Deadline: 8 April 2011 (from 1 April 2011)
The National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore is pleased to partner with the University of Iowa’s renowned International Writing Programme (IWP), to offer a fully-paid 3-month residency award to a Singapore Writer for the 2011 intake (27 August – 15 November 2011).
Applications close at 5pm on Friday, 8 April 2011.
Application Procedure
To apply for the 2011 NAC-IWP Residency, please download the information sheet and application form here.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on the following submitted application material:
1. Completed application form
2. Detailed curriculum vitae
3. Representative samples of 2 past works (10-15 pages)
4. Proposal Letter (Includes statement of purpose, objectives, outline, activities. Please detail the new work to be accomplished during the Residency period.)
All applications are to be submitted in PDF or Word format and emailed to: francisca_cho@nac.gov.sg. Late applications or applications with incomplete documents will not be accepted. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by NAC before 1 June 2011.
About the International Writing Program
The principal design of the International Writing Program (IWP) is threefold:
* to introduce talented individuals to American life;
* to enable these individuals to take part in American university life;
* and to provide writers with time, in a setting congenial to their efforts, for the production of literary work.
Since 1967, over a thousand writers from more than 120 countries have attended the IWP at the University of Iowa. The project is designed for established and emerging creative writers — poets, fiction writers, dramatists, and non-fiction writers.
The minimum requirement is that they have published at least one book, and that they possess sufficient proficiency in English to profit from the Iowa experience.
The University of Iowa is the nation’s premier center for creative writing. Giving and attending talks and readings, and meeting with well-known and emerging visiting American writers give the international writers broad exposure to currents in American literature. We also strive to give each writer the opportunity to present his or her work in a public forum. Televised and radio interviews with individuals and groups of writers are broadcast in the Iowa City and university communities.
The U.S. Department of State is a major source of support for the program. The IWP also administers the grants of writers who come to the University of Iowa under subsidy from American corporations and cultural organizations abroad.
Participants of the IWP do not take classes at the University of Iowa; no degree is given for participation in the program. The program provides various literary activities, outlined below. All the activities offered by the program are optional, and the writers are free to use their time as they wish, to write or to conduct research. We strive to give each writer the opportunity to present his or her work in a public forum. The IWP also organizes individual visits to other parts of the United States, including schools and community colleges within Iowa and around the nation.
More information here.
The National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore is pleased to partner with the University of Iowa’s renowned International Writing Programme (IWP), to offer a fully-paid 3-month residency award to a Singapore Writer for the 2011 intake (27 August – 15 November 2011).
Applications close at 5pm on Friday, 8 April 2011.
Application Procedure
To apply for the 2011 NAC-IWP Residency, please download the information sheet and application form here.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on the following submitted application material:
1. Completed application form
2. Detailed curriculum vitae
3. Representative samples of 2 past works (10-15 pages)
4. Proposal Letter (Includes statement of purpose, objectives, outline, activities. Please detail the new work to be accomplished during the Residency period.)
All applications are to be submitted in PDF or Word format and emailed to: francisca_cho@nac.gov.sg. Late applications or applications with incomplete documents will not be accepted. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by NAC before 1 June 2011.
About the International Writing Program
The principal design of the International Writing Program (IWP) is threefold:
* to introduce talented individuals to American life;
* to enable these individuals to take part in American university life;
* and to provide writers with time, in a setting congenial to their efforts, for the production of literary work.
Since 1967, over a thousand writers from more than 120 countries have attended the IWP at the University of Iowa. The project is designed for established and emerging creative writers — poets, fiction writers, dramatists, and non-fiction writers.
The minimum requirement is that they have published at least one book, and that they possess sufficient proficiency in English to profit from the Iowa experience.
The University of Iowa is the nation’s premier center for creative writing. Giving and attending talks and readings, and meeting with well-known and emerging visiting American writers give the international writers broad exposure to currents in American literature. We also strive to give each writer the opportunity to present his or her work in a public forum. Televised and radio interviews with individuals and groups of writers are broadcast in the Iowa City and university communities.
The U.S. Department of State is a major source of support for the program. The IWP also administers the grants of writers who come to the University of Iowa under subsidy from American corporations and cultural organizations abroad.
Participants of the IWP do not take classes at the University of Iowa; no degree is given for participation in the program. The program provides various literary activities, outlined below. All the activities offered by the program are optional, and the writers are free to use their time as they wish, to write or to conduct research. We strive to give each writer the opportunity to present his or her work in a public forum. The IWP also organizes individual visits to other parts of the United States, including schools and community colleges within Iowa and around the nation.
More information here.
