The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce the application period for our annual Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant is now open. The application period for the Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant opened December 1, 2014, and will close February 28, 2015. The winner for the grant is expected to be announced by April 15, 2015. The SLF Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant is awarded to assist working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction, due to financial barriers that have made it much harder for them to have access to the writing world. Currently, we are offering one $750 working class grant annually. The Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant will be awarded by a committee of SLF jurors on the basis of interest and merit. Factors the jurors will consider when judging the grant include: · A short, personal statement (up to 750 words) that addresses the applicants relevant financial background, why the applicant qualifies for the grant, and the applicants future writing goals. · And a writing sample—published or unpublished—up to 10 pages of poetry, 10 pages of drama, or 10,000 words of fiction or creative nonfiction. More detailed information about the Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant and its guidelines can be found here: speclit.org/Grants/SLFWorkingClass.php The Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant, as with all of our Speculative Literature Foundation grants, is intended to help writers working with speculative literature. The Speculative Literature Foundation defines speculative literature as a catch-all term meant to inclusively span the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging from hard and soft science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to folk and fairy tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern mythmaking -- any literature containing a fabulist or speculative element. If you have questions about the Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant, please contact Malon Edwards at: [email protected]
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 01:59:07 +0000
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