About the Fellowship
Thanks to grant support from the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation, VCCA’s Richard S. and Julia Louise Reynolds Poetry Fellowship provides fully-funded, three-week writing residencies to poets. The VCCA residency at Mt. San Angelo includes a private bedroom with private bath, a separate individual studio, and three meals a day in a community of cross-disciplinary artists.
Application Details
Preference Given to: Poets
Length of Fellowship: Three weeks
Application Fee*: $30
Next available for:
- Summer 2026
Residencies Available: May – August 2026
Application Deadline: September 15, 2025
Notification by: December 31, 2025
To be considered for the Reynolds Fellowship, complete the “Application for Mt. San Angelo Residencies, VCCA in Virginia – Summer 2026” selecting your fellowship interest in Question 2.
* If the application fee presents a significant barrier to application, please write to vcca@vcca.com by September 10, 2025, to request an application fee waiver.
Reynolds Poetry Fellows
2023: Jubi Arriola-Headley
2022: Shara Lessley
2022: Avia Tadmor
2022: Rebecca Morgan Frank
2022: Joanne Diaz
2021: Patricia Spears Jones
2020: John Poch
2019: Amanda Galvan Huynh
Inaugural Richard S. and Julia Louise Reynolds Poetry Fellow Amanda Galvan Huynh Comes to VCCA
John Poch
“I enjoyed my residency and the fellowship with my very creative cohort a great deal. I wrote 12 new poems for a current project, and I was able to edit entirely 3 book manuscripts of mine which are underway, 2 of poetry, and 1 of poetry criticism. The setting is beautiful, and the days are worry free.”