Call for the 2024 Prague Residency Program
By Prague City of Literature | Posted:
Apply Now! Deadline for receiving application form: Thursday, August 31, 2023, 11.59 pm CET
Prague City of Literature are glad to launch a new creative two-month residency for 2024. They are looking for eight interesting projects of foreign writers and translators.
PROVIDED SERVICE
The accommodation and travel expenses are covered by the receiving organization; the residents will also receive a scholarship of CZK 15,000 (approx. €600) per month.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
- Completed online application form
- Optional: extract from a published text (in Czech or in English) or sample of a translated text into Czech (2 pages)
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Cultural interest for the location
- Basic knowledge of English language
- At least one published literary work (not a private edition) or two broadcast or published radio dramas or one carried out or published theatre play or at least one translated work of a Czech author
- Willingness to participate on the local literary life (author readings, meeting students, talks, activities arranged by the receiving institution or connected to the cultural events of the city)
- Working on the writings during the stay
- The author who has already once received the scholarship can’t apply again
- The Resident undertakes that in the course of the residency stay or no later than within 2 months from its termination, he/she will provide the Municipal Library in Prague with the text inspired by the stay that the Municipal Library in Prague, through the project „Prague City of Literature“, will be authorized to use to promote the Prague's residencies. The Municipal Library in Prague will enter into a licence agreement with the Resident for the purpose of using the text in electronic as well as printed version.
Find out more HERE: Výzva pro rezidenty 2024 - Praha město literatury (unescoprague.org)