Creative
New Zealand is calling for applications from New Zealand fiction and
non-fiction writers, poets and playwrights to take part in the renowned
University of Iowa International Writing Program in the United States.
The result of a 20-year partnership between Creative New Zealand
and the university, the three-month residency is an opportunity for
writers to participate in a programme which has hosted more than 1400 writers
from a 140 countries since its inception in 1967.
Emerging or established writers, with a publishing track record,
will have time to work on an approved project and take part in literary
activities, field trips and excursions with other writers from all over the
world.
New Zealand’s 2010 recipient writer David Hill (right) described the programme
as a “writer’s paradise”. “For three months I was able to write in
a state of financial security, intellectual stimulation and professional
collegiality.”
The residency includes travel costs, accommodation, a stipend
and is supported by Creative New Zealand. It will run from late August to
mid-November, 2012 and the recipient will be expected to have completed, or
substantially completed, a body of writing.
The deadline for
applications is
Friday 9 March 2012.
To find out more about how to apply please go
to our website or to forward to potential applicants click on the ‘Pass it
on’ link on the right hand tool barAbout the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program
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