Writers - Bursaries and Residencies
Bursaries
Louis Johnson New Writers' Bursary
Funded principally by Creative New Zealand plus interest from a bequest from the Louis Johnson Estate.
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 6 months
Value: $18,000
Purpose: To allow a writer to work on an approved project.
Criteria: Early career, published writer.
How: By application to Creative New Zealand's July funding round.
When to apply: Published writers at an early stage of their career applying to the July deadline for a writing grant under the Arts Board's New Work funding programme are considered automatically for this bursary.
Website for further information: http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/funding/board/index.html
Todd New Writers' Bursary
Funded Jointly by the Todd Trust and Creative New Zealand.
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 6 months
Value: $20,000
Purpose: For a promising new writer to work full-time on an approved project.
Criteria: New writers.
How: By application to Creative New Zealand's July funding round.
When to apply: Published writers at an early stage of their career applying to the July deadline for a writing grant under the Arts Board's New Work funding programme are considered automatically for this bursary.
Website for further information:
http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/funding/board/index.html
Writers' Fellowships (Residencies) Supported by Creative New Zealand
Co funded by Creative New Zealand and the host organisation. The stipend offered by each residency is between $20,000 and $50,000.
Auckland University Writers Fellowship
Frequency: Annual
Duration: Academic year
Value: $50,000
Purpose: To allow writers to work fulltime on a piece of writing.
Criteria: Available to a writer of creative literature.
How: By application to the host institution.
When to apply: Check with University
Contact: Academic Appointments
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92 019
Auckland
Website for further information:
http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/events/awards/auckland.html
Dunedin College of Education - Children's Writer-in-Residence
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 6 months
Value: $20,000
Purpose: To allow writers to work fulltime on a piece of writing.
Criteria: For children's writers.
How: By application to the host institution.
When to apply: Check with College of Education.
Contact:
Dunedin College of Education
Private Bag 1912
Dunedin
University of Canterbury - (Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing)
Frequency: Annual
Duration: Academic year
Value: $46,500
Purpose: Designed to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity for a writer to work in an academic environment, the position is open to writers in the fields of creative writing: fiction, drama and poetry.
Criteria:The appointment is made on the basis of published or performed writing of high quality.
How: By application to host institution.
When to apply: Applications are called for in August/September each year. (Check with University)
Contact: Human Resources Department
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
Website for further information: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/awards/ursulabethell.htm
Victoria University Writer-in-Residence
Frequency: Annual
Duration: Academic year
Value: $43,000
Purpose: To allow writers to work fulltime on a piece of writing.
Criteria: Open to authors in all areas of literacy and creative activity including drama, fiction and poetry. Authors should be of proven merit, normally resident in New Zealand.
How: By application to the host institution.
When to apply: Applications close September each year. (Check with University for exact dates.)
Contact: For further information or application packs:
HR Assistant
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Victoria University
P.O. Box 600
Wellington
Ph: 04 463-5236
Email: hss-appoint@vuw.ac.nz
Website for further information:
www.vuw.ac.nz/modernletters/activities/writer-in-residence.aspx
Waikato University Writer-in-Residence
Frequency: Annual (not offered 2004/05)
Duration: Academic year
Value: $36,000
Purpose: To allow writers to work fulltime on a piece of writing.
Criteria: Applicants should be authors of proven merit, normally resident in New Zealand, or New Zealanders temporarily resident overseas.
How: By application to the host institution.
When to apply: Closing date for applications is the end of September in the year preceding the award.
Contact:
The Director
Human Resource Management Division
The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
Web page for further information:
www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/vacancies/posdescs/260218.doc
International residencies
Creative New Zealand Berlin Writer's Residency
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 9 months
Value: Covers travel, accommodation and stipend
Criteria: The residency is open to any established writer of New Zealand literature who has been resident in New Zealand for at least three years. Priority is given to the writers of fiction, poetry, drama, biography, history (of national significance to New Zealand), writing on Arts topics.
How: By application.
When to apply: Check Creative New Zealand website for closing dates.
Contact:
Arts Adviser
Literature
Creative New Zealand
P O Box 3806
Wellington
Website for further information: http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/resources/forms-guidelines/berlin.rtf
International Writing Programme, University of Iowa, USA
Partnership between Creative New Zealand and the University of Iowa
Frequency: Annual (check website)
Duration: 3 months
Value: Total value $20,000 - provides for return travel to Iowa, a small per diem for food and living expenses and accommodation at the Iowa House, situated on the campus of the University of Iowa.
Purpose: To allow a New Zealand writer to participate in the IWP with other international writers.
Criteria: The residency is suitable for nationally recognised writers of fiction, poetry, drama, children's fiction, screenplays, biography or cultural commentary, who have previously published at least one volume of work.
How: By application to Creative New Zealand.
When to apply: Mid April (Check Creative New Zealand website)
Contact:
Arts Adviser
Literature
Creative New Zealand
P O Box 3806
Wellington
Website for further information:
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/awards/iowaresidencyt.htm
Pacific Writers' Residency
Supported by Creative New Zealand and Fulbright New Zealand
Frequency: Annual
Duration: Late August to late November
Value: Return airfare to Hawaii ; rental accommodation costs for the three-month period; a stipend of NZ$6000 per month; and standard Fulbright insurance cover. Covers travel, accommodation and stipend.
Purpose: The Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers' Residency at the University of Hawaii has been set up by the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand to provide a unique opportunity for a New Zealand based writer of Pacific Islands heritage.
Criteria: The residency is open to writers of Pacific Islands heritage living in New Zealand who:
- has already had work published or accepted for publication
- is a New Zealand citizen
- has a specific project on which they propose to work during the residency.
How: By application
When to apply: Check website for dates.
Contact:
For further information:
Anton Carter
Arts Adviser
Pacific Arts
Creative New Zealand
PO Box 3806
Wellington
Website for further information and application form: http://www.fulbright.org.nz/awards/nz-cnz.html
Other residencies for writers
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Writer's Fellowship
May be split across a number of recipients
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 10 months - March to December inclusive
Value: $20,000 plus use of furnished studio flat (The Sargeson Centre) near Albert Park, Auckland.
Criteria: Applicants must be published writers of poetry or fiction.
When: The fellowship is advertised in the Listener, the New Zealand Author and on the book pages of the major newspapers in October of each year.
How: By application to Buddle Findlay.
Contact: Application forms can be obtained from:
Marketing Department
Buddle Findlay, Barristers & Solicitors
PO Box 1433
Auckland
Ph. 09 363 0650
Website for further information: http://www.buddlefindlay.co.nz/sponsorship/Sargeson.asp
Burns Fellowship (Otago University)
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 12 months
Value: Usually $46,000. Subject to funds being available from the income of the Fellowship Fund in any one year, the annual value of the Fellowship will not be less than the minimum salary of a fulltime University Lecturer. The total amount available to the Fellow includes salary and approved travel and removal expenses.
Purpose: The general purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage and promote imaginative New Zealand literature and to associate writers thereof with the University. It is attached to the Department of English of the University.
Criteria: The Fellowship shall be open to writers of imaginative literature, including poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, biography, essays or literary criticism who are normally resident in New Zealand or who, for the time being, are residing overseas and who in the opinion of the Selection Committee have established by published work or otherwise that they are a serious writer likely to continue writing and to benefit from the Fellowship.
How: By application.
When: Around August each year.
Contact: For details and application forms contact:
Human Resources
University of Otago
P O Box 56
Dunedin
Ph: 03 479 8269
Fax: 03 474 1607
Web site for further information: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/awards/burns.htm
Foxton Fellowship
Frequency: Annual
Duration: One month
Value: $5,000
Purpose: To allow a writer to pursue an approved project.
When to apply: September
For application form and conditions contact:
New Zealand Society of Authors
P O Box 67 013
Mt Eden
Auckland 3
Ph/fax 09 630 8077
E-mail: nzsa@clear.net.nz
Website for further information: http://www.authors.org.nz/nzsa/awards.html
Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship
This award is sponsored by Meridian Energy and managed by Trustees. It is administered on their behalf by Creative New Zealand.
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 4 months minimum
Value: $55,000
Purpose: to enable a writer to spend a minimum of four months in Menton, France.
Criteria:
- Applicants must be New Zealand citizens who have lived in NZ continuously for 10 years prior to making the application.
- Applicants should be published writers whose work has been well received.
How: By application - form available on the CNZ website.
When: Applications close in July each year.
Website for further information and application form:
National Library Fellowship
Frequency: Annual
Value: $45,000
Duration: tenable for one year
Purpose: The fellowship aims to encourage the scholarly use of the National Library's collections, which include the Children's Literature collections and the specialist collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and the production of publications based on them.
The research undertaken is to lead to public presentation through publications, in scholarly or popular form, in any medium which will promote the objectives of the fellowship.
How: By application.
When to apply: September each year (Check website for details).
Contact: For information, conditions of award, guidelines to applicants and application forms
The Secretary
National Library Research Fellowship Committee
National Library of New Zealand
P O Box 12 349
Wellington
Ph: +64 4 474 3120
Fax: +64 4 474 3063
Email: atl@natlib.govt.nz
Website for further information: http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/about/3scholarships.html
Randell Cottage Writer-in-residence (Wellington)
Frequency: Annual
Duration: 6 months
Value: $15,000
Purpose: To support a New Zealand writer to undertake, develop or complete an approved literary project.
(A French writer is awarded the residency for the other six months of the year, supported by the French government.)
How: By application.
When to apply: Advertised each year (around end of November).
Contact:
The Randell Cottage Writers' Trust
P O Box 11-032
Manners Street
Wellington
Ph: 021632-362
Email: g.cameron@xtra.co.nz
Website for further information:
www.randellcottage.co.nz
The 'brief' Writers Award (Great Barrier Island)
Value: Two months' free accommodation, plus $1,000.
Purpose: Prior publication in brief, or strong recommendation by a brief subscriber. The award is intended to advance an existing project, helping to bring it to fruition and, if possible, publication or exhibition.
How: By application. Submit a brief 1 or 2-page project outline to the editor. Please mention any time constraints on your tenure of the residency.
When: For further information see contact details below
Contact:
Dr Jack Ross
6a Hastings Road
Mairangi Bay
Auckland 1311
Ph: +64 9 479-2870
Fax: +64 9 478-5828
Email: jack.ross@xtra.co.nz
Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust Residency
Duration: 3 months - 2 years
Purpose: To provide a rent free historic cottage ( bequeathed by Robert Lord) for writers in any genre to undertake writing projects in Dunedin
How: By application.
Conditions: May be held in conjunction with other grants or awards.
For details contact:
The Writers Trust
C/- Playmarket
Level 2
16 Cambridge Terrace
P O Box 9767
Wellington
Ph: 04 382 8462
Fax: 04 382 8461
Email: info@playmarket.org.nz