Ripiro Beach Non-Fiction Writing Residency

Established in 2024 by Caroline Barron (Master of Creative Writing, 2015), Jeremy Barron and Associate Professor Paula Morris, Director of the Master of Creative Writing programme. The Ripiro Beach Non-Fiction Writing Residency for University of Auckland Alumni will provide an opportunity for an alum from the University of Auckland (from any faculty) to have time and space to work towards or complete a creative non-fiction work.

The residency will take place over two weeks between July – September of each year and will include accommodation and at the Barron family bach at Ripiro Beach (Baylys Beach) and a $1,500 stipend funded by the Barron Family and the Master of Creative Writing Alumni Fund.