The 2026 lordship house Writer Residency applications closed April 9.
Residency dates are flexible, the "time block" is four days and three nights. We will work with you to select a date block that works for your schedule between May and Sept.
The residency includes a $500 honorarium
Travel to the house is the responsibility of the resident
Hosts Michael Todd Cohen and Adrian Dallas Frandle will be present at the house.
Time is self-structured but hosts are available for dialogue, conversation, suggestions and questions, including help with the extensive research library
Meals will be provided each day for breakfast and dinner
Local shopping or delivery options are available as needed
Applications are evaluated by the Fellowship Council, which then selects the Fellows attending lordship house for the year. The Council is made up of past Fellows and rotates yearly. The Hosts are in-residence, but do not vote on Fellowships.
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DeMisty Bellinger
Fellow 2025
Fellowship Council 2026.DeMisty D. Bellinger is the author of All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere, an award-winning collection of short fiction from the University of Nebraska Press's Zero Street Fiction series (2024). Her other books include the poetry collections Peculiar Heritage (Mason Jar Press) and Rubbing Elbows (Finishing Line Press), and the novel New to Liberty(Unnamed Press). She has published many short works in journals online and in print. A Bread Loaf alum, Vermont Studio Center fellow, and a graduate of Southamptom’s MFA program and the University of Nebraska’s PhD in English, DeMisty now teaches creative writing at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts and plays viola in the Fitchburg State University Community Orchestra. She lives in central Massachusetts with her husband and twin teens. (more)
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Hannah Grieco
Fellow 2022.
Fellowship Council 2025, 2026.Hannah Grieco's debut short story collection First Kicking, Then Not is out now from Stanchion Books. She teaches writing at Marymount University, works as a private book coach and editor, and writes a literary column for Washington City Paper. Read more of her work in The Washington Post, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Brevity, Wigleaf, Poet Lore, Shenandoah, Fairy Tale Review, and more. Find her online at www.hgrieco.com and on most social media @writesloud.
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LySaundra Janeé
Fellow 2025.
Fellowship Council, 2026.
LySaundra Janeé (she/her) is a multidisciplinary storyteller, writer, and musician. Her artistic practice draws on Black feminism, speculative relations, magical realism, and spirituality to craft stories that foster radical honesty, communal healing, and joy.Previous fellowships and residencies include EmergeNYC, lordship house, Anaphora Arts, and We, As Ourselves through the Center for Cultural Power. LySaundra is a 2026 Art Politics M.A. candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a B.A. in Sociology and a Multicultural Studies certificate. She is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Songwriting Workshop, Maestra, the Dramatists Guild, UNTITLED Musical Writers Group, and Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity.
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Benjamin Niespodziany
Fellow 2024.
Fellowship Council 2025, 2026.Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer whose work has appeared in Bennington Review, Fence, HAD, Fairy Tale Review, Conduit, and elsewhere. Along with one book of microfictions (out with X-R-A-Y) and one book of poems (out with Okay Donkey), he is the winner of Gasher Press' 2025 Poetry Chapbook Prize (Uncle Time, out this October). He is also the host of the Neon Night Mic reading series and he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at neonpajamas.com.
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Mathew Rodriguez
Fellow 2024,
Fellowship Council 2025, 2026.Mathew Rodriguez is an award-winning writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked as a senior editor at The Atlantic, Them and The Body. His work has been featured in The Village Voice, Slate, The Nation, Teen Vogue, The Daily Beast and more. His essays have been anthologized in A Great Gay Book and Modern Loss. He has a memoir, Tough Guy, forthcoming from Abrams Books, as well as a graphic novel forthcoming from Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. He teaches writing at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, New York University and Grub Street.
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The number of accepted fellows varies between one to three per year.
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lordship house is about 1.5 hours from Manhattan, in the town of Stratford, CT. (More on Stratford).
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private bedroom with Queen bed
en-suite bathroom with shower
A/C & Heat
espresso maker
mini refrigerator
writer's desk
private patio
in season: access to pool
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A $500 stipend is provided to the selected fellows. We do not charge any fees to stay at the house or to participate in the residency. Incidental costs of travel are the responsibility of the fellow.
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The house library has over 1,000 books on wide-ranging topics and genres, including: Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, and Queer Theory. If you provide us with information on the project you’re working on, we’ll be happy to pull a selection of helpful books during your stay. In addition, you may take out any books you wish while here. Take a look at the catalogue, here.
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Code of Conduct and Compassion
The lordship house residency is designed to provide a safe and encouraging space for writers and artists to accomplish their work and replenish their spirit.
By participating in the lordship house residency as a guest (resident/Fellow), you acknowledge that it is a private house with hosts in-residence and agree to share the space for the time agreed, by the following code of conduct:
This is an open environment and safe space. We will not tolerate threats or harassment of any kind, nor tolerate any form of discrimination.
You agree to not use illegal drugs or bring them onto the premises.
No visitors are permitted, unless cleared with the Hosts (at least 24 hours prior to the guests planned arrival). Hosts are under no obligation to approve guests.
Any violations of these terms, as decided by the Hosts, may result in your immediate expulsion from the property. We are honored to have artists join us at our home and we look forward to hosting you.