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Yaddo residency — the winter cycle.

with Yaddo — a century of operation, with 90 Pulitzer Prizes, 34 MacArthur Fellowships, 73 National Book Awards and a Nobel Prize among its artists’ later honours · listed Aug 11Verified · Aug 11
Closes
December 20
months away
Entry
$35 to apply; room, board and a studio at no cost
artists cover their own travel; access grants are available by invitation
Your week
Two weeks to two months in Saratoga Springs
with room, board and a studio
Your rights
Nothing about rights in work created during the residency appears in the captured terms — the application page, captured August 11, 2026.

Musical composition sits in the middle of Yaddo’s disciplines list, and the winter cycle is the one still ahead: applications close December 20, 2026, for residencies beginning May 2027 through March 2028. The summer cycle’s July 1 deadline has already passed.

The cost is a $35 nonrefundable application fee and nothing else. Room, board and a studio are provided at no charge; artists cover their own travel, with modest access grants available by invitation. Stays run from two weeks to two months.

The track record is the reason this one is on the desk despite being a general-arts residency rather than a songwriting camp: a century of operation, and the organizer’s own tally of 90 Pulitzer Prizes, 34 MacArthur Fellowships, 73 National Book Awards and a Nobel Prize among the later honours of artists who have worked there. What the captured page does not do is say anything about rights in what you make while you are there.

The record
Source
Yaddo application page (yaddo.org/apply), captured August 11, 2026.
Who can apply
Artists working in “choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video”.
What it costs
“The nonrefundable application fee is $35.” Room, board and a studio are provided at no cost; artists cover their own travel, and modest access grants are available upon invitation. Captured August 11, 2026.
Your weeks
Stays run “from two weeks to two months”, with “room, board and a studio”, weekly room cleaning, linens and towels, laundry facilities, communal dinners, and breakfast and a packed lunch. Between 25 and 30 artists are in residence from May to September, and 18 from October to April.
Deadline
The winter cycle closes December 20, 2026, for residencies starting May 2027 through March 2028. The summer cycle closes July 1 and covers residencies starting November through June.
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Entry
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Your week
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Nothing about rights in work created during the residency appears in the captured terms — the residency guidelines, captured August 11, 2026.
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Closes
September 15
today
Entry
$30 to apply; nothing further to attend
Your week
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Nothing about rights in work created during the residency appears in the captured terms — the application page, captured August 11, 2026.
Verified · Aug 11The record