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Applications for 2024-25 UNCA Wilma Dykeman Writer-in-Residence Now Open
Utilities, property maintenance and Wi-Fi are all provided by UNC Asheville, as well as a stipend of $4,000.
This residency offers the recipient 2 consecutive months between Aug. 1 and Nov. 15, 2024, or between Jan. 15 and April 30, 2025.
Shanita Jackson is the 2nd Wilma Dykeman Writer-in-Residence at UNCA
Author will live for a month at Wilma's childhood home in Lynn Cove just north of Asheville, NC
"It is a full circle and a dream come true to return to my stomping grounds with the soul purpose of creating, writing..."
John Vercher is the 1st Wilma Dykeman Writer-in-Residence at UNCA
Author will live for a month at Wilma's childhood home in Lynn Cove just north of Asheville, NC
“We are living in an era where our words are under fire, and...UNC Asheville is [leading] a movement to change the world with our writing."