The Greenway Residency is open to published writers from the 57 UNESCO Cities of Literature located outside of the UK. The inaugural residency will run from 25 September to 16 October 2026.
The first two weeks will be spent at Greenway, where the writers will each have a private room in shared accommodation, workspaces, and a programme of activities to connect with the region’s network of readers, writers, and storytellers. Residents will then spend a further week in Exeter with accommodation provided by Exeter City of Literature.
The applicants must:
- Live and/or work within a City of Literature outside the UK or have a previous connection to a City of Literature i.e., used to live or study there
- Be published, with at least one book in English (as an original work or in translation) and two or more in their own language (or at least three books in English).
- Be working in one of the following three genres: Fiction (including poetry), Nature Writing, or Children’s literature
- Be proficient in English
- Be self-sufficient.
The writing undertaken while staying at Greenway does not need to have an explicit link to Agatha Christie or the crime writing genre.
The programme supports two weeks of accommodation at Greenway, Devon, one week of accommodation in Exeter, Devon, return airfare from the writer’s home city to Greenway and travel between Greenway and Exeter for events, and writing space at the Devon and Exeter Institutions.
