18 Mar SPACES OF RESILIENCE 2.0 – RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR UKRAINIAN LITERARY CREATORS IN BELGRADE, SERBIA
Association KROKODIL is launching a call for applications for literary residencies in June and August 2025. The open call addresses Ukrainian literary creators – prose writers, poets, essayists, translators, editors, cultural journalists, comic book authors, theoreticians, columnists, singer-songwriters, rappers, spoken word performers etc.
The program is intended for literary creators from Ukraine as well as those who are living in exile.
The June residency will last for two weeks and will include participation in the KROKODIL literary festival, which takes place from June 27-29. The August residency will be realized over a four-week period.
Residency recipients will be based in the KROKODIL Residence for Writers and will be able, should they wish so, to participate fully in the life of the KROKODIL Center for Contemporary Literature. They will benefit from a monthly grant, a housing and travel allowance, an individual workspace, and administrative and overall support.
Those interested in applying should send a short email written in Ukrainian or English with biography and desired month of the stay (June or August). Applications should be sent until May 10th by email to office@krokodil.rs. Successful applicants will be notified shortly afterward.
Candidates will be selected by a commission formed by writers, cultural workers and translators from Ukraine and the region of former Yugoslavia.
For any further answers and clarifications do not hesitate to contact us.
Contact:
office@krokodil.rs
More about the program
KROKODIL’s Writer-in-Residence program has been active ever since 2012 as the only continuous residential program for writers in Serbia. It has in the meantime hosted 140 writers from 23 countries. However, to be able to offer this space to literary creators and cultural workers from Ukraine the decision was reached to freeze all usual activities of this ongoing program and to secure it as the safe haven for the creative individuals in jeopardy from this war-torn country.
Besides the residence for writers, the space in KROKODIL’s Center for Contemporary Literature will also be provided together with numerous activities (primarily depending on the wish of the particular residing writer) regarding the professional needs of the exiled writers.
The KROKODIL Association is the first NGO or think tank in Serbia that is actively focused on helping the citizens of Ukraine and on organizing various activities aimed at initiating the changes in the dominant perception of the public regarding the Russian aggression on Ukraine. Collecting and personally delivering humanitarian aid for the Municipal Perinatal Center in Kharkiv and for the Social Center in Blizniuki was followed by a series of field stories, a travelogue published under the name “12to8.” The last KROKODIL travel to Ukraine ended with the purchase of 400 books for the first Ukrainian library in Serbia which was opened on May 2nd 2023 in KROKODIL Center with the presence and support of eight independent local publishers. In addition, some of the other ongoing programs that KROKODIL is focused on are: providing shelter, space for work, and support to Ukrainian literary creators and associations; organizing creative workshops for children from Ukraine; and various debates and panel discussions. For all these reasons Association KROKODIL was awarded several times on local, regional and International level.
Supported by the ERSTE Foundation.
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