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 an emerging writer four months of unfettered writing time during Bucknell's fall semester, without formal academic obligations. The Residence is designed to grant the writer time to complete a first or second book. The resident presents a public reading of his or her work and otherwise constitutes a literary presence on campus during the fall. Providing lodging on campus, an office in the Stadler Center, and a stipend of $4,000, the Residence is awarded to writers of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction) and poets on an alternating basis.
In Spring 2012, the Stadler Center will accept applications for the 2012-13 Philip Roth Residence, which will be awarded to a poet. The Residence will extend from late August through mid-December 2012. The application deadline is February 11, 2012. For eligibility and application requirements, and to submit an application, please use the SCP Application Portal, at right.
Smith Henderson
Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing, 2011–12
Smith Henderson is the 2011–12 Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing. His collection of stories, Treasure State, was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Award, and he is the recipient of a 2011 Pushcart Prize.
A graduate of the University of Texas Michener Center for Writers, he was nominated for the 2011 PEN Emerging Writers Award, and while at UT, his work garnered finalist honors two years running for the University of Texas Keene Prize, the world's largest student literary prize.
The feature film he co-wrote, Dance With One, was a Narrative Competition Nominee at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival and has played at a number of other festivals. He is currently at work on a novel set in his native Montana, inspired by his experience as a social worker and prison guard.
Events for Smith Henderson
Fiction Reading
Tuesday, November 29
4 p.m., Willard Smith Library, Vaughan Literature Building
The reading is free and open to the public.
Former Philip Roth Residents
1993-94 Blake Maher (fiction)
1994-95 Roger Fanning (poetry)
1995-96 Pamela Leri (fiction)
1996-97 Joe Wenderoth (poetry)
1997-98 Rhonda Claridge (fiction)
1998-99 Adrian Oktenberg (poetry)
1999-00 Tom Franklin (fiction)
2000-01 Ron Mohring (poetry)
2001-02 Junse Kim (fiction)
2002-03 Brian Teare (poetry)
2003-04 Michelle Hoover (fiction)
2004-05 Melora Wolff (poetry)
2005-06 Emily Rapp (fiction)
2006-07 Beth Martinelli (poetry)
2007-08 Rajesh Parameswaran (fiction)
2008-09 Eduardo Corral (poetry)
2009-10 Mike Scalise (prose)
2010-11 Leslie Harrison (poetry)
