Yaddo Application Instructions

In order to be considered by the Admissions Committee, your application must include the following materials. Each discipline is listed separately.

The Admissions Committee strongly suggests that your work sample reflect the type of project you plan to pursue during your residency, and that it represents your most recent efforts.

Questions

Visual Artists: SlideRoom offers full, round-the-clock, tech support for applicants. For assistance, contact them DIRECTLY at support@slideroom.com.

All Applicants: If you have problems downloading Yaddo's application instructions and forms, contact the webmaster at webmaster@yaddo.org. All other questions about the application process should be directed to Yaddo staff in the Saratoga Springs office: 518.584.0746. Please read all the instructions carefully before you begin.

Literature

Writers working in fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, libretto and translation.

1. The original and two copies of the application form
2. Three copies of a professional resume of no more than two pages
3. The nonrefundable application fee of $30. Checks may be made payable to "The Corporation of Yaddo"
4. A stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of the receipt of the application packet. E-mail notification of receipt will be available only to those artists living abroad.
5. Three copies of a work sample:
   1. Fiction, nonfiction, drama, libretto: A double-spaced typescript of no more than 30 pages, consisting of a short story, a one-act play or a portion of a novel, play or other work, accompanied by a synopsis only if necessary.
   2. Poetry: Three copies of 10 short, one-page poems or appropriate excerpts of a longer poem, totaling no more than 10 pages.

Submit work in only one genre per application.

Do not send published books: photocopies of selected pages are acceptable as long as the total sample does not exceed 10,000 words and is less than 30 pages.

Artists working in languages other than English should submit typescripts in both the original and English translations.

Do not bind or staple manuscript pages. Collate your materials into three packets, each packet including the application form and the two page resume followed by the work sample.

Visual Art

Artists whose finished works are predominantly visual images.

1. The original and two copies of the application form
2. Three copies of a professional resume of no more than two pages
3. A stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of the receipt of the application packet. E-mail notification of receipt will be available only to those artists living abroad.
4. Seven jpg digital images uploaded to Yaddo.slideroom.com. The SlideRoom site provides instructions for submitting work online. Yaddo's application fee and the fee for the SlideRoom service, a total of $40, may be paid by credit card when the images are submitted.

The Admissions Committee in Visual Art will only accept images submitted via SlideRoom – do not send slides, digital images on disk or DVD, video recordings, or printed images.

Music Composition

1. The original and four copies of the application form
2. Five copies of a professional resume of no more than two pages
3. The nonrefundable application fee of $30. Checks may be made payable to "The Corporation of Yaddo".
4. A stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of the receipt of the application packet. E-mail notification of receipt will be available only to those artists living abroad.
5. Two separate musical scores and a clearly labeled CD of one or both of them. For works created without a score, a brief statement describing the recorded music should be included.

Performance & Media

Artists working in performance art, choreography, experimental and/or collaborative works combining more than one genre

1. The original and four copies of the application form
2. Five copies of a professional resume of no more than two pages
3. The nonrefundable application fee of $30 made payable to "The Corporation of Yaddo"
4. A stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of the receipt of the application packet. E-mail notification of receipt will be available only to those artists living abroad.
5. Two DVDs showing the same work, clearly labeled, in a format that can be played on American equipment, no more than 10 minutes in length. Include a brief written explanation if necessary. Do not send work that can be viewed only through Internet access, or that requires the use of specialized software.

Film & Video

Filmmakers and videographers whose final work is principally cinematic in nature.

1. The original and four copies of the application form
2. Five copies of a professional resume of no more than two pages
3. The nonrefundable application fee of $30. Checks may be made payable to "The Corporation of Yaddo"
4. A stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of the receipt of the application packet. E-mail notification of receipt will be available only to those artists living abroad.
5. Film and video: Two DVDs showing the same work, clearly labeled, in a format that can be played on American equipment, no more than 10 minutes in length. Include a brief written explanation if necessary.
   Screenplays: Screenwriters should send three copies of a 30-page segment of a screenplay (not a treatment), accompanied by a synopsis if necessary. Do not bind typescripts.

Filling Out The Application

There are two ways you can prepare your application:

1.  Download the file to your computer, fill out on your computer, print it and mail with appropriate support materials to Yaddo.

To fill it out on your computer, you must have a recent version of (free) Acrobat Reader (at least version 7). To download the latest version, click here:

With the newer versions of Acrobat (version 8 and up), you can save your partially completed form and finish it later. Once you have a recent version of Acrobat Reader installed, click on the link below to begin filling out the application:

Fill in online

If you have not filled out a PDF form in the past, click here for help.

Note: This form is for your use only. The included sponsor forms are to give to your sponsors to fill out by hand. If they want to fill out the sponsor form online, they must use the Sponsor Form. You can send them a link to the page, or tell them to visit the Yaddo site, hover over "Apply" in the top navigation, and click on Sponsor Form.

2.  Print the blank application form, fill out by hand and mail with appropriate support materials to Yaddo.

To print the application package and fill it out by hand, use this link:

Print Application Package