Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship - Last week for applications

  

Applications for the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship 2014 close in just a few days.  

Reflecting the name of its new sponsor Grimshaw & Co, and in partnership with the Frank Sargeson Trust, the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship offers published New Zealand writers tenure at the Sargeson Centre in Auckland along with an annual $20,000 stipend.

The Sargeson Fellowship was established in 1987 to commemorate Frank Sargeson and provide assistance to New Zealand writers. It offers outstanding writers the opportunity to write full-time, free from financial pressure using the Sargeson Centre adjacent to the University of Auckland.

Chair of the Sargeson Trust, Elizabeth Aitken Rose, says “The Sargeson Fellowship has been an important feature in New Zealand literary life for more than 25 years and has recognised and assisted many of our leading writers.”

Applications are open to any published New Zealand writer living either in New Zealand or overseas. Applications close Monday 13 January 2014 with tenure starting 1 April 2014.

Further information and an application form can be obtained from www.grimshaw.co.nz/wordpress/grimshaw-sargeson-fellowship/or by contacting Elizabeth Bennie at Grimshaw & Co, elizabeth.bennie@grimshaw.co.nz or telephone +64 9 375 2393.