Wellington Children’s Book
Association (WCBA) Inc
New Pacific Studio Working
Residency
Illustrators and Writers for Children:
You are invited to apply for a free, seven-day
residency at New Pacific Studio, Mt Bruce, Wairarapa, funded by the Wellington
Children’s Book Association (WCBA) Inc. The WCBA will also offer a stipend of
$300 to cover travel and food costs.
New Pacific Studio, a beautifully restored 1912
villa, is located on a 5-acre
property on State Highway 2, just 1 km north of the Mt Bruce National Wildlife
Centre, 5 minutes south of Eketahuna and 20 minutes north of Masterton. This
is the perfect location to forget everything else you HAVE to do and just get
on with the work in progress with no interruptions.
The residency is
self-catering in a communal farmhouse kitchen, with a resident director and at
the time this residency is being offered, two Danish artists will also be in
residency: a children's book illustrator and a writer. The working spaces in
the villa are quiet and private with broadband. There is free pick up from Masterton
railway station.
Rules:
Applicants must:
- Reside in the
Greater Wellington region
- Be over 18
- Be a current
member of The Wellington Children’s Book Association
- Have a minimum of
one published work (in a recognised trade or educational publication for
children eg: School Journal) or a Writing Award.
- Be available to
take the week offered (either 22nd- 28th October or 29th October-4th November 2012)
Applicants are invited to send their
Writing/Illustration CV along with either -
- (Writers) Up to
10 pages of a work in progress or previously published work.
- (Illustrators)
Colour copies of two illustrations from a work in progress or previously
published work.
Please include your name, address, phone, and
email contact details in your covering letter and state what you hope to get
out of the residency.
Entry
deadline:
Please submit your covering letter, CV and sample
pages by 24th August 2012 to
NPS
Residency
Wellington
Children’s Book Association
P O
Box 1242
Wellington
The Judges’ decision is final and no
correspondence will be entered into.
The successful applicant will be personally
notified and may be asked to participate in media publicity.
(Note: Wellington Children’s Book Association
committee members and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.)
For more details about the WCBA see:
For more details about New Pacific Studio see:
