New Zealand writers are
invited to apply for two three-month residencies to write essays of about
10,000 words on New Zealand life and culture.
This
is an opportunity for writers to contribute to a genre which has been neglected
in New Zealand literature over recent decades. An executive committee of
experienced writers, editors, journalists and librarians will judge the entries.
The
winning writers will reside in a two-bedroom cottage on the hill above Onetangi
Beach on Waiheke Island with a stipend of $1000 a month. Full details including
terms and conditions are available on request from journo@clear.net.nz.
Applicants
should supply: 1, a well developed synopses of the proposed essay; 2, a
biographical note; 3, references to and some examples of previous work (no more
than 2000 words); and 4, an indication of which three-month period during 2015
would best suit them.
Applications,
which will close on September 15, 2014, should be sent to Waiheke Residencies, P
O Box 2320, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140. The two winners will be announced
on Monday, October 17.
Members
of the executive committee include: Gordon McLauchlan (chair), writer; Bookman
Graham Beattie, book blogger; Bruce Ansley, writer; Hamish Keith, writer; Kirsten
Warner, writer and chair of the Auckland branch of the NZ Society of Authors
(PEN Inc); John Campbell, journalist and broadcaster; Virginia Larson, editor, North and South magazine; Karren Beanland,
manager of the Michael King Writers Centre; and Fiona Kralicek, Waiheke Island
library manager.
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