Exchange Program for Writers and Journalists from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada

The Banff Center for the Arts and Creativity of Canada is offering an exchange program and residency in Canada for writers and journalists from July 4-16, 2022. Literary Journalism is designed for writers seeking a professional development opportunity in a community of peers with the guidance of an experienced writer/editor, as each participant prepares a long form piece (3,000 – 5,000 words).

• This 13-day residency provides mentorship from faculty members and one-on-one workshopping. Instructors will discuss ideas, experiences, and obstacles that participants may be encountering with their literary journalism. Writers will have time to work on their manuscripts, receive individual consultations with faculty, and participate in group discussions.
• Successful applicants will receive 100% scholarship to cover tuition, on-site accommodation, and on-site meals.

• Participants should be experienced professionals, active in the diversified fields of writing, including print or electronic media.
• This program is open to fiction and non-fiction writers, journalists, freelance critics or curators, artists, and academics, with an emphasis on those who can write for a lay audience with logic, vigour, and charm—and those who have a portfolio to prove it.
• The program welcome writers from all backgrounds, and all gender identities and expressions.
• This program is run in English and participants are accepted for an English-language essay.
• Accepted participants are expected to be on-site for the duration of the program.
• Applicants are usually accomplished, professional journalists and writers who have been published in national or international magazines, newspapers, anthologies, or literary journals. However, writers with less experience have also been accepted to the program based on merit, the proposed project and writing skill.
• Past participants of Literary Journalism are not eligible.
• Those accepted as participants to the program who subsequently find themselves unable to attend for the full program schedule are asked to withdraw and re-apply another year.
• This program is not open to current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming.

About Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity:

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, formerly known as The Banff Centre (and previously The Banff Centre for Continuing Education), located in Banff, Alberta, was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama. It was granted full autonomy as a non-degree granting post-secondary educational institution in 1978. It offers art programs in the performing and fine arts, as well as leadership training. Banff Centre is a member of the Alberta Rural Development Network.

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