Open Call / Reading Balkans 2020 / The Literary Residence Programme
The Residency is organized by the Reading Balkans project in cooperation with the Publishing House Goga (Slo), Goten Publishing (MK), Krokodil (Srb), Udruga Kurs (Cro), Poeteka (Alb), Qendra Multimedia (Kos), PEN BIH and S. Fischer Stiftung (De) & partners.
The Literary Residence Programme ‘Reading Balkans 2020’ is open to fiction writers, poets, essayists, playwrights, screenplay writers and comic book writers from Southeast Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Montenegro, Bulgaria).
Reading Balkans project is supported by the EU Creative Europe program.
In particular, we pay attention to writers who are innovative, and whose works deal with contemporary themes and topics.
We will enable the participation of writers of all ages and sexes with a common criterion: that their works reflect the topics of migrations, language exile, reconciliation, the role of culture and the importance of dialogue in fighting nationalism and intolerance.
For the year 2020, the call for applications was launched for 21 authors. The duration of each residency will be 4 weeks. All residencies will be arranged between March 1st 2020 and December 31th.
Number of residencies
| Name of the Host | Country (Town) | Number of residencies |
| Publishing House Goga | Slovenia (Novo mesto) | 3 |
| Krokodil | Serbia (Beograd) | 3 |
| Goten Publishing | North Macedonia (Skopje) | 3 |
| Udruga Kurs | Croatia (Split) | 3 |
| Poeteka | Albania (Tirana) | 3 |
| Qendra Multimedia | Kosovo (Prishtina) | 3 |
| PEN BIH | Bosnia and Hercegovina (Sarajevo) | 3 |
The fellowship for the writers’ will include:
- A 4-week stay in an apartment
- travel costs (up to 150 eur)
- A grant in the amount of 1000 euro gross (approx. 750 net),
- A literary event with the author in the country where the residency will be held
- A translation of one text to be presented at the event (into the language of hosting residency) and a translation of one text into English to be included in the mobile app and to be used in promotional purposes.
The application consists of:
– a bio-bibliography – a short Curriculum vitae including a list of published works,
– a recommendation of the publisher or of a Writers or Translators Association
– a synopsis of the project to be undertaken during four week residency stay (max. half page);
– the writer’s full address (phone number and email address – max. 2 lines)
The application materials should be sent in Croatian, Serbian (latin), Bosnian, English – max. half page;
The deadline for the applications is December 30th, 2019.
The fellowships will be awarded by the Board of the Reading Balkans Project.
If you have additional questions regarding the call please contact us via email: goga@goga.si
The applicants will be informed about the jury’s decision via email, by Friday, January 17th 2020.
