Essay

Short Description The past few years have seen a revolution in AI. We now have systems that can do many of the things humans can. They are developed and deployed by some of the world’s largest corporations. They’ve learned to do many things that, until recently, we thought only humans could do: create life-like images and […]

Short Description RUANG// is a platform for curating, cultural production, and critical exchange rooted in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. We work with contemporary artists who make a vital contribution to the world we live in by engaging with the urgent questions of our time. Eligibility RUANG/ invites critical writings that explore the entanglements of technology and ecology in contemporary artistic practice across Southeast Asia. Technology here is not only digital tools […]

Short Description Alternative photography has the potential to radically reshape the photographic landscape into the future. It is within the alternative that transformative ideas emerge like weeds from the cracked pavement. It is in this space, apart from the mainstream, and its relentless focus on capital accumulation – that we can imagine new worlds, and […]

Short Description The Bucheon City of Literature office is delighted to announce the launch of the 2025 Bucheon Residency Program, open to writers, poets, translators, and graphic novelists who have at least one published work and are currently engaged in creative writing. This program aims to foster international exchange, enhance mobility for literary and graphic […]

Short Description Work Grant awarded by the “Kulturstiftung Rhein-Neckar-Kreis e.V.” in cooperation with Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature for authors from UNESCO Cities of Literaturein the “Commandant’s House Dilsberg”, at Dilsberg Fortress, in Neckargemünd (approximately 14 km from Heidelberg).The building served as the Commandant’s quarters of the Dilsberg garrison in the 17th century. The former […]

Short Description OSGF’s mission is to “perpetuate and share the gifts of Rachel (“Bunny”) Lambert Mellon, including her residence, garden, estate and the Oak Spring Garden Library, to serve the public interest. OSGF is dedicated to inspiring and facilitating scholarship and public dialogue on the history and future of plants, including the culture of gardens […]

Short Description The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing (hereafter referred to as “the Prize”) will now accept unpublished adult fiction and nonfiction submissions each year. Submissions in both genres must be complete. Fiction submissions can take the form of a novel or a book-length collection of short stories or some creative combination of […]

Short Description CAS – Contemporary Art Stavanger and Kiellandsenteret (Stavanger Library and Culture Centre) are thrilled to announce Itchy Fingers – A Writing Residency on Art Books, taking place 8-21 September, 2025. Inspired by Stavanger writer Alexander Kielland’s evocative phrase about ‘itchy fingers’, this unique residency invites a writer to explore the tactility of art books – […]

Short Description The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to offer the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. The aim of the Residency is to provide international and Aotearoa New Zealand writers an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing and to foster connections among […]