Two essayists have been
chosen for the 2015 D’Arcy Writers’ Residencies on Waiheke Island.
They
are: Julie Hill, who will write a biography of Auckland’s historic Karangahape
Road, in which she resides; and Dr Scott Hamilton, whose essay will cover the involvement
of New Zealanders and others in 19th century South Pacific slave-trading.
The
winners were selected from 21 applicants for the two residencies, each of whom
submitted to a panel of judges writing samples and a synopsis for a 10,000-word
essay. The judges were impressed by the quality of the applications.
Hill
and Hamilton are the first D’Arcy writing residents and will each spend three
months of next year in a house above Onetangi working on their essay projects.
They will each receive a stipend of $3000 and a $500 transport allowance.
The
judges were: Gordon McLauchlan, writer (chair); Graham Beattie, books blogger
and former publisher; Virginia Larson, editor of North & South magazine; Hamish
Keith, writer; Kirsten Warner, chair of the Auckland Branch of the NZ Society
of Authors; Bruce Ansley, writer; John Campbell, broadcaster; Fiona Kralicek, Manager,
Waiheke Community Library; Karren Beanland, Manager, Michael King Writers’
Centre.
1 comment:
Big congrats to the winners.
jules
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