Homines Urbani 08.04.2025
Call for applications
Homines Urbani - literary residency programme at Villa Decius
Homines Urbani is an international programme of literary residencies and events addressed to writers from Poland, Ukraine and Germany. The programme is a continuation of the unique series of scholarship residencies at Villa Decius, which - being the only initiative of its kind in our country - operated in the years 2004-2012, significantly contributing to the internationalisation of Polish literary life, strengthening the integration of Polish-German-Ukrainian creative circles and, above all, significantly supporting writers/writers who, thanks to this scholarship, wrote (or translated) many important and widely recognised books (the programme benefited approximately 100 people, including, among others: Dorota Masłowska, Michał Witkowski, Łukasz Orbitowski, Juli Zeh, Tania Malarczuk or Serhiy Żadan).
In 2025, Villa Decius will host, within the framework of ‘Homines Urbani’, six authors: 4 from Poland, 1 from Germany and 1 from Ukraine, who will receive, among other things, a one-month residency and financial support. The aim of the programme is to enable the participants to realise the literary project submitted in the competition, as well as to promote their work, inter alia, through the organisation of meetings with authors or the publication of the work created during the residency in the ‘Radar’ magazine.
How to apply?
Please send your application via the application form (can be completed in Polish or English): https://forms.gle/3X19hu4qFdN7mUtm9
For whom?
Writers, poets, essayists and translators from Poland, Ukraine and Germany with at least one book publication are eligible to apply.
Deadline for submissions:
04.05.2025 (until midnight)
Deadline for announcement of results:
12.05.2025
We expect:
- The realisation of the literary project described in the programme application and the transfer of a non-exclusive licence for the resulting work (at least 15,000 characters of prose or a set of 5 poems);
- Participation in events organised by IKWD (e.g. author meetings, discussions, readings).
We offer:
- One month's residency at Villa Decius in Krakow (in guest rooms in the historic Łaski House); Term - selected 30 days between 1 June and 30 September;
- Salary of PLN 4,400 gross, paid on the basis of a contract for work or a non-exclusive licence (upon handover of the work that is the subject of the contract);
- Reimbursement of travel expenses (up to PLN 1,000 on the basis of a plane, train or bus ticket);
- Organisational and curatorial support;
- Possibility of publishing the work created during the residency in the Polish-Ukrainian-German literary magazine ‘Radar’ (in the original and in translation into both other languages).
CONTACT:
Paweł Łyżwiński: pawel.lyzwinski@willadecjusza.pl
Homines Urbani is an international programme of literary residencies and events addressed to writers from Poland, Ukraine and Germany. The programme is a continuation of the unique series of scholarship residencies at Villa Decius, which - being the only initiative of its kind in our country - operated in the years 2004-2012, significantly contributing to the internationalisation of Polish literary life, strengthening the integration of Polish-German-Ukrainian creative circles and, above all, significantly supporting writers/writers who, thanks to this scholarship, wrote (or translated) many important and widely recognised books (the programme benefited approximately 100 people, including, among others: Dorota Masłowska, Michał Witkowski, Łukasz Orbitowski, Juli Zeh, Tania Malarczuk or Serhiy Żadan).
In 2025, Villa Decius will host, within the framework of ‘Homines Urbani’, six authors: 4 from Poland, 1 from Germany and 1 from Ukraine, who will receive, among other things, a one-month residency and financial support. The aim of the programme is to enable the participants to realise the literary project submitted in the competition, as well as to promote their work, inter alia, through the organisation of meetings with authors or the publication of the work created during the residency in the ‘Radar’ magazine.
How to apply?
Please send your application via the application form (can be completed in Polish or English): https://forms.gle/3X19hu4qFdN7mUtm9
For whom?
Writers, poets, essayists and translators from Poland, Ukraine and Germany with at least one book publication are eligible to apply.
Deadline for submissions:
04.05.2025 (until midnight)
Deadline for announcement of results:
12.05.2025
We expect:
- The realisation of the literary project described in the programme application and the transfer of a non-exclusive licence for the resulting work (at least 15,000 characters of prose or a set of 5 poems);
- Participation in events organised by IKWD (e.g. author meetings, discussions, readings).
We offer:
- One month's residency at Villa Decius in Krakow (in guest rooms in the historic Łaski House); Term - selected 30 days between 1 June and 30 September;
- Salary of PLN 4,400 gross, paid on the basis of a contract for work or a non-exclusive licence (upon handover of the work that is the subject of the contract);
- Reimbursement of travel expenses (up to PLN 1,000 on the basis of a plane, train or bus ticket);
- Organisational and curatorial support;
- Possibility of publishing the work created during the residency in the Polish-Ukrainian-German literary magazine ‘Radar’ (in the original and in translation into both other languages).
CONTACT:
Paweł Łyżwiński: pawel.lyzwinski@willadecjusza.pl