HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
Kulturstiftung Rhein-Neckar-Kreis e.V. Residency
The Kulturstiftung Rhein-Neckar-Kreis e.V residency is a work grant awarded by the "Kulturstiftung Rhein-Neckar-Kreis e.V." in cooperation with the UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg for authors from UNESCO Cities of Literature. It takes place in the “Commandant’s House Dilsberg”, at Dilsberg Fortress, in Neckargemünd.
Location
The residency is located in Dilsberg, a quiet little town 14 km from Heidelberg. The transport connections are not the best, but in Dilsberg you have plenty of time and leisure to write. However, there is always someone on site to provide support.
Length and Dates of Residency
The duration of the scholarship is 3 months with residence obligation in the Commandant’s House Dilsberg. It take place every second year, usually from the beginning of April until end of June, However, it may be postponed by a few days due to holidays or other circumstances.
Applications are usually due at the end of October. Applications will next be accepted at the end of October 2027.
What is Included
The residency includes:
Air travel from writer's home City of Literature
Accommodation during the residency
Per diem during the residency
Transportation in the residency City of Literature
What is Expected of the Resident
English and/or German proficiency is helpful
The writer is expected to engage with the Heidelberg literary community. Heidelberg's City of Literature team will connect the residency grant holder with the Heidelberg literary scene and help them to integrate well.
During the grant period, there will be readings or presentations by the grant holder/ holders of their own texts or works.
More Information
The building served as the Commandant’s quarters of the Dilsberg garrison in the 17th century. The former Commandant’s House was acquired 1996 and renovated by the Rhein-Neckar-District. Since then the "Commandant’s House Dilsberg" has been a center for the promotion of art and culture: exhibitions, chamber music concerts, open-air concerts, readings, symposia and discussion rounds enrich the cultural life of the region. Here, art, music, and literature grant holders find a creative work sphere.
Candidates have the possibility to apply as two-team (grant holder and co-fellow), as 2 accommodation rooms are available (individual applications are necessary). The co-recipient should also have his/her own artistic expertise, which does not necessarily have to be in the literary field (also music, visual arts, performing arts, film, etc.). Both artistic personalities have to demonstrate an artistic or interdisciplinary cooperation and be personally well acquainted.
The co-grantee will be provided with the same financial resources as the grant holder.
The grant holders share a kitchenette and a bathroom in the fully furnished apartment. The apartment is not accessible for the physically disabled.
It is not absolutely necessary that the grant holder comes from a UNESCO City of Literature.
The grant holders are selected by the UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg and the Board of Trustees of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis E.V. Cultural Foundation.
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