The residency program is the very heart of the Espy Foundation’s mission. The Foundation’s goal is to provide writers and artists of all genres from all over the world with an environment in which they can pursue their work without interruption. Residents live in bay view cottages in the serenely beautiful village of Oysterville, a National Historic District, located near the northern tip of the Long Beach Peninsula on the southwest coast of Washington State. Residents also receive a stipend for food.

Oysterville has proven to be an ideal environment for writers and artists, including Gregory Grenon (March, 2006) and Peter Donahue (June, 2006). Its tranquility, solitude, and natural beauty never fail to inspire creativity as well as a high level of productivity.

An Espy Foundation residency allows for concentrated periods of production and also provides enough time and space that writers and artists find themselves free to step back from their work, re-evaluate and re-structure projects, experiment, take risks, and develop new ideas. The month-long residencies are offered in March, June and October. Both emerging and established fiction writers, creative non-fiction writers, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, painters, sculptors, photographers, musicians, and composers are eligible for the residencies.

Residency Application pdf

Espy Residents 2008
July 2008
Tanya Andrea Stadelman	Cinematographer/Photographer	Melbourne, Australia
Nicole Skeltys	Musician/Composer	Melbourne, Australia
June 2008
John Brockhaus	John McClelland History Writer	Seattle, WA
Laura Cesarco Eglin	Poet	El Paso, TX
Laurel Gibson	Artist	Pipe Creek, TX
Will Heinrich (two weeks)	Novelist	New York, NY
Joyce Parry Moore	Non-Fiction Performance Artist	Berkeley, CA
Mary Preus	Writer	Seattle, WA
Wendy Scherrer	Environmental Writer	Bellingham, WA
March 2008
James Bertolino	Poet	Bellingham, WA
E. Eastman	Writer	San Francisco, CA
Jun’ichiro Ishida	Visual Artist	Brooklyn, New York
Sharon McGauley	Visual Artist	Orleans, MA
January 2008
Nora Almeida	Poet	Brooklyn, New York
Andrew Hughes	Poet	North Bennington, Vermont
Matthew Korahais	Playwright	Brooklyn, New York
Kristen Meinzer	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
Raina Washington	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
Valerie Work	Playwright	Brooklyn, New York
Steven Fidel	Writer	Portland, Oregon
Espy Residents 2007
November 2007
Karen Marie Garrett	Composer/Pianist	Olympia, Washington
Hazel Walker	Painter	Glasgow, Scotland
October 2007
Claire Evans	New Media Artist	Portland, Oregon
Karen Fisher	Writer	Lopez Island, Washington
Johnny Horton	Poet	Seattle, Washington
Yann Novak	Sound Artist	Seattle, Washington
Darin Rice	Writer	Tumwater, Washington
Amanda Weir	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
August 2007 (two weeks)
Jerry Dorbin	Writer	Santa Fe, New Mexico
Carol McCord	Photographer	Niskayuna, New York
Jim McCord	Writer	Niskayuna, New York
Toni Mirosevich	Writer	Pacifica, California
July 15-August 15 2007
Sandy Bradley	Visual Artist	Nahcotta, Washington
Joan Stuart Ross	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
June 2007
Michele Carlson	Visual Artist	Oakland, California
Brian Hart	Writer	Austin, Texas
Steven Miller	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
Eman Quotah	Historical Writer	Rockville, Maryland
Domenica Ruta	Writer
Suzan Sherman	Writer	New York, New York
Kathleen Yale	Environmental Writer	Columbia, Montana
March 2007
Susan Englert	Visual Artist	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mary Preus	Writer	Seattle, Washington
Lauren Osmolski	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
January 2007
Andrea Berger	Writer	Meriden, Connecticut
Jeanie Gosline	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
Maggie Hill	Writer	Neponsit, New York
Sibyl Kempson	Writer	Astoria, New York
Matthew Maggio	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
Amanda Weir	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
Espy Residents 2006
October 2006
Scotty Enderly	Visual & Sound Artist	Oakland, California
John Grade	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
Keri Healey	Writer	Seattle, Washington
Mary Stieglitz	Visual Artist	Cascade, Idaho
Zachary Watkins	Sound Artist	Oakland, California
August 2006 (two weeks)
Click for photos from the August, 2006 Residency Program
Robin deVick	Visual Artist	Los Angeles, California
Michael Morse	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
Joan Stuart Ross	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
June 2006
Faith Adiele	Writer	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David Berger	Environmental Writer	Seattle, Washington
Peter Donahue	Writer	Birmingham, Alabama
Shelly Hedges	Visual Artist	Ocean Park, Washington
Laura McGinley	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
March 2006
Charles Cross	Writer	Seattle, Washington
Gregory Grenon	Visual Artist	Portland, Oregon
Joanne Mulcahy	Writer	Portland, Oregon
Manjushree Thapa	Writer	Nepal
Ben Yarmolinsky	Opera Composer	New York, New York
February 2006
Christian Barter	Writer	Bar Harbor, Maine
Espy Residents 2005
October 2005
Tizzy Asher	Writer	Seattle, Washington
Susan Dory	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
Suzanne Wingrove	Writer	Gales Ferry, Connecticut
Robert Yoder	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
June 2005
Gretchen Bennett	(one week) Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
Shana Deets	Writer	Reedsville, Wisconsin
Ruiyan Xu	Writer	Brooklyn, New York
March 2005
Glenn Herlihy	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
Peter Millett	Visual Artist	Seattle, Washington
Megan Snyder-Camp	Writer	Seattle, Washington
Espy Residents, Writers, 2004
October 2004
James Arthur		Toronto, Ontario
Ferenc Barna’s		Budapest, Hungary
Toni Mirosevich		Pacifica, California
Susan H. Swetnam		Pocatello, Idaho
June 2004
Dedria (Barker) Humphries		East Lansing, Michigan
Susan Kramer		San Francisco, California
Kenneth Tanemura		Redwood City, California
February 2004 [group photo]
Christian Barter		Bar Harbor, Maine
Michael Morse		Brooklyn, New York
Eleanor Munro		New York, New York
Monica Schley	(two weeks)	Seattle, Washington
Margaret Schuler	(two weeks)	Shoreline, Washington
Espy Residents, Writers, 2003
October 2003
Anita Boyle		Bellingham, Washington
Livia Kent		Takoma Park, Maryland
Jozanne Rabyor		Vancouver, Washington
Sarah Steinberg		San Francisco, California
June 2003
Melanie Jennings		San Diego, California
Susan Kramer		San Francisco, California
Susan Landgraf		Auburn, Washington
Marc Nieson		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Claudia Rowe		New York, New York
Espy Residents, Writers, 2002
October 2002
Roger Fanning		Seattle, Washington
Keri Healey		Seattle, Washington
June 2002
Charles Cross		Shoreline, Washington
May 2002
Steven Fidel		Portland, Oregon
February 2002
Ann Spiers		Vashon Island, Washington
Espy Residents, Writers, 2001
October 2001
Steven Fidel		Portland, Oregon
Nikki Nojima Louis		Seattle, Washington
February 2001
Faith Adiele		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Heather Larimer		Portland, Oregon
Eunice Scarfe		Edmonton, Alberta
Espy Residents, Writers, 2000
October 2000
Sharon Doubiago		San Francisco, California
Marjorie Rommel		Auburn, Washington
Mary Scheirman		Coos Bay, Oregon
June 2000
Diana George		Seattle, Washington
Margaret Hodge		Seattle, Washington
Espy Residents, Writers, 1999
October 1999
Annie Callan	(one week)	Portland, Oregon
Evelyn Livingston		Port Townsend, Washington
Trisha Ready		Seattle, Washington
Kary Wayson		Seattle, Washington