Monika Burczyk

SHOUT-OUT TO RO HABER (Fiction, September 2025) on their documentary “We Are Pat” winning the Special Jury Mention for New Documentary Director from the Tribeca Film Festival in 2025. Ro was also our 2025 Vincent Prize Fellow, awarded annually to an artist who identifies as trans*/genderqueer, honoring Edna St. Vincent Millay, our maverick founder. Of…

Thrilled to announce that two of our writing alums have been awarded multiple highly-revered awards. Vincent and Norma are smiling! CONGRATULATIONS! SARAH AZIZA (Nonfiction, 2023: Asian American Writers Workshop Margins Fellow) on her very prestigious United States Artists Fellowship! Sarah Aziza (she/هي ) is a Palestinian American writer, translator, and artist with roots in ‘Ibdis…

WE HAVE OPENINGS IN FEBRUARY FOR OUR POPULAR WINTERTIDE RUSTIC RETREAT! Email residency@millayarts.org for more information/reservation.

Millay alumni Cornelius Eady (founder of the maverick Cave Canem: A Place for Black Poets, and longtime Millay Arts residency partner) speaks truth to power, reading “Proof” at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cjYQdpMxcxo Cannot imagine life without poetry. Thank you to all the poets and poetry-lovers out there. We feel you. We got you. Vincent is…

The last day of 2025. It’s been quite the year, and we are all bracing for what comes next in various ways. Yet, looking at the photos of the ebullient Artists-in-Residence we hosted this year, we are inspired by the potential and possibility for the future. Reflecting back, we have had an outstanding year at Millay Arts in…

Winter Night ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay Pile high the hickory and the light Log of chestnut struck by the blight. Welcome in the winter night. The day has gone in hewing and felling, Sawing and drawing wood to the dwelling For the night of talk and story-telling. These are the hours that give the…

Our first partnership with the historic and ever-so-lovely Salmagundi Club in the West Village proved to be a wonderful event: alumnae Faye Chaio and Tasha Gordon-Solmon entertained with excerpts from their musical “Fountains of You,” hors d’oeuvres were eaten, the bar was busy, and — best of all — we had some spectacular support in…

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We are still accepting reservations for February and March to our self-directed, much sought-after Wintertide Rustic Retreat! And if you don’t believe us, our latest Barnswallow newsletter features past alumni of the snowy residency at Steepletop! HURRY! Whether you are starting a new creative endeavor or looking for a spot to watch the flakes fall…