Competition to Win a Scholarship – CLOSED

2021-05-31

Atviras kvietimas stipendijos programai

Neringa Municipality together with Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library announces a scholarship competition for a writer residing at the International Centre for Translators and Writers.

The scholarship is granted to a writer for the creative activity carried during the residence period under the programme of the International Centre for Translators and Writers, which consists of creative works created, performed or otherwise publicly presented to the people of the Neringa community.

Amount of the scholarship: EUR 1,000; scholarship type: a one-off payment.

Duration of the residence and requirements: The winner of the scholarship is required to reside at the International Centre for Translators and Writers for at least one month within a chosen period (October 2021 to April 2022).

Place of residence – International Center for Translators and Writers (Skruzdynės str. 9, Neringa (Nida))

Submission of applications and submission deadline: All interested parties are invited to submit free-form applications (volume – up to 2 pages). The application must be signed by the applicant. It is desirable that the applicant indicates in the application the period of planned residence (from – to).

The following has to be submitted along with the application:

* CV, including description of creative work;

* Examples of works or extracts from them;

* A description, concept or plan concerning the creative idea planned to be implemented during the residence term (volume: up to two pages).

Documents are sent by e-mail. by mail info@tvrc.lt until June 6. (Sunday) at midnight Lithuanian time. We will inform the candidates about the received applications by e-mail. by mail.

Evaluation of applications. The submitted applications will be evaluated by expert commissions formed by Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library and Neringa Municipality Administration.

Selection criteria. The scholarship competition is open to everyone, regardless of education and current activities. The following will be assessed:

* artistic and cultural value of the creative activity program for the Curonian Spit;

* relevance of the creative activity program, purposefulness of the idea;

* continuity and results of the creative activity program, expected dissemination;

* artistic and cultural value and relevance of previous creative activity, connections of creative themes with the Curonian Spit, cultural identity and identity of Lithuania Minor;

* Dissemination of previous creative activities.

More:

Neringa Municipality Scholarships for a writer residing at the International Center for Translators and Writers, description of the appointment procedure.
Scholarships for a writer residing at the International Center for Translators and Writers contract template .

The founder of the scholarship is the Neringa Municipal Council.

Person responsible for administering the application:
Rasa Skudikė
Head of the International Center for Translators and Writers
Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library
Mob. 8,676,37424 , el. p. r.skudike@klavb.lt

 

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