form, will not be accepted.

Fiction and creative nonfiction writers:  Please send three (3) identical copies of a manuscript no more than thirty (30) double-spaced pages (250-300 words per page), which may consist of a short story, memoir, personal essay or an excerpt from a longer work.

Poets:  Please send three (3) identical copies of no more than fifteen (15) pages, with no more than one (1) poem per page.

Visual artists and photographers: Please submit seven samples of your work on three (3) CDs or DVDs containing jpeg or tiff files, up to 15 Mbs each, at the highest possible resolution.   Please label all discs with your name.  Be sure to include three (3) copies of a file list that should include the title, date, medium, dimensions and file name of each piece you are submitting.

Jurors:  We carefully check that jurors do not have close family or professional connections to the applicants.  Our jury panels change each year.

Mailing Instructions:
Do not use Express Mail, FedEx, Airborne, or UPS.  Send your complete application no later than January 15, 2009 by regular or priority post to:

    Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
    435 Ellis Hollow Creek Road
    Ithaca, NY 14850

QUESTIONS?  Try the FAQ! (Frequently Asked Questions) or email at saltonstall@frontiernet.net.