Visiting writer Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo (Cuba) and former Sampsonia Way managing editor Silvia Duarte; photo by David C Lewetag II.
City of Asylum® Visiting International Writer Residencies are programs of one to three months during which writers live on Sampsonia Way.
City of Asylum® Visiting International Writers in Residence
2007: Vijay Nair (India)
2008: Glaydah Namukasa (Uganda)
2009: Maxine Case (South Africa), Marius Ivaskevicius (Lithuania),
Irakli Kakabadze (Georgia)
2010: Billy Kahora (Kenya), Beverly Perez-Rego (Venezuela)
2011: Fabienne Kanor (France), Marvin Victor (Haiti)
2012: Vijay Nair (India, Fulbright Scholar), Barlen Pyamootoo (Mauritius)
2013: Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo (Cuba), Ivo Victoria (Belgium)
2014: TJ Dema (Botswana), Martina Odonkor (Ghana)
2015: Jennifer Clement (Mexico), Judith Torrea (Mexico)
2019: Marcia Tiburi (Brazil)
How to Apply for City of Asylum® Visiting International Writer Residencies
Download an application form (PDF), complete and e-mail with supporting documentation to rhreese@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org.
If you prefer to send via post, please direct your package to:
City of Asylum
Attn: Henry Reese
324 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Applications for City of Asylum® Visiting International Writer Residencies are accepted on an ongoing basis.
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RT @StoneHouseCPH: For this month's Coffee & Questions we interview poet and activist Tuhin Das @cityofasylum. Read his interview here… https://t.co/8eINo63CwV
