Hugo Burge Foundation and Anamot Press
Writers Residency 2026
Anamot Press is partnering with the Hugo Burge Foundation to offer a fully-funded writers residency in Scotland.
The residency is aimed at writers and poets exploring queerness, diasporic agency, and intersections between poetry, translation, and material practices such as pottery, painting, etc. Writers could be working on an existing literary or cross-disciplinary project that they’re looking to further develop, or they could be looking for dedicated space to begin a new project.
The successful applicant will be provided with studio space spread over two floors in the Tower, on-site accommodation in the Hobbit Pod, and a weekly stipend of £350. Writers will also receive 3 x 1 hour editorial feedback or mentoring sessions from Tatevik Sargsyan, Publisher and Editor of Anamot Press. As well as the opportunity to join the creative community of artists and crafts makers on the estate.
We encourage the writer-in-residence to deliver at least one public event such as a creative workshop, a talk or a performance.
Submissions
Please read the guidelines and submit through Submittable.
Submission deadline: May 3rd
Submission decision: May 16th
Residency Dates: Mon August 24th to Sat 19th September 2026
Casa Julfa and Anamot Press
Writers Residency 2023
Casa Julfa is a large seventeenth century town house in the small medieval town of Montmorillon, offering residencies to artists and makers with a focus on pottery. Founded by Corinne Aivazian.
Anamot Press focuses on queer experiences across borders, and curates interdisciplinary literary events, collaborates with diaspora collectives and develops writers residencies.
Casa Julfa is located in a region with a long history of creative practice from writing to pottery, basket weaving, wood leather, lace and paper work, as well as an ancient history of exquisite natural pigment painting, folk medicine and organic farming, which continues today. The town holds the title of cite de l'ecrit (the writer's city), and for nearly 800 years has been a place where books have been crafted, published and printed.
We came together to develop a unique writers residency, inviting two writers to be in residence at the same time. The writers had their own studio apartments at the Casa, with the opportunity to convene together, connect through a somatic clay workshop at the pottery studio, and explore the natural surroundings and nearby La Roche-Posay region known for its abundant mineral waters.
Two poets were in residence in autumn 2023: andriniki mattis and Hasti
The two-week residency programme was kindly subsidised by Casa Julfa.