Media Releases
06 May 2009 – New residency opportunity coming up in 2009
The University of Auckland/Creative New ZealandWriter-in-Residence at the
Michael King Writers’ Centre
(July to December 2009)
The University of Auckland and the Michael King Writers’ Centre are planning to call for applications for a six-month writer’s residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in May.
The residency would take place between July and December 2009.
The proposed residency aims to foster New Zealand writing by providing an opportunity for an established author to work full-time on a major project in an academic environment, together with free accommodation and a studio working space at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport, Auckland.
The residency would be for six months from mid-July 2009, during the university’s second semester, and is open to authors working in the field of fiction, poetry, drama or non-fiction. A stipend of $30,000 would be paid.
Applicants should be established writers of proven merit and usually resident in New Zealand or hold New Zealand citizenship. The appointed writer will be required to live at the Michael King Writers’ Centre for the term of the appointment and spend two days each week at the English Department at The University of Auckland.
Applications must include a covering letter with contact details (address, phone and email), a comprehensive CV outlining the writer’s writing experience and publishing record, an outline of the project proposed for the residency and a sample of work (no longer than 1,500 words).
This opportunity, which has been created jointly by The University of Auckland and the Michael King Writers’ Centre, is still subject to the Centre's application for contestable funding from Creative New Zealand being successful.
Provided the funding application is successful, applications for the residency will open on Wednesday May 27 and will close on Wednesday June 10, 2009.
Terms and conditions for the proposed residency can be found under the Writers in Residence section of this website.
Applications should be sent to:
The Administrator
Michael King Writers’ Centre
PO Box 32-629
Devonport
North Shore City 0744
Or contact the administrator
on 09 445 8451 or email
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