Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Michael King Writers’ Centre Residencies 2015 - Applications Open

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Michael King Writers’ Centre Residencies 2015

Applications are open

The Michael King Writers’ Centre invites applications from New Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2015, 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 aims to support New Zealand writers and promote the development of high-quality New Zealand writing. Projects can be in a wide range of genres, including non-fiction, fiction, drama and poetry.

Writers who are selected for the 2015 residencies receive free accommodation at the Michael King Writers’ Centre, use of its writer’s studio and a stipend:
  • Summer Residency, eight weeks from January 7, 2015 ($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 2015 ($30,000 stipend/salary)
The eight-week residencies are open to emerging or established writers. The six-month residency, offered in partnership with The University of Auckland, is for an established author who may benefit from the academic environment. Writers must be working on a specific project in fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction or non-fiction. Writers from all over New Zealand, including those who live in Auckland, are welcome to apply.

Application forms and further information are available on the centre’s web site 
www.writerscentre.org.nz or email manager@writerscentre.org.nz.
 Applications close on Friday October 10, 2014, and the selections are expected to be announced in November.

Thirty New Zealand writers have held residencies at the centre since 2005. The current writer in residence is poet and novelist Anne Kennedy.
The residencies are offered thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand.

Creative NZ - sponsor

University of Auckland Faculty of Arts - sponsor

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