Writers, poets, essayists, critics, literary translators and journalists can apply for the 2014 Visegrad Literary Residency Program until the end of February. Established on the initiative of the International Visegrad Fund, the Visegrad Literary Residency Program consists of a series of residencies and literary events addressed to fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, essayists, critics as well as literary translators and journalists from the Visegrad Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). The program is based on a partnership of 4 Host Institutions, one in each V4 country: Institut umeni (Arts Institute) in Prague, Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum (Petőfi Literary Museum) in Budapest, Stowarzyszenie Willa Decjusza (Villa Decius Association) in Krakow and Literarné informačné centrum (Centre for Information on Literature) in Bratislava. The program objective is to host in all V4 member states selected V4 Literary Residents, to support their work and mobility as well as to create a platform for information exchange. Also, the program aims to support development and promotion of the V4 literature in Central Europe. The Villa Decius Association acts as the Coordinator of the Program. The 2014 program will enable 32 Literary Residents to carry out their literary projects in 4 Host Institutions in one of the given periods: 1st May – 12th June, 2014 (Compact Spring Edition) or 1st September – 30th November, 2014 (Regular Autumn Edition). Each of the Host Institutions will be responsible for organizing two residencies for two groups of 4 Literary Residents each (one from the Czech Republic, one from Hungary, one from Poland and one from Slovakia), who will work on their individual literary projects and participate in literary event(s) organized in the hosting city by the Host Institution. The recruitment process of 32 grantees of the Program is based on individual applications submitted via an online application form available on the website of the Villa Decius Association. For more information about the program, go to the Villa Decius Association's website: villa.org.pl/villa/aktualnosci-post/wyszehradzkie-rezydencje-lietrackie-2014-zloz-aplikacje/
