Caselberg Trust
The Caselberg Trust is a charitable trust in New Zealand, named in honour of Anna and John Caselberg. It was established in 2006 to purchase the Caselberg's house in Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula in the South Island of New Zealand. The house is next door to one once owned by Charles Brasch which he bequeathed to the Caselberg's and is in now in private ownership. The Trust renovated the Caselberg's house and opened it to the public in 2008.[1] The house also includes studio space, named the Charles Brasch Studio.[2] The trust offers creative residences and runs the Caselberg International Poetry Prize.[3]
The trust offers a number of residencies, including some in conjunction with partners:
- The Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency is aimed at providing "international and Aotearoa New Zealand writers an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing and to foster connections among creative writers in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally".[4]
- The Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency is a week-long residency, obtained through a recommendation from an established writer, and alternates between poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and journalism.[5]
- The CISS Scottish Writers Fellowship and CISS Irish Writers Fellowship take place in alternate years and are run in partnership with the University of Otago Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies.[5]
- A summer residency for artists is run with the Blue Oyster Art Project Space.[2]
Past residents
[edit]Past residents include:[6]
- Alison Isadora, 2023 Creative Connections Resident
- Sarah Hudson, 2022 Creative Connections Resident
- Lucy Marinkovich, 2021 Creative Connections Resident
- Megan Kitching, 2021 Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writer Resident
- Turumeke Harrington, 2021 Blue Oyster Art Project Space Resident[7]
- Catherine Macdonald, 2020 IN-PRINT Resident
- Bridget Reweti, 2019 Creative Connections Resident
- photographer Justin Spiers, 2018 Creative Connections Resident[8]
- Victoria McIntosh, 2017 Creative Connections Resident
- Becky Cameron, 2016 Creative Connections Resident
- Alex Taylor, 2015 Creative Connections Resident
- Stanley Palmer, 2014 IN-PRINT Resident
- Pacific Underground, 2013 Creative Connections Residents[9]
- Catherine Day, 2012 Down the Bay Resident
- Megan Jane Campbell, 2012 Creative Connections Resident
- Lynn Taylor, 2012 Down the Bay Resident
- poet Anna Smith, 2011 Writer in Residence[10]
- Michael Harlow, inaugural resident
Caselberg International Poetry Prize
[edit]The prize is awarded annually for a previously unpublished poem of up to 40 lines in length. The first prize is $500 and a week residency of the Caselberg house.[3] Past winners include:
- 2023: joint winners Jilly O'Brien and Tim Saunders; runner-up Megan Kitching[11]
- 2020: winner Tim Upperton; runner-up Giles Graham[12][13]
- 2017: winner Majella Cullinane; runner-up Ruth Arnison[14]
- 2015: winner Dunedin poet Sue Wootton; runner-up Jessica le Bas[15]
- 2011: winner Mary McCallum; runner-up Michelle Amas[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Caselberg Trust". Caselberg Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Blue Oyster Caselberg Trust Summer Resident for 2022". Artnow. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Prizes". Caselberg Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency — Dunedin City of Literature". www.cityofliterature.co.nz. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Residencies". Caselberg Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Past Residents". Caselberg Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "SPECIAL TIME (Ehara i te tī) | Blue Oyster". blueoyster.org.nz. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Photographer Caselberg resident". Otago Daily Times Online News. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Pacific Underground gets a warm welcome". Otago Daily Times Online News. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Benson, Nigel (14 May 2011). "Trust helps quake victims". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2023". Dunedin City of Literature. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Poetry Prize 2020 Winners Announced..." Caselberg Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Dungey, Kim (9 October 2021). "Class Act ten years on: Maniototo Area School". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Fox, Rebecca (7 December 2017). "Poets reveal their secrets". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "City poet wins Caselberg prize". Otago Daily Times Online News. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Randell Cottage Trustee & Friends Chair wins Caselberg Trust Poetry Prize – Randell Cottage Writers Trust". Retrieved 4 March 2023.