Literature

Tartu UNESCO City of Literature is happy to announce a special residency programme for writers from the Cities of Literature in the Nordic-Baltic region: Gothenburg, Kuhmo, Lillehammer, Reykjavik and Vilnius. Supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, Tartu City of Literature will offer 2-month residencies for five writers who live in the abovementioned cities or are otherwise closely connected to them. Organisers are able to host one resident at a time during the following periods:

The cultural and civil society organisation zusa is organising residencies in Berlin which will focus on two thematic axes: reflection and re-thinking on the idea of solidarity in Europe; and mental well-being of artists and cultural professionals. The residency is dedicated to artists and cultural professionals based in European countries but with focus on Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Austria, and Germany.

amaneï invite artists and cultural professionals legally residing in one of the 40 Creative Countries (including the Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions of the European Union), except Italy, to apply for the research-based residency project ‘Iancura’ in Santa Marina Salina (Aeolian Islands) in spring 2024.

The Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature Writer in Residence programme is offering a three-month residency in Neckargemünd (approximately 14 km from Heidelberg). Applicants must have registered residence in a UNESCO City of literature (main grant holder), and have published at least one book (prose, essay, narration, poetry, etc.) by an official/independent publisher (main grant holder).

The University of Johannesburg’s artists in residence programme is now accepting applications for 2024. The UJ Artists in Residence Programme welcomes applications from emerging and established artists, from across the globe, but preferably with a link to Africa. Applications for both physical and remote residencies are possible.

MDD and MORPHO present a Writing Residency at Woning Van Wassenhove between 24 November - 22 December 2023. This residency allows an artist to further their writing practice. The call is open to any applicant over 18 years of age legally permitted to travel and reside in Belgium for the duration of the residency.

The National Centre for Writing is seeking applications from translators into English for the 2023/24 NCW Emerging Translator Mentorship programme. An emerging translator is someone who has published no more than one full-length work of literary translation.

Vilnius UNESCO City of Literature offers a four-week creative residency in the heart of Užupis, its iconic arts district, for writers, translators or illustrators from Norwich, Krakow and Lviv in autumn 2023. The residency will take place 15 October – 13 November (participant from Krakow) or 15 November – 13 December (participant from Ukraine).

The ‘Sinti and Roma Art in Context’ residency programme offers local, national, or international Sinti and Roma artists a two-month residency from 15 September - 15th November 2023. Applicants should have a background in one of the following areas: photography, literature, illustration and comics, or theatre and movie screenwriting and music (composition and interpretation).

The organisation SchUM is leading the process to nominate the Jewish communities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz as a UNESCO World Heritage site. In connection with this, they are offering up to three project fellowships for the realisation of an artistic project that addresses the history of the ShUM communities and their religious, cultural and architectural legacy. The residency will last for 4 to 6 weeks and is scheduled between October 2021 and February 2022 (start date in 2021).

The International Writers’ Workshop at Hong Kong Baptist University invites applications from interested writers to join the IWW 2023 Residency Programme from 26 February - 24 March 2024. Applicants are encouraged to engage with the theme of ‘Origins & Futures’.