Current Issues – Writers’ House Villa Kivi

Villa Kivi Writers’ Residency for 2026!

The application for Villa Kivi Writers’ Residency 2026 is now open and we have a continuous call for applications.

Writers and members of the literary community can apply for the residency.

To apply, you must have a work plan for a literary project for the duration of the residency period.

Villa Kivi residency is located in a unique villa area in the Linnunlaulu district in the centre of Helsinki, Finland.

There are two residency rooms, Aleksis and Eino, named after the Finnish national writer Aleksis Kivi (as is the entire building complex) and Eino Leino, most beloved Finnish poet.

Aleksis (13.5 m2) accommodates 1-2 persons. There is a view to the Töölönlahti Bay. Residency period for Aleksis is one month, from the first day until the last day of each calendar month. The Residency fee is 990 €

Eino (9,5 m2) accommodates one person. Residency period for Eino is two weeks, beginning and ending on every second Wednesday. The Residency fee is 550 €.

More information found here.

You can fill in the application form in English, Finnish or Swedish.

The applications will be reviewed in the order they are received. Information about the decision will be emailed to the applicants within one month from the reception of the application.

Although the residency rooms have been found safe for stay, applicants with asthma or respiratory problems are not encouraged to apply due to issues, that we are working on, in other parts of the building.

More information:

Kivi-talo säätiö – stiftelsen Villa Kivi – Villa Kivi Foundation

Iiris Haapala, residenssi@villakivi.com

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Writers’ House Villa Kivi in Helsinki launches international writers’ residence

Villa Kivi Writers’ House in Helsinki, Finland begins a residence for writers, starting from 1^st October, 2024.

Selection for the longer-term residence rooms Aleksis and Eino requires a work plan for the residency period. The rooms are named after Finnish national writer Aleksis Kivi (as is the entire building complex) and Eino Leino, most beloved Finnish poet. Short-term accommodation for visiting writers will also continue in the third room, named Edith after poet Edith Södergran. Professional foreign and Finnish writers living outside Uusimaa and other members of the literary community are eligible to apply for residency and accommodation. There is a continuous call for applications.

“Working on literary projects away from the hassles and duties of everyday life is an important part of the creative writing process. Helsinki has not previously had such a dedicated facility for writers, authors and other members of the literary community. We hope that both Finnish and international writers will find Villa Kivi opportunity and also network with local writers and the reading public during their residencies,” says writer Markus Leikola, Chairman of Villa Kivi Foundation.

Further information:

Writers’ Residency

Iiris Haapala, Villa Kivi Foundation, residenssi@villakivi.com

Villa Kivi is the home base for writers in the Linnunlaulu villa area in the heart of Helsinki and a meeting place for writers with their readers. Villa Kivi Foundation, which owns and operates the house, rents out studies for writers, as well as the popular ballroom to outsiders and, most recently, operates an international Writers’ Residence.