Funded Residency for Foreign Writers and Translators from Prague City of Literature in Czech Republic

The project Prague City of Literature offers residency stays for foreign writers and translators. There are six residencies available for 2023, each lasting two months. This is your a unique chance if you have a breathtaking project you would like to work on during your residency in Prague.

If you get this opportunity, you will have coverage for: 

• Accommodation.
• Travel.
• A monthly stipend of 15,000 CZK (approx. 600 euros).

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You should follow the following criteria:

• Cultural interest in place.
• Basic knowledge of English.
• At least one already published literary work (not private editions) or two already broadcast or published radio plays or one already realized or published theater play or at least one translated work by a Czech author.
• Willingness to participate in local literary life (readings by authors, school talks, discussions, and activities organized by the organizer of the stay or connected to cultural events in the city).
• Work on a literary work during the stay.
• An author who has already received a scholarship once cannot apply again.
• The resident undertakes to provide the Municipal Library in Prague with a text inspired by this stay during the residential stay, or no later than 2 months after its end, which MKP will be able to use through its project to promote Prague residential stays.
• MKP will conclude a license agreement with the resident for the use of this text in electronic and printed form.

About Prague City of Literature:

Prague City of Literature is a project to support Prague's literary life, which was created in 2009 on the initiative of the Municipal Library in Prague and Czech Centers. It now associates more than 30 partners. The main goal of the project is to support the perception of Prague among residents and visitors as a place that inspires one's own creativity and encourages reading and interest in literature and books in general. One of the milestones of the project is the acquisition of the prestigious title "Creative UNESCO City of Literature" in 2014. It is a project supported by a resolution of the Prague City Council, which appointed the Municipal Library in Prague as the coordinator of the project. In December 2014, Prague gained membership in the prestigious UNESCO network of creative cities of literature.

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