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 2027, the Stadler Center will accept applications for the 2027–28 Roth Residences (Aug.–Dec. 2027 and Jan.–May 2028). The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2027. 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 Philip Roth Residence
The application portal opens on Oct. 1, 2025.
The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2026.
2026–27 Philip Roth Residents
Fall 2026
Xinyue Huang is a recent MFA graduate in poetry from New York University. Her work appears widely in journals, including George Review, Electric Literature, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. Her work has been supported by the Fine Arts Work Center, Tupelo Press, and the Vermont Studio Center. Winner of the 2023 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize and the 2025 Kenyon Review Poetry Prize, she writes in both Chinese and English.
Spring 2027
Sanjana Thakur is a writer from Mumbai, India. She is the winner of the 2024 Commonwealth Prize, a Bread Loaf Environmental Scholar, and Best of the Net nominee. Her writing appears in Best American Short Stories, Granta, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Rumpus and elsewhere. Sanjana is a fiction graduate of UT-Austin's New Writers Project and Wellesley College. She is currently getting a second MFA in poetry at Boston University.