Deadline: 6 October 2024
The University Book Shop Summer Writer in Residence Award, in association with the Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage Trust, is open to emerging writers who are normally resident in New Zealand and write for adults, young adults or children.
The residency aims to provide an opportunity for the recipient to concentrate on their writing work to assist in finalizing a piece of writing or to help prepare a submission for further publication.
They may write in any genre including poetry, drama, fiction, narrative non-fiction, graphic novels, biography, autobiography, essays or literary criticism. It is based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, New Zealand’s UNESCO City of Literature.
Benefits
- Accommodation at the Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage in North Dunedin. This is conveniently located within walking distance of the University Book Shop and University.
- A six-week residency, to mirror the University of Otago Summer School semester.
- A working space at the University Book Shop with full internet and a generous amount of photocopier/printer support.
- UBS Otago staff discount on book purchases during your time in the residence
- Access to the wider community of the University of Otago, City of Literature, Public Libraries and NZ Society of Authors during their time in Dunedin
Funding Information
- A stipend of $2000 during the residency, paid in one lump sum to a NZ bank account.
Eligibility Criteria
- As an emerging writer’s resident the applicant is required to have at least one significant work or a body of smaller works published in reputable literary journals, collections, anthologies, online equivalents or previously staged in the case of a playwright.
- The recipient of the residency will be an applicant who, in the opinion of the University Book Shop Summer Writer in Residence Advisory Group, has established by their published work, or otherwise, that their writing would benefit from the residency.
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