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Position overview
The Writer in Residence acts as a mentor to writers in the community, reviewing manuscripts and providing criticism and advice about publishing. The Writer offers individual consultations, group workshops and programs, author readings and participates in other special events during their residency.
In addition to providing exchanges between the author and the community, the Writer in Residence program enables the author to work on their own writing projects. This residency requires working collaboratively with the public through individual consultations, school visits, group workshops and public lectures or seminars. The position requires 14.5 hours per week: (40 percent) of the authors time to be devoted to library programs and projects, allowing considerable time of 21.75 hours per week (60 percent) for their own creative writing.
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility criteria is based on the Canada Council for the Arts guidelines for the Research & Creation (residencies) grant; the position is subject to Canada Council funding.
Applicants must:
be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada;
have a minimum of two professional publications prior to the application deadline (this includes books of fiction, novels, short stories, poetry, drama, young adult or children's literature, graphic novels, or literary non-fiction);
have made a significant contribution to their discipline.;
be active in their profession; and
intend to work on a new writing project (normally intended for book-length publication).
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