WRITERS RESIDENCY

LOCATIONS: OAXACA, MEXICO & CUSCO, PERU
Now Welcoming Applications for 2021 – All Sessions
Apply Now through Sunday, July 26, 2020
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2021 Writers Residency 2
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 and Peru’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.

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The mountain view at Arquetopia Oaxaca

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 and/or Peru. 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 8 weeks. Dates are not predetermined but are nominated 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, Meals, and Local Transportation (Oaxaca):
  • Furnished, private bedroom
  • Meals and 24-hour access to stocked kitchen and dining room
  • Wireless Internet
  • Shared bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
  • Housekeeping
  • Downtown arrival pickup and departure dropoff transportation provided 
  • Though cheap, everyday public transportation is also available from the residency vicinity into the city, Arquetopia also provides scheduled transportation into downtown Oaxaca once per week by van
Workspace (Oaxaca):
  • Individual live/work space with natural light provided with table or desk
Accommodation, Meals, and Airport Transportation (Cusco):
  • Furnished, private bedroom
  • Meals and 24-hour access to stocked kitchen and dining room
  • Wireless Internet
  • Shared bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
  • Housekeeping
  • Arrival pickup and departure dropoff transportation provided at Cusco Airport
Workspace (Cusco):
  • Individual live/work space with natural light provided with table or desk

RESIDENCY 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.

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