[Reader-list] Writers' Residency at Sangam House (near Pondicherry): Apply by July 31, 2009

[Chintan]

From
http://blog.prathambooks.org/2009/07/writers-residency-programme-at-sangam.html

Every winter the Sangam House Writer's Residency Program invites
approximately twenty writers to live and work on the Adishakti property
outside Pondicherry, on the east coast of southern India. Lodging (single
rooms) and food will be provided free of charge. Each writer is responsible
for travel costs to and from Pondicherry. However, travel funds and
bursaries are available through various cultural organizations.

Residencies are structured in 1-3 month intervals, determined by individual
needs. We recommend a residence period of no less than 3 weeks for each
writer. Of the invited writers, half come from the South Asian subcontinent
(India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) and half from
other countries around the world. Sangam House is open to writers in all
languages and disciplines. The session will run for approximately three
months from mid-November 2009 to mid-February 2010.

Residents are selected through an application process. Interested writers
are asked to submit the following three items:

Two letters of nomination.
These should be provided by a publishing or writing professional. Writing
and publishing professionals are defined as: publishers, published writers,
published translators, professors, editors, and literary agents. The letters
should evaluate the work you propose to do at Sangam House or make reference
to your previous work. Please have letters emailed or posted to the
appropriate address below, independent and separate from your other
application materials.

One non-returnable copy of a previously published book.
If the writer has not yet published a book, a 25 page work sample should be
submitted. The book or work sample can be submitted in the writer's native
language, English, or both.

One page statement describing the work to be undertaken while at Sangam
House.

In addition to general applications, Sangam House offers a select amount of
specific fellowships.For more details on the residency programme and the
fellowships available, click
here<http://www.sangamhouse.org/interestedwriters.htm>.
The deadline to send in your applications is 31st July, 2009.