2024 Fellowships and Scholarships
On Sunday July 7, 2024, the Creative Literature Grants of the Haifa Arts Foundation were awarded during a ceremony held at the Haifa Municipality Conference Hall. The ceremony was moderated by the Foundation’s Acting Chairperson Mrs. Bracha Sela, in the presence of members of the Foundation Management and General Assembly, CEO Mrs. Aviva Shpigelshtein, representatives of the Judging Panel, Fellowships and Scholarships recipients and members of their families.
Fellowships Recipients:
- Nizan Weisman for “Separation Diary” (Prose)
- Muli Peleg for “What is holding you” (Poetry)
- Iris Rilov for “Electricity in the air” (Prose)
- Liora Goldman for “Cry Bridge” (Poetry)
- Dori Derdikman for his debut book “Darkness at Noon” (Poetry)
Members of the Judging Panel:
- Writer and poet Shlomo Abramovich
- Professor Aliza Shenhar
- Rivka Gelstein-Leipzig
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The Chairman of the Judges Panel, Shlomo Abramovich, addressed the audience. Abramovich is a writer and poet, Winner of the 2021 Prime Minister Prize for his novel “The Shelved Diary”, member of the Hebrew Writers’ Association and Chairman of the Haifa and the Northern Region Writers’ Association. |
Left to right:
Mrs. Aviva Shpigelshtein―CEO of the Foundation;
Mr. Shlomo Abramovich― Chairman of the Judges Panel;
Mr. Eitan Adres―Member of the General Assembly of the Foundation;
Mr. Rushdi Al-Madi―Member of the Management and General Assembly of the Foundation;
Ms. Iris Rilov―Fellowship Recipient
On the right: Mrs. Liora Goldman―Fellowship Recipient
On the right: Mr. Dori Derdikman―Fellowship Recipient
On the right: Mr. Nizan Weisman―Fellowship Recipient
Mrs. Bracha Sela
Writer and poet Shlomo Abramovich
With fellowship recipients: Mrs. Iris Rilov, Mr. Nizan Weisman,
Mr. Dori Derdikman, Mrs. Liora Goldman
During this ceremony, grants for Creative Cinema and
the Szabo Special Education awards were also distributed.
Literature
- 2024 Fellowships and Scholarships
- 2023 Fellowships
- Guidelines for the 2023 Literature Creative grants
- Guidelines for Creative Awards for Literature granted by Haifa Arts Foundation, 2021
- Fellowships for the year 2021 (5781)
- Authorizing Haifa – Haifa Literature Celebration, June 2022
- Helping Haifa Writers in Publishing their Books
- List of Authors A
- List of Authors B-D
- List of Authors E-K
- List of Authors L-R
- List of Authors S-T
- List of Authors V-Z
- Haifa Poems Anthology - Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House
- Lev HaPri Magazine
- Poetry and Literature Paths - Holiday of Holidays Festival
- Supporting Publication of Periodicals
- Galim Ofakim Hadashim (New Horizons)
- Residency scholarship for Writers in Haifa
- Literary events – Alofek Association