The Michael King Writers’ Centre is calling for applications from New
Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2014, with stipends ranging
from $8,000 to $30,000.
The
residencies are at the Michael King Writers’ Centre which is based in the Signalman’s
House, a heritage villa on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport.
The
residency programme, which is open only to New Zealand writers, aims to support
writers and promote the development of high-quality New Zealand writing.
Previous resident writers include Eleanor Catton who wrote the final draft of
her novel The Luminaries at the centre last year. The novel is on the
longlist for the prestigious Man Booker Award.
Writers
who are selected for the 2014 residencies receive free accommodation at the
Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport, use of the writer’s studio and a
stipend:
Summer Residency, eight weeks from January 6, 2014 ($8,000)
·
Autumn Residency, eight weeks from March 10 ($8,000)
· Maori Writer’s Residency, eight weeks from May 12 ($8,000)
·
The University of Auckland Residency, six months from
mid-July 2014 ($30,000 stipend/salary)
The eight-week residencies are open to emerging or established writers,
while the six-month residency offered in partnership with The University of
Auckland is for an established author who may benefit from an academic
environment. Writers must be working on a specific project in fiction, poetry,
drama, creative non-fiction or non-fiction. Writers who live in Auckland are
welcome to apply. The residencies are offered with the assistance of Creative
New Zealand.
Application
forms and further information are available on the centre’s web site (http://www.writerscentre.org.nz/supported.php)
or from the centre. Applications close on
Friday October 4, 2013, and the selections are expected to be made in
November.
Twenty-six
New Zealand writers have held residencies at the centre since 2005. The current
writer in residence is novelist Sarah Laing. Writers who do not qualify for the
supported residency programme are able to apply to be a visiting writer on a
paying basis.
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