Greetings all. As you can see, I am still messing around with this new site and it looks like crap. I've had no time but I will hopefully make it look less hideous soon! In the meantime, I hope you check out Mira's List's very first ART CONTEST, deadline March 31st, Grand Prize is $500 (plus an interview on this blog and your work highlighted for months), Second Prize is $100. If you want to enter an easy to do contest and have your work looked at by two top curators who are judging the contest, GO HERE: http://www.miraslist.com/p/contests.html
And these opportunities below are for all you writers out there:
KSP Residency Program 2012/2013
The Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre is the oldest writers centre of its kind in Australia. The centre is located in the Perth hills, in the former home of Katharine Susannah
Prichard.
Each year KSPF is
proud to promote the craft of writing by hosting a number of writers in our
residency program which is funded by the Department of Culture and the Arts.
The residency program includes positions for established and emerging writers
as well as our young writers
residency. As well as allowing each writer the time and space to work on their
own writing projects, the writers participate in the events of the centre and
run workshops thus sharing their knowledge and experience throughout our
writing community.
The
residency program for Emerging- and Established Writers-in-Residence is open to
artists from all over the world, however the Young
Writers-in-Residence should be local and under 25.
Positions available:
2012 Young Writers-In-Residence
Applications for 2012 Young
Writer-In-Residence must be post marked on or before 5pm, Friday, 17th August 2012
Three Positions are available for the week
of Sun 18 Nov – Tue 27 Nov 2012 Three Young Writers, up to the age of
twenty-five years, will be selected for a 10-day residency at the Katharine
Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre, Greenmount. The residents will receive a
salary of $650 and be given writing space and time to concentrate on, develop
or complete a work in progress. The writer will also be invited to participate
in Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers' Centre activities.
2013 Established Writer-In-Residence
Applications for 2013 Established Writer in
Residence must be post marked on or before, Friday, 27th July
2012 (pending funding)
One position.
Full-time period of
four (4) weeks, or equivalent part time. Salary: $3500. The Established Writer-in-Residence should
have achieved major publication and have demonstrated a commitment towards
furthering the status and practice of writing among his/her peers and the
community in general. Experience in preparation for and conducting of workshops
and seminars is desirable.
2013 Emerging Writer-In-Residence
Applications for 2012 Emerging Writer in
Residence must be post marked on or before Friday 24th August
2012 (pending funding)
Three positions,
dependent on funding.
Full-time period of
four (4) weeks, or equivalent part time. Salary: $2250.
For more info:
Katharine Susannah
Prichard Writers' Centre
11 Old York
Rd
Greenmount WA 6056
Ph: (08) 9294
1872
Email: kspf@iinet.net.au
Webpage: www.kspf.iinet.net.au
The Jan
Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature in Switzerland is
offering residencies for the fall 2012 season. Residents are given
housing, some meals, access to the foundation's library and resources
and, in some cases, financial support. Deadline is March 30, 2012. Go
to: fondation-janmichalski.com for more info. Contact: Ann Bandle,
Director, Jan Michalski Foundation: 41 (021) 864-01-01 or email her at
ann.bandle@fondation-janmichalski.chann.bandle@fondation-janmichalski.ch
The Miami-Dade Public Library System is proud to announce its
2012 Young Adult Writer-in-Residence
program funded through a grant from the James L. Knight
Foundation. We are seeking a dynamic and engaging Young Adult author who
will encourage local teens, 12-18, in the creative writing process. The
three month residency will run from September
– November 2012 in Miami, Florida.
Eligibility Requirements:
·
Must
have published at least two young adult fiction books.
·
Experience in teaching, writing, mentoring or as a manuscript evaluator or editor.
·
Subject to an official background check.
·
Must be a U.S citizen or U.S. resident.
Honorarium:
$10,500 for three month term (additional funds for housing and transportation provided).
Application Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2012
$5,000 grant for a literary translation from Portuguese into English: The deadline is March 9, 2012.
This $5,000 grant will be awarded to a proposed work of literary translation from Portuguese into English and is open to anyone under the age of 30. The translation must fall under the category of fiction or letters, and the applicant will propose his or her own translation project. The project should be manageable for a five-month period of work, as the grant will be awarded in June 2012, and the translation must be completed by October 2012.
The prizewinner will be notified on June 1, 2012 and results will be announced online at www.susansontag.com.
For more information, please visit:www.susansontag.com.
All applications must be submitted via regular mail to the Foundation
address:
Susan Sontag Foundation
76 Franklin St. #3
NY, NY 10013
All application materials must be received by March 9, 2012.
