Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Named for Bucknell's renowned literary alumnus and initiated in the fall of 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers up to four months of unfettered writing time for a writer working on a first or second book in any literary genre. The residency provides lodging in Bucknell's "Poets' Cottage" and a stipend of $5,000.
In the spring semester of 2026, the Stadler Center will accept applications for the 2026–27 Roth Residences (Aug.–Dec. 2026 and Jan.–May 2027). The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2026. Please note: The Roth Residency is now open to writers in ANY literary genre: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrid works, graphic fiction, etc.
Apply for the Phillip Roth residence program
The application portal opens on Oct. 15, 2025.
The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2026.
2025–26 Philip Roth Residents
Fall 2025
Tiffany Mi is a hybrid writer and Kundiman South Regional Co-chair from Texas. Her work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Nimrod International Journal, and elsewhere. She received her MFA in Literary Arts at Brown University, where she was awarded the Mark Baumer Prize for Language Art and John Hawkes Prize in Fiction.
Spring 2026
Jordan E. Franklin hails from Brooklyn, N.Y. She received her MFA from Stony Brook Southampton and a Ph.D. from Binghamton University. She is the author of the poetry collection, when the signals come home (Switchback Books), and the chapbook, boys in the electric age (Tolsun Books). Her work has appeared in Breadcrumbs, Frontier, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, the Southampton Review, Torch Literary Arts, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 2017 James Hearst Poetry Prize, the 2020 Gatewood Prize, and the 2024 AWP Intro Journals Project Award.