Literature

KBF (Kraków Festival Office) and Kraków UNESCO City of Literature are calling for applications from writers and translators from Ukraine and Belarus to apply for their literary residency programme, May–June 2024.

Tartu City of Literature residency programme is calling for applications from writers and translators of Estonian literature from across the world for a 2-month residency period at the Karl Ristikivi residency apartment, April–May 2024.

The Alpine Fellowship is calling for creative works from anyone in the world on the theme of ‘Language’ for their Alpine Fellowship Prize 2024.

The Arvo Pärt Centre welcomes artists from all over the world to work, create and find inspiration. The residency is open for composers and performers as well as creators from other fields – writers, visual artists, architects, film and dance artists. It welcomes solo artists as well as smaller ensembles, collectives or small working groups (up to 4 people).

The Literary Professionals Residence Programme is a part of the Lit-Quest Europe project, which is a cooperative initiative involving Publishing House Goga (Slo), Sandorf (Cro), and Helsinki Literary Agency (Fi). The programme for 2024 is open to literary agents, editors and other literary professionals involved in promotion of authors and foreign rights from all eligible countries within the EACEA programme.

Ljubljana, a UNESCO City of Literature since 2015, offers two one-month residencies (in March and November 2024) for writers at the Švicarija/Swisshouse Creative Centre, which is part of the International Centre of Graphic Arts. Applicants must have a strong relation to one of the other cities of literature.

The Cultural Moves Europe grant for residency hosts allows organisations in Creative Europe countries to welcome international artists and cultural professionals at their premises to implement a residency project.

Tartu UNESCO City of Literature is happy to announce a special residency programme for writers from the Cities of Literature in the Nordic-Baltic region: Gothenburg, Kuhmo, Lillehammer, Reykjavik and Vilnius. Supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, Tartu City of Literature will offer 2-month residencies for five writers who live in the abovementioned cities or are otherwise closely connected to them. Organisers are able to host one resident at a time during the following periods:

The cultural and civil society organisation zusa is organising residencies in Berlin which will focus on two thematic axes: reflection and re-thinking on the idea of solidarity in Europe; and mental well-being of artists and cultural professionals. The residency is dedicated to artists and cultural professionals based in European countries but with focus on Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Austria, and Germany.

amaneï invite artists and cultural professionals legally residing in one of the 40 Creative Countries (including the Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions of the European Union), except Italy, to apply for the research-based residency project ‘Iancura’ in Santa Marina Salina (Aeolian Islands) in spring 2024.

The Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature Writer in Residence programme is offering a three-month residency in Neckargemünd (approximately 14 km from Heidelberg). Applicants must have registered residence in a UNESCO City of literature (main grant holder), and have published at least one book (prose, essay, narration, poetry, etc.) by an official/independent publisher (main grant holder).

The University of Johannesburg’s artists in residence programme is now accepting applications for 2024. The UJ Artists in Residence Programme welcomes applications from emerging and established artists, from across the globe, but preferably with a link to Africa. Applications for both physical and remote residencies are possible.