From June 30 to July 27, 2026
Dalia Al-Dujali (UK) Fiction
Dalia Al-Dujaili is a British-born Iraqi writer, editor, publisher and curator based in London. She is the online editor of British Journal of Photography, the founder of HIKMA Iraq and of The Road to Nowhere magazine. She has bylines in The Guardian, Dazed, GQ, The Face, Rolling Stone and more. She is the author of Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration (2025, Saqi Books). She has been featured in Dazed – including on the Dazed100 – Vogue Arabia, AnOther, NY Magazine, PhotoVogue, Stylist and more.
Paul M. Katz (UK/USA) Non-fiction, fiction
Paul Katz is a multi-Grammy-nominated producer, attorney, and author whose work bridges entertainment, culture, and social impact. He is the author of Good Influence, an award-winning Amazon #1 bestseller, and is completing a second nonfiction book, Commit Together: A Practical Field Guide to Reclaiming Democracy, scheduled for publication in 2026. The book is part of Commit Together, a pro-democracy initiative of the Advocacy Alliance.
This residency is supported by the Francis J. Greenburger Family Foundation
Margit Mössmer (Austria) Fiction
Margit Mössmer (*1982) is a Vienna-based author and cultural educator. Her work focuses on deepening the understanding of literature, contemporary art, and dance. Following several grants for her literary work, she was awarded the Culture Prize of the Province of Lower Austria for her third novel Das Geheimnis meines Erfolgs (The Secret of My Success), a novel narrated from a child's perspective.
Rebecca Paley (USA) Non-fiction, fiction
Rebecca Paley is a New York Times number one best-selling author of memoirs. Her work has also appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Mother Jones, and ARTnews. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children. During her residency she will work on a new project, which borrows from the “genre” invented by W.G. Sebald, who mixed elements of history, biography, memoir, and fiction in his preoccupation with the Holocaust and WWII.
This residency is supported by the Francis J. Greenburger Family Foundation
Tonio Schachinger (Austria) Fiction
Tonio Schachinger (*1992) is an Austrian novelist. He studied German at the University of Vienna and Language Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. His debut novel Nicht wie ihr was published in 2019 and shortlisted for the German Book Prize, which he then won with his second novel, Echtzeitalter in 2023.
This residency is supported by Rowohlt Verlag
To be announced (Switzerland) Fiction
Recipient of the Canton of Geneva writing grant
