A POETS’ AGORA RESIDENCY

A POETS’ AGORA RESIDENCY


A Poets’ Agora is a Registered Non Profit Association
Located in Plaka,
Athens,
Greece

Cell+30-6981094925
apoetsagora@gmail.com

 

A POETS’ AGORA APPLICATION

FOR A 2 WEEKS’ POETRY RESIDENCY

In ATHENS, from May 10th to May 24th, 2019

 Deadline January 31st, 2019

Dear applicant,

A Poets’ Agora’s residency program is designed as an experience to pursue personal creative growth in the vibrant capital city of Athens, during two fulfilling weeks, allowing you to attend multiple contemporary art and cultural events, as well as to be inspired by the ancient architecture and marvels scattered around the city.

Living arrangements offer a room in a beautiful neoclassical apartment, with frescoes on the ceilings, in the center of Athens, in the old quarter of Plaka. You will be free to draw your own schedule and you will be given a small stipend to cover the costs of the cultural events, local transportation, etc. International and national travel expenses are the responsibility of the applicant.

The preferred applicants should be interested in Hellenic literature and a degree of knowledge of modern Greek is welcome, but not required, as their poems will be written in either modern Greek or English and translated into the other language.

A Poets’ Agora wishes you will use this time in the best way possible to enhance your poetry writing, in Greek and/or English. A selection of your work will then be published in accompaniment with our yearly edition, in late autumn of 2019.

 

Please fill in the information below to apply for A POETS’ AGORA 2-week Residency in Athens, from May 10th to 24th, 2019


(Copy the questions and send us your document by email: apoetsagora@gmail.com)

 

Write a brief sketch of your life as a writer:

(No more than 20 lines)

 

Give the details of your academic and/or creative route:

 

List your publications and/or send samples of your work:

(Do not send more than 10 poems, either published or not yet published, but choose your best work)

 

Your artistic statement:

(What is the goal you want to reach by writing poetry)

 

Write a work plan:

(We are interested in having a clear vision of what you intend to do during your Residency time; e.g. revise an anthology in progress, finish a book of poems, etc.)