Grant-awarded authors will have access to a free work space to develop the submitted project over a period of two months.

The work space will be available during two periods throughout the year: March-June 2020 (spring session) and September-November 2020 (autumn session).

Work spaces are available in the following establishments and institutions:

• Vil•la Joana Casa Verdaguer de la Literatura (Barcelona City History Museum)
• Biblioteca de Catalunya
• Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres
• Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes
• Fundació Joan Miró
• Biblioteca Nou Barris
• Biblioteca Francesca Bonnemaison
• Castell de Montjuïc
• Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona
• Museu Picasso

Each author will have access to a work space with table and chair. The writer must bring their own computer.

Selected authors will receive the sum of 1500€ per month for two months and have access to a work space to develop their project. The total sum of each award, therefore, will be 3000€.

Travel and maintenance costs for these two months must be met by the author.

Grant holders must:

• Respect the operational norms and timetables of the venue hosting the residency and keep regular attendance there
• Participate in the final open session of the residency to explain the completed work to the public
• Submit the completed written project to the Institut de Cultura once the residency has ended
• If the work is published, make sure the credits include the phrase “Aquesta obra va rebre una Beca Montserrat Roig de Barcelona Ciutat de la Literatura – Institut de Cultura – Ajuntament de Barcelona”, in accordance with the regulations of the corresponding corporate image

• Degree of definition and precision of project (maximum score: 10 points)
• Literary value of text submitted by author (maximum score: 10 points)
• Career trajectory of applicant outlined in CV (maximum score: 5 points)
• Interest of project for the programme Barcelona Ciutat de la Literatura (maximum score: 5 points)
• Connection of the project with city of Barcelona (not an essential requirement but will be very positively valued (maximum score: 5 points)

The maximum score possible for each submitted project will be 35 points.

The committee will be comprised of:

• Victor Garcia Tur, novelist and short story author
• Patricia Escalona, writer with experience in the publishing sphere
• Mireia Perelló, bookseller

Authors interested in applying for this award must submit an application that follows the model found in appendix 1 of the rules or at the Barcelona Ciutat de la Literatura website:

http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/ciutatdelaliteratura/

To this application form should be added the following documentation:

• Photocopy of DNI/NIE/Passport
• CV of applicant (maximum 2 pages)
• Document proving that applicant has one published work showing:

1. Author
2. Title
3. Publisher
4. Year of publication
5. ISBN number

• Statement and description of project to be carried out in the two-month period (maximum 2 pages)
• Extract of project to be developed over this period (maximum 5 pages)

This documentation can be submitted in Catalan, Spanish or English.