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 [log in to unmask] MarkTwainStudies.org