Francophone Belgian authors

Are you Belgian and in need of space and time to write? We have several possible solutions for you.

Our workspaces

There are two workspaces at Passa Porta, made available to you at cost price.

More info about workspace l

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Each year, the Scam gives out residency grants to make these spaces available to its authors.

More info about the grants

Seneffe

During the annual translators' residencies in Seneffe in the summer, Passa Porta also offers two residencies to francophone Belgian writers.

more about the Seneffe residencies

Residencies abroad

La Promotion des Lettres coordinates a series of residencies abroad for French-speaking Belgian authors. You can find more information here:

La Promotion des Lettres's residencies

Flemish authors

Passa Porta coordinates writers' residencies abroad for Flemish authors. This is one of the tasks delegated to us by the Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren.

More info (Dutch language site)

Various residencies

Foreign author-curators

As a non-Belgian author, do you also work with other media? Do you have experience with literary programming or do you have expertise that falls outside the classic literary scope? Then apply for this unique residency.

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Foreign authors

Every year Passa Porta receives five foreign authors for a residency in Brussels. We create the ideal work environment for their literary project, in the research and writing phase.

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Flemish authors

As a Flemish writer you can apply for a residency in Belgium or abroad. The residency gives you the chance to do research, to develop an international network and to write.

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