Dear Mark Twain Forum Community,



The Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College is currently accepting
applications for the 2025 Quarry Farm Fellowship Program.



Applications are due November 30, 2024.  More information can be found at
MarkTwainStudies.org.



The Center for Mark Twain Studies offers eleven Quarry Farm fellowships in
2025 to any scholar, writer, and artist working in the field of Mark Twain
Studies at any career stage, giving Fellows the opportunity to work on
academic or creative projects at Quarry Farm, the family home of Twain’s
sister- and brother-in-law, Susan and Theodore Crane. Twain and his family
lived at Quarry Farm for over twenty summers. During this time, in an
octagonal study located about one hundred yards from the main house, Mark
Twain wrote the majority of *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn*, *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court*, and many
other major works. Fellows are consistently struck by the beauty and quiet
of the home and its surroundings, an environment inspiring in its own right
and especially conducive to writing and research.



Reflecting the mission of the Center for Mark Twain Studies, Quarry Farm
Fellowships foster and support scholarship and creative works related to
Mark Twain, including, but not limited to, his literature, life, family,
associations, influences, reception, and significance. The fellowship
selection process aims to assist scholars, writers, and artists in
producing work of highest distinction and cultivate a diverse community
across backgrounds, specializations, and ranks.



Three fellowships are reserved specifically for graduate students,
contingent faculty, and full-time faculty three or fewer years removed from
completion of their Ph.D.



Mark Twain was interested in a myriad of different subjects. The Quarry
Farm Fellowships reflect Twain’s insatiable curiosity. Not only are
scholars in the field of literature and history encouraged to apply, but
applicants from any academic or creative field are eligible for
fellowships. While projects focusing on a critical analysis of Twain’s
literary corpus are common, projects emerging from cultural studies, media
studies, gender studies, environmental science, political science,
economics, and the creative arts are also most welcome.



One of the most important literary landmarks in the United States, Quarry
Farm is also a fully functional scholar’s retreat with updated,
well-equipped work spaces. Quarry Farm Fellows have access to an extensive
reference collection on the premises and an extensive, up-to-date secondary
and reference works dedicated to Mark Twain Studies and nineteenth century
literature and history.



If you are considering a Fellowship, I urge you to reach out to past Quarry
Farm Fellows and ask them about their experience.  CMTS strives to make
every residency productive, memorable, and enjoyable.



For more information about the Quarry Farm Fellowship Program, please visit
MarkTwainStudies.org or email me directly at [log in to unmask]



Take care,

Joe Lemak


*Joseph Lemak, PhD*
Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies
(He/Him/His)

Gannett-Tripp Library, Room 103
1 Park Place
Elmira College
Elmira, New York 14901
O: (607) 735-1941
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