Centre for Stories announces new international writing fellowship

The Centre for Stories has announced a new international writing fellowship for writers living outside Australia. Valued at $30,000, the Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship offers a three-month paid residency at the Centre for Stories in Perth, Western Australia.

The fellowship aims to ‘support the work of talented individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to ideas and practices that foster belonging and better cross-cultural understanding’, ‘deepen and broaden the literary culture in Western Australia’, and offer Western Australian emerging writers access to writers of international reputation.

One international writer will be awarded the fellowship in recognition of their ‘literary achievements and commitment to cultural and diplomatic exchange’, and will create new literary work during the residency, which will take place between 2022–23.

Centre for Stories creative director Robert Wood will be judging the applications alongside authors Elfie Shiosaki and Roanna Gonsalves.

‘The Centre for Stories is always grateful that we can extend a hand of friendship to the rest of the world,’ said Wood. ‘This is a remarkable opportunity for exchange and engagement, and will lead to new work of the highest quality. It is a chance for Boorloo/Perth and our writing community to collaborate on a beautiful residency and celebrate the written word.’

The fellowship is open to fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short story writers whose work is in English and is available in Australia. Applicants must also have at least two full-length publications published by a trade publisher.

For more information on the fellowship, see the Centre for Stories website.

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