UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg Writer in Residence programme 2024

UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg is calling for applications from writers residing in a UNESCO City of literature for their 3-month Writer in Residence programme in the “Commandant’s House Dilsberg”, at Dilsberg Fortress, in Neckargemünd (approximately 14 km from Heidelberg, Germany).

Successful recipients can work on a project of their choosing. They will also have the option to apply as a team of two artists (grant holder and co-fellow).

For team applications:

The co-recipient should also have his/her own artistic expertise, which has not necessarily to be in the literary field (could be translation for instance, but also such as music, visual arts, performing arts, film, etc.).
The co-recipients will have to demonstrate an artistic or interdisciplinary cooperation and should be personally well acquainted to each other.
The co-grantee will be provided the same financial resources as the grant holder.

Benefits

The grants is a total value of 3,750 EUR per person, consisting of:

Subsistence allowance of 1,350 per person EUR
Monthly allowance/pocket money of 750 EUR per person

Additional benefits

Travel allowance (international flights, economy class) of up to 1,000 EUR
Public transportation ticket for the Rhine-Neckar public transport network (VRN) limited to the duration of the stay