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Central European Initiative in co-operation with the Slovene Writers' Association

Konkursi/Natječaji

Autor Tamara.K

Utorak, 19 maj 2009 13:06

The CEI Fellowship for Writers in Residence is a newly established award aimed at encouraging cross-border cooperation and promotion in the field of literature for young writers from Central European countries not yet part of the European Union.

Conditions of entry:

Applicants eligible for the fellowship are writers from all genres under 35 (born after 1974) from CEI Member States which are not part of the European Union (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine).

The fellowship is endowed with a cash award of EUR 5,000 for a three-month stay in any of the Central

European Initiative Member States, selected by the candidate.

The fellowship winner will be guest of the 24th Vilenica International Literary Festival which will take place from 2 to 6 September 2009 at various locations in Slovenia. At the opening of the festival the fellowship winner will be officially announced and presented at one of the festival events. The candidate is eligible for the fellowship from 1 September 2009 till 1 September 2010. Within 60 days after completion of the residency the candidate must submit a written report.

The Central European Initiative (CEI) is composed of 18 Member States: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

The deadline for applications is 1 June 2009. Applications must be received in a sealed envelope by regular mail. The committee will consider entries which reach the address below by 1 June 2009.

The application must include the following obligatory enclosures:

1. A filled in registration form.
2. A biography in English (max. 1800 characters without spaces).
3. Copy of a valid ID or passport with the visible date and place of birth, and the citizenship.
4. A bibliography in English (max. 3600 characters without spaces).
5. A description in English of the project to be undertaken during the three-month residence, and if possible a contact address in the host country (max 4500 characters without spaces).
6. One letter of recommendation in English (max. 1800 characters without spaces).
Incomplete entries will not be considered.