Application for Velvetpark’s LGBTQ+ Residency Program
Checklist
Updated March 2026 Application Checklist: Before filling out your residency application please have the following materials prepared and/or ready to read more…
Writers Spotlight | E.J. Batiste
Bio: E.J. Batiste is a writer, poet, playwright, and artist originally from Raeford, NC. She holds a Master of Fine read more…
Mia Arias Tsang | HARDLINE
Bio: Mia Arias Tsang is a writer and freelance editor based in New York City. Her work explores themes of queer desire, read more…
Writer-In-Residence (2023) | Sarah DePaul (Interview & Reading)
We are excited to feature our Writer-in-Residence for 2023, Sarah Drepaul! We caught up with Sarah a couple of weeks read more…
The Good Victim | Gloria Oladipo
About Me: Gloria Oladipo is a playwright, critic, and journalist based in New York, proudly hailing from Chicago, IL. She read more…
Fate on Either End | Lauren Anders
About Me: Lauren Anders is a writer and visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. View more of Lauren’s read more…
Writer’s Spotlight | Ty Little
About Me: Ty Little is a poet and performance artist. She is currently an MFA candidate in the Milton Avery read more…
Buried Placenta | Alexander Cavaluzzo
About Me: Alexander Cavaluzzo is an East Village-based writer and artist. His work has appeared in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine, read more…
Writer In Residence – Sarah DrePaul
About Sarah: Sarah Rohani Drepaul merges poetry and filmmaking to rethink sexuality, spirituality and how memory resides in the body. read more…
Mai Tran | Writer in Residence 2022 | Interview & Reading
We are happy to present our writer in residence for 2022, Mai Tran! We caught up with her a couple read more…
Madar Jaan | Wazina Zondon
Wazina Zondon Coming Out Muslim
Dear Boo |Wazina Zondon
Wazina Zondon Coming out Muslim
Yamilette Vizcaino | Writer in Residence
We would like to introduce, Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera, our current writer in residence! Watch the full video as she talks read more…