Europe offers plentiful opportunities for writers to immerse themselves in their craft and develop their skills in inspiring settings. Browse current residency opportunities here.
The Centre national du Livre offers several residencies for writers, illustrators, scriptwriters and translators. The aim of the residencies is to enable authors to pursue their creative work while participating in a mediation program developed jointly with the host organization. The conditions differ depending on the type of the residence chosen.
The Maison des écrivains et de la littérature offers a database of writers’ residencies, reflecting the diversity of situations in terms of duration, financial conditions, location, target audience and projects. They generally include a creative project, with or without a commissioned text, and frequently a cultural project with meetings, workshops and more. Some are permanent, often set up in unique heritage sites and some residencies do not offer a venue but are understood as an approach associating an author and a venue through a project.
Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire, the regional agency for books and images, implements a public cultural service born from the cooperation between the Centre-Val de Loire Region and the State. The agency is committed to working alongside creators for the realization of their works and promotes the presence of artists, authors, filmmakers in the area: writing residencies, an animated film studio, and financial support that triggers the realization of projects. Since 2014, a support scheme for associated authors has made it possible to award residency grants intended for authors who partner with a venue in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
The purpose of this residence for translators from French to foreign languages is to develop the network of professional translators from French or one of the France languages into foreign languages by offering them the opportunity to stay in France to carry out a translation project. The granted amount for the residence is 2,000 EUR per month, the translators can stay up to 2 months.
The Villa Gillet is located in Lyon, in the Parc de la Cerisaie. It is a European and international center for contemporary writing and is first and foremost a place for international meetings, literary dialogues and new formats of intervention of the writer in the public space. With its residencies, it gives a voice to writers, thinkers and artists. There are eight residencies supporting international and youth projects in different fields of culture.
