M Literary Residency in China – 2017-2018

M Literary Residency in China – 2017-2018

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

CALL TO WRITERS FOR THE 2017-2018 M LITERARY RESIDENCY:

Applications for the 2017-2018 cycle will open on October 10th and will close on January 2nd, 2017. TO APPLY, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

The winners will be announced on March 10th, 2017 during the Shanghai International Literary Festival, which will take place from March 10-22, 2017.

Please also note that the residency will move from India to China, with one spot in Shanghai and one spot in Beijing. We will no longer be accepting applications to Sangam House in India. 

FOR FULL RESIDENCY GUIDELINES, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Information will also be available on our WeChat at monthebundsh or scan our WeChat QR code (below).

The M Literary Residency, established in 2009, is fully funded by M Restaurants and grew from M’s Shanghai and Beijing Literary Festivals. Its mandate was to disseminate a broader knowledge of contemporary life and writing in India and China today and to foster deeper intellectual, cultural and artistic links across individuals and communities.

If you’re interested in the Sangham House Residency in Bangalore, India, please click here.

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For 6-8 weeks in 2017, two writers, one in Shanghai and the other in Beijing, will have the opportunity to write undisturbed in the heart of these two bustling cities. The residency is open to writers of prose or poetry, fiction or nonfiction and screenwriting.

All submissions are due by January 2, 2017 GMT midnight and must be in English or include an English translation.

The M Residency allows writers with an interest in China to deepen their understanding of this vital and fascinating place. Established in 2009 and fully funded by the M Restaurant Group, the M Literary Residency has its roots in M’s Shanghai and Beijing Literary Festivals, and aims to foster artistic, cultural and intellectual links between individuals and communities. From 2009 to 2016 the Residency included one resident in Shanghai and one in India. Starting in 2017, there will be one resident based in Shanghai and one in Beijing.

Past winners have included Madeleine Thien, whose latest book Do Not Say We Have Nothing was recently shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Tash Aw, whose novel Five Star Billionaire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013 and is currently being adapted to film in Shanghai and Rachel DeWoskin, whose fourth book, Blind, was published last summer.