Creative New Zealand and Fulbright have announced a $40,000 Pacific Writers' Residency based at the University of Hawaii.

This lucrative residency is open to Pacific writers across all genres, including playwrights, fiction and non-fiction writers, poets and screenwriters.

Chief Executive of Creative New Zealand Elizabeth Kerr says, "This residency will provide a tremendous boost to New Zealand’s Pacific writers and build on writing workshops we ran last year … The residency will also help writers develop important networks and encourage the exchange of ideas between two Pacific nations."

The winner of the residency will have had work published or accepted for publication. In the case of scriptwriters or playwrights, they will have had their work performed or accepted for performance.

The programme runs from late August to late November and applications close on 2 April 2004. For more details and application forms, contact Anton Carter on (04) 498 0729 or email antonc@creativenz.govt.nz.