Bridport Prize is offering two fully funded writer residencies in Dorset for writers from The Midlands and/or The North West of the UK who identify as working class, 60+, or both.
The residencies take place from Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period.
What do residency writers receive?
Two days residency at Dorset Museum, Dorchester PLUS three days residency at Bridport Arts Centre
£500 residency fee
£150 travel assistance
£15 per day expenses
Extra assistance expenses available if required
Five nights hotel accommodation
Opportunity to take part in an event with local writers at Bridport Arts Centre during the residency
Feedback on up to 3,000 words of prose fiction from Irene Baldoni, a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates
Free entry to The Bridport Prize international writing competition
Find out more
here
Deadline: 23:59, 28 February 2025