Hi Tracy x Some of those ones I mentioned like Varuna, KSP and Jacky Winter absolutely take applications from unpublished writers - the application asks for samples and you generally make your application about a particular project - whether it be a collection, a novel, a non-fic project etc. You usually supply a 'writing resume', a project overview including what you plan to do on the residency, a sample of writing and some ask for a Letter of Support - which you can get a writing peer, mentor etc to do for you. Many of those places - including Michael King Writers Centre in Aotearoa also accept paid residencies (I did that for my first time at Varuna when I needed to finish a draft quickly!) if that is an option for you. Hope that's useful! K x
Ha! I'd like to read that! I DO tend to follow ALL of the advice from the very clever Brooke McAlary over on The Tortoise tho ;) https://brookemcalary.substack.com/
Hi Kate, are there residencies for people who are not published writers?
Hi Tracy x Some of those ones I mentioned like Varuna, KSP and Jacky Winter absolutely take applications from unpublished writers - the application asks for samples and you generally make your application about a particular project - whether it be a collection, a novel, a non-fic project etc. You usually supply a 'writing resume', a project overview including what you plan to do on the residency, a sample of writing and some ask for a Letter of Support - which you can get a writing peer, mentor etc to do for you. Many of those places - including Michael King Writers Centre in Aotearoa also accept paid residencies (I did that for my first time at Varuna when I needed to finish a draft quickly!) if that is an option for you. Hope that's useful! K x
super useful. thank you
This is wonderful. Thank you. Have you written any blogs on how you manage to be effective while still navigating the insanity that is life insitu?
Ha! I'd like to read that! I DO tend to follow ALL of the advice from the very clever Brooke McAlary over on The Tortoise tho ;) https://brookemcalary.substack.com/
Thank you. I’ll check that out.