CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG LITERARY CRITIC(S), COLUMNIST(IC), JOURNALIST(K) AND STUDENT(IC)
The publishing house Buybook will for the Eighth International Literature Festival "Bookstan. No East. No West", which this year takes place from July 5 to 8, will award 20 scholarships for participation in the literary criticism workshop. The topic of this year's workshop is Contemporary Literary and Cultural Criticism: "Dangerous Reading", and it will be held from July 2 to July 8, 2023.
Applications must be sent to the e-mail address workshop @ buybook by May 29. they should contain an application form , a biography and two author's works in the field of literary criticism, essay writing, scientific journalism, and professional and scientific works, and literary and/or journalistic columns are also considered. After the applications have been reviewed, shortly after the last application deadline, the selected candidates will eventually be invited to an online interview with the workshop coordinators, after which the final selection will be made. The scholarship is intended for students and literary and artistic critics who actively speak English, write in Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian and are between 21 and 30 years old. Participants who participated in previous workshops have the right to re-apply.
The tasks for candidates who pass the selection will be divided into three segments:
The first phase is writing the text, which must be submitted by June 23rd, and the task will be specified in the invitation letter.
The second phase will include tasks related to monitoring the Festival events; the aforementioned texts will be published on social networks and the websites of Buybook and Bookstan, and selected on the websites of media partners.
The third phase is attending lectures and workshops with distinguished lecturers during the duration of the program.
The leader of this year's workshop is Dr. Selma Raljević, a double associate professor in Theory and History of Literature and Comparative Literature at the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Džemal Bijedić University in Mostar. In addition to Selma Raljević, selected participants will have the opportunity to listen to other lecturers and guests of the festival.
The scholarship covers the costs of the workshop, accommodation in a hostel, food in agreed restaurants and travel expenses. We ask all those interested to read the rules of participation found in the document with the application form.
The expert jury will select twenty participants of the program, who will be awarded prizes after completing the task, and the best ones will be awarded.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Official confirmations of participation will be sent to selected candidates no later than June 2, 2023, along with a more detailed work program and necessary logistical information.
Good luck everyone!