Writers' News
Translation residency in Marrakech in Summer 2012
Deadline to apply: 21 June.
The MARKO MARULIĆ, organized by KURS, provides a scholarships for European writers and translators in 2012. The scholarship includes accommodation in a furnished apartment in the centre of the town (Split, Croatia) for four weeks and covers the costs of sojourn in the amount of 800 Euros. Read more
Writer Residency at the Villa Marguerite Yourcenar
The Villa Marguerite Yourcenar, Centre Départemental de Résidence d’Ecrivains Européens (Departmental Centre of Residence for European Writers), offers to authors a 1 or 2 month stay in the heart of the French Flanders to enable them to write in a calm, peaceful and stimulating location, Open to European authors who have already had one or more works published by a professional editor. Read more
ArtResideRUS
There are only a few artist-in-residence opportunities in Russia. But the potential is huge. This became clear during the symposium - Artist in Residence: Tourism? Culture? Gentrification? - which took place at Senezh and Moscow, 14 - 17 June, 2010. The aim was to brainstorm on the artist-in-residence potential in Russia and to create a network to support artist-in-residence initiatives in Russia.
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Buitenwerkplaats
The Buitenwerkplaats is a wonderful rebuilt farmhouse at half an hour from Amsterdam. Participate to a dream of 'making things' and contribute to the multidisciplinary, productive atmosphere.
Creating Safe Havens for writers at risk
FreeDimensional is an arts and human rights service group, which creates safe havens at residential art centers for exiled artists, activists, writers, poets and citizen journalists in need of assistance. The group is located in New York City and established as a non-profit organization in 2006.
Studios in Berlin
Although the BBK (Berufsverband Bildender Künstler) in Berlin caters for visual artists, writers can benefit a lot from the studio lease program: have a look at BBK, Professional Association of Berlin Artists.
Europäisches Übersetzer Kolloquium
Equipped with a library of 110.000 volumes in around 2070 different languages, in a historical building covering a surface of more than 2000 m2 the Europäisches Übersetzer Kolloquium provides accommodations to literary translators from all parts of the ...
Europäisches Übersetzer Kolloquium
Writers' experiences
Librettist-in-residence
For three years on a row writer Mascha Kurtz and composer Nadir Vassena worked together in German residential arts centers: Akademie Schloss Solitude and Höfgen Denkmalschmiede.
People like to say Marseille in Marseille
Dutch poet and writer Erik Lindner stayed 3 months at the Centre International de Poésie Marseille, France.
People like to say Marseille in Marseille
Hawthornden Castle Writers Retreat
Writer Steve Mwase stayed at Hawthornden Castle in Scotland: a non-computer but superb environment!
RECIT is the network of European literary translation centres offering residencies for translators and organising events bringing together writers & translators.
HALMA connects literary centres of Europe to the benefit of authors, translators, and literature promoters. Currently HALMA represents 26 literary institutions throughout Europe. Read more.
your own desk or going for raw experiences elsewhere? That was the topic of a meeting about residence opportunities for writers and translators organized by the Dutch Society of Authors and Trans Artists, with first hand experiences by authors Erik Lindner, Willem Melchior, Rashid Novaire and translator Jeanne Holierhoek.
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KURS Organisation offers the residential programme “Writers and translators in residence Marko Marulić“ which aims to connect the literary life of Split with other European book centres and to make the literary scene of the city more vivid. It bears the name of Marko Marulić because he was one of the literature symbols of Split. The programme includes accommodation in the heart of the old...
The Villa Marguerite Yourcenar, Centre Départemental de Résidence d’Ecrivains Européens (Departmental Centre of Residence for European Writers), offers to authors a 1 or 2 month stay to enable them to write in a calm, peaceful and stimulating location, and to meet with audiences in the Nord during literary evenings, book fairs, school visits, bookshops, etc.
It is open to all types of...
frieze writer’s prize is an annual international award to discover and promote new art critics. This year, the prize will be judged by novelist Hari Kunzru, art historian Katy Siegel, and senior editor of frieze magazine Dan Fox.
- Entrants must submit one unpublished review of a recent contemporary art exhibition, approximately 700 words in length.
- Entries...
The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants in the following categories: articles, blogs, books, new and alternative media, and short-form writing. Grants range from $3,000 to $50,000 depending on the needs and scope of the project.
The 2011 grant application is now open. The...