The Don and Wyn Berry Writer’s Residency
Creating a sanctuary at Cascade Head for emerging and established Native American Writers.
The Don and Wyn Berry Writers Residency.
Creating a sanctuary at Cascade Head for emerging and established Native American writers.
The Residency.
This residency will support emerging and established Native American voices from within the PNW community, with a focus on the forms of prose, poetry and journalism.
Origin Story
This residency is in honor of two extraordinary human beings: Don and Wyn Berry were an influential couple in the culture of the Pacific NW from the 1950’s through the 1970’s.
The Residency
A pair of individual one-month seasonal residencies in the Cascade Head Biosphere Region on the central Oregon Coast, during the Spring and Fall equinoxes. Included will be a beautiful home and work space, food costs and a generous stipend.
The Lodging
A beautiful 2 bedroom home at the epicenter of the Biosphere Region, located at the edge of a Sitka Spruce forest with views, and a short walk to the Salmon River and Pacific shoreline.
The Biosphere
The UNESCO Biosphere Region at Cascade Head is one of the most fertile and beautiful places in the world. It includes the mouth of the Salmon River and its estuary, grassy headlands, deep forests, long sandy beaches and sea caves.
“Your opportunity-is to be as insightful and current with how things work now as your parents were in their day: keeping up with cultural changes, and seeing beyond them, anticipating where they are going. This project can be every bit as creative an endeavor as your dad's novels and your mom's journalism and photography. It's a great chance, and a great challenge....like most things worth doing.”
— A note regarding the residency from Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford