The Taiwan Literature Base (TLB) of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature held a call for applications for the Spring 2024 Writers-in-Residence Program. A total of 42 applications were received online, and after evaluation by the jury, 8 were selected and 3 were accepted on the waiting list. TLB's Spring 2024 Writer-in-Residence Program will commence in January 2024.

 

Application categories for spring's residencies (choose one of the two):

I. Needs to be in line with the selection theme (this season's selection theme is "healing")

II. Not related to the selected theme, but nearly-completed creative works

The results of the jury selection are as follows:

The following are the names of the selected resident writers and their residency plans (listed in accordance with the number of strokes of their Chinese character surnames):

1. Alice Shy，Help me
2. 沐羽，非虛構年月——文學的現身與驛站，以及世界
3. 金其琪，療癒對話：從圖像到詩的轉譯
4. 陳泓名，靜寫練習——
5. 陳育萱，擦亮記憶的星塵——一則關於高雄與香港的中篇科幻小說
6. 張瀚翔，〈失業男子〉小說創作計畫
7. 辣盜步行，我是賣辣椒醬的
8. 劉綺華，思想逃脫的文學治療——長篇小說《我國》第四部分寫作計劃

 

＊ Three candidates are on the waiting list (if there are any vacancies, they will be filled in the order of selection).

 

Details of the agreed residency dates with each respective writer will be announced on the official website and Facebook fan page of TLB.

 

The list of judges for this year is as follows (listed in accordance with the number of strokes of their Chinese character surnames):

Nikky Lin, Kam Loon Woo, Yi-Hsum Chang, Chia-Hsien Yang, and Qing-Hong Zheng

 

The actual submissions can be picked up within 20 days after the announcement; those with return postage included will be sent back in order.

 

 

Contact address: Taiwan Literature Base (No. 27, Section 2, Jinan Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan)

Contact number: Ms. Su 02-2327-9657#24