Writers invited to apply for the annual John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence - Deadline June 2, 2014 USA only

Columbus, Ohio: Writers  are invited to apply for the annual John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence of four weeks housed in a two-bedroom apartment in the boyhood home of author and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber. It  is designed to provide a writer with the gift of time to develop a work in progress. The resident will receive a stipend of $4000, and will be available for at least three community outreach opportunities such as readings and teaching writing classes offered by Thurber House. For the current application round, the work may be fiction, or creative non-fiction including memoir. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen and over 18 years of age. Applicants must have had a book published by a traditional publisher within the last three years and have another work under contract or in progress. Apply by June 2, 2014.