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 Visegrad Scholarship is intended for writers, poets, essayists, literary critics, artistic translators, and journalists from all four Visegrad countries. The program is financed by the International Visegrad Fund. Selected applicants can receive a scholarship stay in Prague, Krakow, Budapest, or Bratislava either for a shorter term in spring or a longer term in autumn.
The Eleuzína Cultural Centre and the Literary Information Centre have announced short-term residencies in Banská Štiavnica for writers and translators of literature from and into the Slovak language. The stays are usually about two weeks. The authors can work in separate rooms with access to a library, a piano, and a garden.
The 11-month residency Trojica Air is provided by the Literary Information Center, the city of Banská Štiavnica, and Literatúra CA to translators of Slovak literature into other languages. A one-bedroom apartment will be provided and translators will be able to work in the center of Banská Štiavnica. There is also a monthly stipend of 1,000 EUR. The residencies are offered to translators only.
The Literary Residence in Košice focuses on supporting literary works in various forms, including poetry, literary essays, experimental works, translation, and more. It includes accommodation in Košice, travel reimbursement, a stipend to cover living expenses, and free admission to the cinema Úsmev. The program focuses on creation and translation, and aims for the artists to produce one piece of work.
SCUP (Slovak Center of Artistic translation) works closely with the Slovak Literary Fund’s Faculty of Arts to support the dissemination and promotion of Slovak literature abroad, and offers scholarships to foreign researchers from any country in the world, including translators, literary researchers, linguists, lexicographers, university teachers, students of Slovak literature, translation theorists, and others. This scholarship is awarded specifically for translation study abroad and typically lasts for three weeks.
