Programs

Residencies
Established creative and non-fiction writers, and artists not requiring exceptional facilities are eligible applicants for our month-long residencies that run from mid-June through September. The admissions committee is particularly interested in a fine work that evinces social and ecological concern and is aimed at a general audience.

Focus Residencies
Blue Mountain Center periodically hosts special short Residencies with specific themes. These sessions are developed through invitations, nominations and distinct application processes. Residents work on their individual projects as they do during the regular season; but they also are encouraged to share their perspectives, ideas and approaches with one another.

Conferences
The Blue Mountain Center hosts conferences for up to 25 people during the spring and fall months. The purpose of the meetings is to bring together those working on pressing social problems such as civil liberties, environmental health and safety, peace, and economic justice.

Margolis Award
The Margolis Award is given annually to a promising new journalist or essayist whose work recalls Richard Margolis's warmth, humor, and concern for social issues. Congratulations to 2011 winner, Sabine Heinlein.

Blue Notes is our annual Newsletter of the Friends of Blue Mountain Center. View a PDF of the 2011 issue here: Blue Notes 2011