with Jentel Foundation — a standing residency with two application windows a year, supported by a Wyoming Arts Council Community Support Grant; its Winter/Spring window closed September 15, 2026, and an Our Artists section of the site publishes past residents · listed Sep 29Verified · Sep 29
Closes
January 15
months away
Entry
$30 to apply; nothing further to attend
the application fee is stated non-refundable and cannot be waived; a $100 reservation deposit falls due a month after acceptance
Your week
A residency in the Bighorn foothills with a private room and a separate studio
plus a $300 stipend
Your rights
Nothing about rights in work created during the residency appears in the captured terms — the application page, captured September 29, 2026.
Jentel’s second window of the year, for residencies between May 15 and December 7. It opens October 1 and closes January 15 at noon Mountain time — so on the day this card was written nothing could yet be submitted, and it says so first. The page prints these as a standing calendar without years; the window that opens on October 1, 2026 is the one that closes on January 15, 2027, for the 2027 season. Composers are named in the eligibility line: “visual artists in any medium; writers in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry; and composers across musical genres.”
The money runs almost entirely towards the resident. The only charge is the $30 application fee, which the page states is non-refundable and cannot be waived: “Aside from the application fee, there are no additional charges to attend the residency.” Each resident receives a $300 stipend in weekly instalments towards living and food costs. A $100 reservation deposit is due a month after the award and is lost only if you cancel less than two months before your start.
The limits are eligibility rather than cost: 25 or older, a US citizen or resident during the residency year, and not enrolled full-time in a degree programme. The residency sits twenty miles southeast of Sheridan in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains; each resident gets a private room, a shared living area and kitchen, and a separate studio, and brings their own materials. A rotating panel of visual art, literary and music professionals reviews applications. Nothing on the captured page addresses rights in the work made there.
The record
Source
Jentel Foundation application page (jentelarts.org/apply), captured September 29, 2026.
Refunds
Entry fees are non-refundable — the fees and deposits section.
Who can apply
“Visual artists in any medium; writers in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry; and composers across musical genres.” Applicants must be 25 or over, US citizens or living in the US during the residency year, and not enrolled full-time (nine hours or more) in a degree programme; post-doctoral fellows are eligible. Wyoming residents have a streamlined application.
What it costs
“The application fee is $30. The fee is non-refundable and cannot be waived.” Then: “Aside from the application fee, there are no additional charges to attend the residency.” A $100 reservation deposit is due one month after notification, non-refundable only if you cancel less than two months before the start; each resident receives a $300 stipend in weekly instalments. Captured September 29, 2026.
Your weeks
Summer/Fall sessions fall between May 15 and December 7, 2027. A private room, a shared living area and kitchen, and a separate studio space, 20 miles southeast of Sheridan, Wyoming. Residents bring their own materials and laptops; pets, children and family members cannot be accommodated.
Deadline
The Summer/Fall window opens October 1 and closes January 15 at 12:00 noon MST. The page prints no years; read against the Winter/Spring window that closed September 15, 2026, this is the window running October 1, 2026 to January 15, 2027. It was not yet open on the day this card was captured.
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Entry
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Your week
Four days, daily masterclasses and assigned co-writing rooms
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