The Wolny Writing Residency is located in the coastal town of Indian Rocks Beach, FL, forty miles from Tampa. It offers two one-week sessions of summer retreat for Lewis University writing students, alumni, and faculty.

June session is open for a faculty writer or faculty collaborative group wishing to focus on a creative or academic writing project. 

August session has a fellowship format: a guest author is invited to mentor and provide manuscript consultations for 2-3 creative writing students/alumni fellows. Fellows will use this week as a writing-intensive residency to produce a body of work that can be submitted for publication. 

For each session, lodging is provided in a two bedroom (one bedroom has two beds; one has a king-size bed), two bathroom condominium with a fully equipped kitchen. It is located within a five-minute walk to the beach.

*Applications are reviewed by a set of rotating judges including faculty, students, and alumni.