Writers Residency Program


Locations: Oaxaca, Mexico — Cusco, Peru — Naples, Italy

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Arquetopia Writers Residency Oaxaca 2024 2025
This comprehensive, customized residency program offers competitive professional opportunities for emerging and mid-career, national and international writers, journalists, playwrights, translators, and graduate students age 20 and over.

As part of Arquetopia’s mission, we promote international experiences in the field of culture by promoting Mexico, Peru, and Italy’s rich and diverse artistic heritage. We are aware that understanding the local cultural context and complexity is key for a successful cultural exchange; therefore, the Writers Residency offers a flexible, mentored program that provides social and cultural research and aesthetic resources. In addition to the individual mentoring provided by our directorial and curatorial staff for personalized research assistance/resources, project guidance, and critique, participants of this program work independently in our spaces. All proposals are welcome.

We welcome writers from diverse genres: poetry, prose, drama, screen and playwriting, children’s literature, journalism including magazine articles and editorials; as well as translators and editors who are interested in creating work while experiencing specific cultural expressions from Mexico, Peru and/or Italy. Each residency is unique, based on the residency research needs and the writer’s proposal. Residents are chosen on the basis of artistic merit and evaluation of the proposed project.


Writers-in-Residence Megan Gette (USA) and Mariana Robles (Mexico)

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Writer-in-Residence Melissa Herrera (USA)
 
RESIDENCY DURATION
Flexible sessions of 3 to 5 weeks. Dates are not predetermined but are proposed by the applying writer.

WHAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE MENTORED, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM INCLUDES
Staff Support:
  • Each resident writer meets weekly with our directorial and curatorial staff for personalized mentoring, research assistance/resources, project guidance, and critique
Accommodation and Local Transportation (Oaxaca):
  • Furnished, private bedroom
  • 24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals
  • Wireless Internet
  • Use of Arquetopiaresidency common spaces
  • Shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
  • Housekeeping
  • Downtown arrival pickup and departure dropoff transportation provided  
  • Cheap, everyday public transportation is also available from the residency vicinity into the city. Writers are oriented to the local transportation system by Arquetopia staff upon arrival
Workspace (Oaxaca):
  • Personal workspace with desk or table provided

Accommodation and Airport Transportation (Cusco):
  • Furnished, private bedroom
  • 24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals
  • Wireless Internet
  • Use of Arquetopias residency common spaces
  • Shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
  • Housekeeping
  • Arrival pickup and departure dropoff transportation provided at Cusco Airport
Workspace (Cusco):
  • Personal workspace with desk or table provided

Accommodation (Naples):

  • Furnished, private bedroom
  • 24-hour access to the kitchen for residents to prepare their own meals
  • Wireless Internet
  • Use of Arquetopias residency common spaces
  • Shared, serviced (single) bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
  • Housekeeping

Workspace (Naples):

  • Personal workspace with desk or table provided

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ESIDENCY PROGRAM TUITION INFO & APPLICATION DEADLINES
E-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for program tuition info and application deadlines for this program.

TO APPLY
Click here to apply for this mentored, non-instructional residency program.

Arquetopia Writers Residency Peru 2024 2025

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