June 28th, 2010 / 8:41 pm
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Micro-Residencies at Pilot Books

FINANCIALS
Pilot Books Micro-Residencies
Summer 2010

Introducing an experimental micro-residency program for writers who want to work and write chez Pilot Books. Each receives a stipend, access to brainfulls of reading material, and hours of writing time punctuated by light literary conversation and the occasional sales transaction. Pilot Books will then publish the author-resident’s new poetry, prose, fiction, or comics in a limited edition chapbook series, “FINANCIALS.”

One-day ($80) and two-day ($160) residencies are available:

July 2
July 4
July 10-11
July 18
July 24-25
August 7-8
August 21-22
August 28
September 4-5

To apply, please send samples of your work to pilot@pilotbooksseattle.com. The more innovative the better. You may also include a short bio, statement of intention, or whatever else might help your case. Limited dates available. Procrastinot.

Note: We welcome applications from out-of-towners. The stipend may be used to cover the cost of travel and free lodging is available on one of many fine Seattle couches, “including mine,” says Summer.

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Elsewhere, Adam Robinson interviewed Summer from Pilot Books. Check out the interview to find out more about the store and the owner. Both are awesome.

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21 Comments

  1. James Yeh

      What a sweet idea. I’m way into this idea.

  2. Summer

      Yeah! I wish $180 could cover a ticket to/from NY.

  3. Steven Pine

      I now have to pay money to have the honor of working at a bookstore?

  4. James Yeh

      What a sweet idea. I’m way into this idea.

  5. James Yeh

      The wording isn’t super clear, but you’d be the one getting paid.

  6. Nick Antosca

      Oh. That’s awesome. I totally thought it was the other way around. Seems I skimmed lazily.

  7. Cameron Pierce

      This sounds amazing. I like Pilot Books. I want to do this.

  8. Summer

      Yeah! I wish $180 could cover a ticket to/from NY.

  9. James Yeh

      I wasn’t clear either at first. Then I noticed the word “stipend” at the bottom.

  10. Summer

      Woops. Guess the blurb loses something without headlines like, “Write. Publish. Get paid.” and “Local Bookstore Gives Out Money!”

  11. Steven Pine

      I now have to pay money to have the honor of working at a bookstore?

  12. Kyle Minor

      I don’t think you’d get much writing done, but who cares? What would be cool about the residency is access to the library and the conversation.

  13. James Yeh

      The wording isn’t super clear, but you’d be the one getting paid.

  14. Nick Antosca

      Oh. That’s awesome. I totally thought it was the other way around. Seems I skimmed lazily.

  15. Cameron Pierce

      This sounds amazing. I like Pilot Books. I want to do this.

  16. James Yeh

      I wasn’t clear either at first. Then I noticed the word “stipend” at the bottom.

  17. Summer

      Woops. Guess the blurb loses something without headlines like, “Write. Publish. Get paid.” and “Local Bookstore Gives Out Money!”

  18. Kyle Minor

      I don’t think you’d get much writing done, but who cares? What would be cool about the residency is access to the library and the conversation.

  19. mike

      This is a fantastic idea, more small bookstores should do this.

  20. Michael

      This is a fantastic idea, more small bookstores should do this.

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