2021 Hideout Residency Scholarship Winners Announced!

In a year unlike any other, we were so delighted by the exceptional response to this year’s Hideout residency scholarship program. The residency program allows writers and wellness practitioners dedicated time to work uninterrupted on a writing project or wellness practise. We were extremely impressed with the quality and promise of this year’s projects. In fact, this year’s scholarship applications were so strong that we offered scholarship to two very deserving recipients for the 2021 season, Sandra Murdock and Vanessa Bradley.

Sandra Murdock (credit: Arleigh Hood)

Sandra Murdock has published poetry in The Antigonish Review, echolocation, and Prairie Fire, and creative nonfiction in MsLexia. She is also the recipient of the 2018 CBC Nonfiction Prize. She lives with her son in Dartmouth, NS, on the unceded, traditional territory of the Mi'kmaq.

Vanessa Bradley

Vanessa R. Bradley (she/her) loves reading and writing, but specifically fantasy novels and poetry. She is currently working on a new novel about magic and cemeteries that takes place on Prince Edward Island, as well as a collection of poetry about the meaning of flowers. She and her wife moved from South Carolina to PEI mid-pandemic and have both thoroughly fallen in love with this incredible Island. She has been published with Tilted House, Blank Spaces Magazine, and On Loan from the Cosmos. You can find her on Instagram @v.r.bradley and on Twitter @vanessarbradley.

Congratulations to Sandra and Vanessa! To learn more about the Hideout residency program, visit our residency page for dates, FAQs, scholarship deadlines and application details.