Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency

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Open for applications! Deadline to apply is 5pm Friday 17 March.

The Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency is for an established New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to carry out work on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the University of Hawai‘i for three months. One award valued at NZ$33,300 is granted each year, towards three months of writing.

This award is offered in partnership with Creative New Zealand, the national arts development agency developing, investing in and advocating for the arts.

The recipient will based at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in Honolulu for either the Fall (August-November) or Spring (February-May) semester of the US academic year.

Hawai‘i has been identified as a strategic location for artists and is considered the hub of Pacific writing with numerous universities, library resources, networks, writers’ forums and publishers. It is also an important link to the mainland US and has a strong indigenous culture.

Previous grantees have included writers Coco Solid, Sarona Aiono-Iosefa and Marisa Maepu, poets Tusiata Avia, Karlo Mila and Daren Kamali, filmmakers Sima Urale and Toa Fraser, and playwright Victor Rodger.

Register for an Information Session to hear more about the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency. It will take place online on Friday, 10 February 2023, at 10am (NZT) via Teams.

https://www.fulbright.org.nz/awards/nzscholar/fulbright-cnz/