Black Memoirs Matter Anthology
Memoir Magazine
SUBMISSIONS OPEN: January 1, 2022
INFO: The Black Memoirs Matter Anthology will highlight crucial creative nonfiction by writers of African descent.
Our goal is to chronicle the worldwide black experience through memoir. At the same time, we are looking for universal truths that transcend race.
Open to all writers of the African Diaspora, regardless of country of origin or residence.
Your memoir submission can be anywhere from 500 – 4,000 words in length.
Simultaneous entries and previously published works are acceptable.
Your essay must be written in the first person, and may explore any aspect of your life experience; it may or may not specifically deal with justice or race.
Tell us your story!
If your query is chosen, we will need non-exclusive rights to what you submit and we will pay you $50 on acceptance. We will also send you a copy of the print version of the book when it is published.
https://memoirmag.com/contests-and-prizes/black-memoirs-matter-anthology/
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JACOBS/JONES AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERARY PRIZE
North Carolina Writers’ Network
DEADLINE: January 2, 2022
INFO: The Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize honors Harriet Jacobs and Thomas Jones, two pioneering African-American writers from North Carolina, and seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians. The contest, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network, is administered by the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication of the winning entry in The Carolina Quarterly.
ELIGIBILITY & GUIDELINES:
The competition is open to any African-American writer whose primary residence is in North Carolina.
Entries may be fiction or creative nonfiction, but must be unpublished*, no more than 3,000 words, and concerned with the lives and experiences of North Carolina African-Americans. Entries may be excerpts from longer works, but must be self-contained. Entries will be judged on literary merit.
An entry fee must accompany each submission: $10 for NCWN members, $20 for nonmembers. You may submit multiple entries, but the correct fee must accompany each one.
You may pay the members’ entry fee if you join the NCWN when you submit.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
If submitting by mail, submit two copies of an unpublished manuscript, not to exceed 3,000 words, on single-sided pages, double-spaced, in black 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.
The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, and manuscript title.
To submit by USPS:
Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize
UNC Creative Writing Program
Attn: Anita Braxton
Greenlaw Hall, CB#3520
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520
When you submit online at https://ncwriters.submittable.com/submit, Submittable will collect your entry fee via credit card ($10 NCWN members / $20 non-members). (If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information. For more information about Submittable, click here.)
To submit as a Member of NCWN ($10), click here.
To submit as a Non-Member of NCWN ($20), click here.
Entries will not be returned.
The winner will be announced in February.
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Art Critic Mentoring Program Open Call
CUE
DEADLINE: January 5, 2022 at 11:59 pm ET
INFO: We are currently looking for writers in the New York, NY area to write an essay on Fereidoun Ghaffari's upcoming solo exhibition at CUE, curated and mentored by Phong Bui and on view June 9 – July 13, 2022.
Co-presented with AICA USA (US section of International Association of Art Critics), the Art Critic Mentoring program provides seven writers annually with the opportunity to work with an art critic appointed by AICA to compose a long-form critical essay on one of CUE’s exhibiting artists. Over the course of two months, each writer conducts studio visits with an exhibiting artist and composes a long-form critical essay, which will be published by CUE in a printed exhibition catalogue and online.
The program is open to writers of any age in the early stages of their careers who meet the eligibility guidelines outlined below. The writer selection process consists of a nomination and open call hybrid. Writers are awarded a $600 honorarium. To read past essays, browse the archive.
ELIGIBILITY FOR EMERGING WRITERS:
CUE's Art Critic Mentoring Program Open Call is for emerging writers of any age who:
Have a demonstrated art writing practice or experience analyzing works of art in a textual format.
Please note that advanced degrees or degrees of any sort are not required for this writing opportunity.
Must currently live and work in the city where the open call is being held.
Must be open to receiving mentorship and incorporating feedback from an art critic appointed by CUE/AICA.
Must not regularly publish monthly reviews or essays for a mainstream arts publication (i.e. Artforum, Art in America, Frieze, etc.).
Must not have published a book or be currently under contract for a forthcoming book with a large commercial publisher (short chapbooks and similar publications by small, independent printers are acceptable).
Preference will be given to those who do not currently hold an editorial or staff writer position at a prominent arts publication or those who have held such positions for less than 3 years.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Two writing samples, max. 10 pages total:
The strongest samples are reviews, blog entries, short essays, and short-form writing. These may be published or unpublished texts.
Must be contemporary visual arts-related (no dance, literature, podcast/radio journalism, or commercial/feature film analysis).
School papers, research papers, dissertations, exhibition proposals/summaries, and artwork wall labels are not accepted.
A current CV containing relevant experience, max. 4 pages.
Your writing samples and CV must be submitted as separate PDF documents (max. 14 pages total), with the filenames labeled as follows: "ACMP application_Your Name_Location_File Name” (for example: "ACMP application_Jane Doe_NYC_Writing Sample").
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2022 RESIDENCIES
SPACE on Ryder Farm
DEADLINE: January 5, 2022 at 11:59 pm ET
INFO: SPACE on Ryder Farm offers a unique and dynamic atmosphere that nourishes artists and innovators both individually and relationally, allowing them to focus on their work in a significant way. Residents have hours on end to devote to deep thinking and expansive creation. And the relationships that are forged among residents at SPACE offer radiating benefits to the wider artistic community: collaborations are sparked, ideas are challenged, and curiosities are piqued.
Residencies at SPACE are self-determined in order to meet the needs of each individual resident (or group, if attending together). The only requirements at SPACE are that residents attend three communal meals each day, give back two to three hours of their time to Ryder Farm and share some of what they’ve developed while in residence here.
RESIDENCIES:
The Working Farm: The Working Farm is SPACE’s resident writers’ group, which offers five playwrights, composers, lyricists or librettists a non-consecutive five-week residency on Ryder Farm during the course of the annual May-October season.
Family Residency: The Family Residency was founded in association with The Lilly Awards Foundation (spearheaded by Julia Jordan, Marsha Norman and Pia Scala-Zankel), and offers parents and their children (ages 5-12) time and space to work during a residency on Ryder Farm.
Institutional Residency: Institutional Residencies provide 501c(3) organizations and incorporated ensembles with time and space for the writing or workshopping of commissions, strategic planning and retreat opportunities away from the hustle and bustle.
BLKSPACE: This residency, curated and organized by Interfest (Kristen Adele Calhoun and Nikki Vera), offers Black creatives the opportunity to gather communally, play, make art, and breathe with their fellow Black artists.
spaceonryderfarm.org/residency-programs-2022
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YADDO ARTIST RESIDENCY
Yaddo
DEADLINE: January 5, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: Yaddo is a retreat for artists located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.
Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of two or three persons. They are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and a studio.
ELIGIBILITY: Artists in all disciplines who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible to apply to Yaddo.
Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied in 2019 (January or August deadline), you will be eligible to apply again in either January or August of 2021.
RAPPLICATION: All artists seeking residency at Yaddo must submit a complete application, including recent work samples. The criterion for repeat visit requests is the same as for first visits – the quality of the artist’s work. However, preference is normally given to persons who have not recently visited Yaddo.
FEES: Yaddo’s nonrefundable application fee is $30, to which is added a fee for media uploads ranging from $5 to $10, depending on the discipline. Application fees must be paid by credit card. Applicants who might experience difficulty in paying the application fee are encouraged to contact our Program Department. Artists are responsible for the means to travel to and from Yaddo. However, we have access grants available to offset the costs of accepting an invitation to Yaddo.
LENGTH OF STAY: Residencies vary in length – the average stay is five weeks. The minimum stay is two weeks; the maximum is eight weeks.
FINANCIAL AID: Funds exist to provide limited financial aid to artists, based on need. Only individuals who have already been invited for visits may apply for financial assistance. Specific instructions and an application form are included with each letter of invitation.
ADMISSIONS PANEL: Applications are considered by five independent admissions committees in the artistic disciplines represented at Yaddo: Literature, Visual Art, Music Composition, Performance, and Film & Video. Membership in these committees rotates frequently and the members are artists whose work is recognized and esteemed by their peers. Collaborative applications are considered by appropriate cross-disciplinary panelists.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES:
Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, librettos, and graphic novels.
Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art
Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art
Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance
Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays
Applicants should apply to the Admissions Panel that best represents the project they wish to undertake should they be invited for a residency. Applicants may apply to only one admissions panel, and in one genre, at a time. Artists working in new disciplines or on projects that do not fit easily into the above disciplinary categories are encouraged to contact the Program Manager about which category is most appropriate for their project.
COLLABORATIONS: Small groups (2 to 3 individuals) of artists wishing to work collaboratively are encouraged to apply. Each member of the group will need to submit an individual application under “Collaborative Teams.” Work samples should give a clear and precise representation of the nature of the collaboration, preferably via previous work the applicants have undertaken together as a collaborative team. Support personnel or interpretative artists, such as computer programmers, instrumentalists, set and lighting designers, and dancers, cannot be included in a residency as part of a collaborative team.
Artists who do not have a collaborative history but who wish to be in residence at the same time should apply to the admissions panel most closely connected to their individual artistic discipline, rather than Collaborative Teams. Concurrent dates of residence may be requested.
Specific questions should be directed to the Program Manager before submitting an application.
REFERENCES: Artists are required to have one current reference on file for each application. Rather than a standard letter of recommendation, applicants must provide the name of a colleague who can answer two brief questions regarding artistic work and character. Jurors evaluating your application give more consideration to references from peers in your field. Your reference must be completed no later than January 19, 2022. Yaddo does not accept letters of reference on paper or from Interfolio or other reference services. All references must come through SlideRoom.
SENDING A REFERENCE REQUEST: Provide an accurate e-mail address for your reference provider within your SlideRoom application. Reference requests must be made before submitting your application. There is space to request up to two references – only one is required. Once you have sent the request, SlideRoom sends an e-mail message directly to your reference provider with a link to your application. Alert your reference provider to look for an e-mail from SlideRoom, not Yaddo. They should check junk or spam folders if the email does not appear in their inbox. Please follow this detailed support guide if your reference provider is not receiving SlideRoom’s email requests.
PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED REFERENCES: References are considered current for a five-year cycle, starting from the application deadline for which the references were initially submitted. Please confirm with the Yaddo admissions staff by sending an email to admissions@yaddo.org before you submit your application to ensure that your reference is current.
Artists who have been in residence at Yaddo within the past five years (including the year of residency) need not submit new references.
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS: Yaddo has a strong tradition of internationalism, and welcomes artists working in all disciplines from around the world. Writers who work in languages other than English should supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working knowledge of English is helpful for international artists. Yaddo does not provide an interpreter for artists who speak little or no English.
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Sustainable Arts Fellowship Residency Open Call
Gallery Aferro
DEADLINE: January 5, 2022
INFO: Gallery Aferro is a 19-year-old artist-run, alternative arts space where creative minds can share, collaborate and craft works that elevate the power of art in a culture that challenges the value of creative expression in our daily lives.
As an artist-run space, Aferro Studios recognizes the layers of complexity that working artists negotiate throughout their lives. This is often especially visible in the practices and careers of artists who are also parents. We are invested in uplifting artists who are parents to help them make art now, not later when they’re told it is more acceptable after their children are of a certain age. We wish to create an environment where they can make work as large and complex as their vision, without the fear of wondering if they’ll be judged for their attention to their craft.
With the help of funding from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, Aferro Studios is proud to offer this open call to all artists or writers that are parents* and would like to continue their creative practice in an engaged and energized studio residency in downtown Newark, New Jersey. The studio will be provided to the parent-artist for 6 months at no cost and will come with a $1,000 stipend (distributed in two payments — one at the beginning of the 6-month residency, and one at the end of the 6-month residency). The stipend and free studio will facilitate the parent-artist in coordinating effective time and energy to be spent in their studio spaces. Collectives are welcome to apply, and there are no geographical restrictions.
* The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a “parent” simply as “a person who is a father or mother” -or- “a person who has a child,” and although that may be a nice, tidy definition, we think it oversimplifies the term. We think a “parent” can be defined in many ways that are definitely not tied to gender binaries or “having” a child. So with that in mind, this open call is open to anyone who has or shares legal guardianship over a person under the age of 18.
The work-only studios vary in size, but average more than 600 sq. ft. in workspace with dedicated storage and high ceilings. Embodying the DIY aesthetic of creative minds unafraid of taking risks, resident artists at Aferro Studios enjoy 24/7 access to large studio spaces, ongoing first-consideration for a range of on- and off-site opportunities, cross-promotional engagement via our studio blog, and community-oriented events to aid in developing your craft, career, and network — all within the heart of Newark’s downtown district with easy access to the Montclair, Jersey City, and New York City art scenes.
In addition to the parent-artist requirement, selection for the Sustainable Arts Fellowship program is based on excellence of work, an interest in engaging with the public via one’s art-making process, the probable impact the program will have on the artist’s ability to create works that otherwise would not have been possible, and a demonstrated commitment to a chosen field.
The growing network of Aferro Studios alumni is a powerful, multigenerational group of contemporary artists working across genre and media. Participation in the residency program includes a platform to share and participate in a community of artists and art lovers through informal networking and participation in seasonal cultural events. As a presenting and workspace organization run by artists, we are dedicated to providing opportunities to our residents in the form of exhibitions, commission referrals, advocacy, visiting curators, and letters of recommendation.
This open call opportunity is for February 21st, 2022 – August 20th, 2022 or August 21st, 2022 – February 20th, 2023
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Be prepared to submit the following items via Gallery Aferro’s Sustainable Arts Fellowship Residency application form.
Full Name
Artist’s Name (if different from your Full Name)
Email Address
Phone Number
Only send the following submission documents as attachments (i.e., .doc, .pdf, Google Drive files, .jpgs, .png, etc.). Do not send oversized files like .tiff, .psd, or Word docs from Pages)
CV/Resume
Artist Statement
Proposal for what you would do with your studio and how participation in the program would be beneficial to you
Work Samples: You may submit up to 10 examples of work. Each image sample must be limited to approx. 1 MB. Each video (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.) sample must be limited to approx. 10 MB. Also, within the filename itself or in an additional document, please include full artwork information pertaining to each sample with the following information: Artist’s name, work title, media, dimensions, edition, and/or other relevant information)
$10 USD*** fee per proposal via the Paypal link below:
aferro.org/current-open-calls/
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A CALL FOR PAPERS
16th National Black Writers Conference
DEADLINE: January 7, 2022
INFO: The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (CBL), will present the 16th National Black Writers Conference from March 30 to April 2, 2022. Writers, scholars, literary professionals, students, and the public will gather virtually to participate in and listen to roundtables and panels on the conference theme, “The Beautiful Struggle, Black Writers Lighting the Way.” Honorees for NBWC 2022 are poet Tracy K. Smith, author Jacqueline Woodson, journalist Herb Boyd, and scholar Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
CBL invites scholars, writers, literary activists, cultural critics, and students to submit proposals in the work of Tracy K. Smith, Jacqueline Woodson, Herb Boyd, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Haki R. Madhubuti and/or John Oliver Killens. Papers should examine the following:
“The Beautiful Struggle” (persistence, resilience, and activism) as themes in the literature of Black writers and scholars throughout the African diaspora.
The ways in which themes regarding class, gender, race, power, identity, and spirituality are represented in literature by Black writers and scholars throughout the African diaspora.
Please submit electronically an abstract/proposal of 300–500 words, a list of related references for the presentation, and the thesis or question you plan to explore. Do not send manuscripts. Submissions must be authentic and original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this event.
Please submit the following to writers@mec.cuny.edu:
Your name and contact information on the title page.
Title of proposed talk
Institutional affiliation
Short academic bio of no more than 50 words
NOTE: Include your name and “Call for Papers 16th NBWC” in the subject line.
Scholars’ panels will be held virtually on Thursday, March 31, 2022 (10:00 am to 3:00 pm ET)
files.constantcontact.com/ce645042101/2555ec1e-6cd5-4832-ba73-ad9b071ccf47.pdf
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FELLOWSHIP FOR BLACK OR INDIGENOUS ARTISTS AND WRITERS
MASS MoCA
DEADLINE: January 8, 2021
INFO: Recognizing the additional barriers faced by Black and Indigenous creators of all disciplines, the Studios at MASS MoCA shall award a limited number of additional fellowships to artists or writers working in any discipline who identify as Black or Indigenous. These fellowships fund all residency fees for up to four weeks in residence.
MASS MoCA and its Assets for Artists program invites artists and writers to apply for residencies from 2 week to 8 weeks in length. Residents (10 per session) will receive:
Private, furnished studio space at MASS MoCA, available 24/7.
Housing (private bedroom/queen bed, shared kitchen, and bath) in newly renovated apartments directly across the street from the museum.
One communal meal per day in the company of fellow artists-in-residence.
A variety of professional development opportunities, including priority access to our Assets for Artists Business Workshops, and weekly roundtables with staff and fellow artists-in-residence to discuss grant writing, business planning, marketing, portfolio reviews, and more.
MASS MoCA member benefits for the duration of the residency, including free access to the museum’s galleries, The Clark Art Institute, and discounts on performing arts events and museum store purchases.
1-year access to financial and business workshops through MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program (www.assetsforartists.org), helping artists in all disciplines strengthen the business side of their artistic practice (with advice available on taxes, grant writing, project budgeting, etc.).
ELIGIBILITY: This season's application is only for fellowship-qualifying applicants. See if you qualify for one of our fellowships here.
We welcome applications from artists in all career stages, income levels, and disciplines (painters, sculptors, installation artists, fiber artists, printmakers, writers, performers, designers, photographers, filmmakers, etc.) whose practice allows them to work quietly (nothing is sound-proofed, so power tools and loud music are discouraged). Groups/collectives may apply to work on joint projects. The studios have light-duty ventilation, so an art practice generating strong fumes cannot be accommodated.
COST/FUNDING: All fellowship opportunities are fully funded. There is no cost to attend. Most artists must provide their own travel, food, and supplies. A daily lunch is provided.
assetsforartists.submittable.com/submit
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James Merrill Writer-in-Residence 2022-23
James Merrill House
DEADLINE: January 9, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $30
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY:
We have six residencies for 2022-23: September 2022 (4 weeks), October (4 weeks) November (4 weeks) February-mid March 2023 (6 weeks) April-mid May (6 weeks) August (4 weeks)
nt. For more information about living and working in the apartment, please visit: https://www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/apply
The Writer-in-Residence program includes a stipend of $1,100 per month, prorated according to the length of stay.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
A writer or scholar with a specific project of literary or academic merit who is committed to full-time residence in Stonington during his or her stay. We regret that the residency is not intended for completion of one’s dissertation.
A person willing to contribute to the community. It is expected that this will include a reading or lecture for the community. Due to Covid-19, we are currently substituting virtual readings in the place of in-person events for the foreseeable future.
A person of integrity and responsibility who can be entrusted with the Merrill Apartment and its contents.
We welcome suggestions from applicants about ways in which our fellows might reinforce the community’s links to writing, poetry, and James Merrill’s legacy.
APPLICATION:
We accept applications for the 2022-2023 residencies between October 1, 2021 and January 9, 2022 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. Decisions will be made by mid-March A complete application includes the following documents:
A resume of four or fewer pages
A writing or work sample of ten or fewer pages
A statement of your plan of work while in Stonington CT
Two letters of reference
If applicable, a brief biographical sketch of a spouse or partner who would be residing in the apartment with you. Please note that due to the age and nature of the building we cannot accept pets and it may be difficult for a child to reside there. If you have a child that would need to reside with you during the residency please let us know. Also, please note that the apartment is located on the third floor and is only accessible by stairs.
The James Merrill House follows the State of Connecticut guidelines on the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicants may be expected to quarantine based on the latest State of Connecticut guidelines.
https://jamesmerrillhouse.submittable.com/submit
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Berkley Open Submission Program!
Berkley / Penguin Random House
DEADLINE: January 9, 2022
INFO: At Berkley, we strive to publish commercial fiction that reflects the world we live in and to bring readers stories that encompass a full range of backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives. With the Berkley Open Submission Program we are opening a direct submission channel in the hopes of reaching more potential authors. We are inviting submissions from all writers, including those sharing underrepresented stories in regards to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability. We hope to discover new talent and share their works with the world.
“We believe in publishing books from a wide variety of voices and hope giving un-agented authors easier access to our submission process will help us discover work from the widest possible community of writers. The Berkley list is strongest when it reflects the diversity of the world we live in,” said Berkley Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Claire Zion.
We are looking for full-length adult novels in the following genres: romance, women’s fiction, mystery, suspense and thrillers, horror, science fiction, and fantasy.
PROGRAM RULES:
Submissions will only be accepted during the announced submission window. Submissions sent outside of this time frame will not be considered.
Authors must be unagented. If an offer for publication is made, authors may seek an agent to represent them before negotiations.
Projects may only be submitted once.
Authors may only make submissions for works they have completed.
Submissions must include a 1-page synopsis, the first 10 pages of the manuscript, an author bio, and a query letter with links to social media platforms, if applicable, and any other information you wish the editors to consider. A query letter is an introductory one page letter that tells an editor something about the story, something about the writer, and why Berkley should publish the book.
We will do our best to respond to all submissions as soon as we can. Due to volume, we cannot respond to follow up queries.
The Berkley Open Submission Program is governed by the Penguin Random House privacy policy (available at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/privacy/). By submitting, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to this privacy policy. As set forth in the privacy policy, Penguin Random House is not responsible for the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties used in connection with your submission.
Berkley reserves the right to update, modify, or replace any part of the Open Submission Program or its rules at any time, or to cancel the program at its sole discretion, by posting updates to our website. By making a submission, you expressly acknowledge that neither Berkley nor Penguin Random House is entering into any agreement with you to publish or compensate you for your work or to maintain the confidentiality of the materials submitted.
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Spring 2022 Novel Generator
GrubStreet
DEADLINE: January 10, 2022
INFO: The Novel Generator is a nine-month program designed to help 14 students write the first drafts of their novels. The course is divided into three phases, each with its own structure and goals. Phase I, which lasts for six weeks, focuses on craft, through a combination of lectures, exercises, and discussion of a common text. Sometime during this phase, students will have an initial one-on-one meeting with the instructor to discuss their project. In Phase II, the class meets for fourteen weeks of workshopping using the Novel in Progress method—scenes read aloud in class for on-the-spot feedback. Towards the end of Phase II, students will be divided into small groups for weekly accountability for the remainder of the course. At the end of Phase II, students will submit 20 pages of revised or new work to the instructor, and will each have a one-on-one meeting with the instructor to discuss those pages, the novel’s structure, and the student’s vision for the book as a whole. Phase III includes three class meetings, with students writing independently as they finish their novel drafts.
Students have entered this program with as few as 10 pages written and as many as 150. No matter how far along, all writers will be asked (through exercises and class discussion) to re-examine their initial concept and, if necessary, to make changes to shore up their plots. Writers who have already written a substantial number of pages will get the most out of this program if they feel open to all possibilities for their novels.
The Novel Generator can work as a companion to the Novel Incubator, but it is not an alternative to it. The Incubator is for students who have completed a strong first draft of a novel; the Generator is designed to push students toward that strong draft, whether or not they ultimately enroll in the Incubator or pursue other revision strategies.
Please note that the upcoming round of the Novel Generator, which begins in March 2022, will take place in-person in Boston.
grubstreet.org/programs/intensives/generators/novel-generator/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Ploughshares
DEADLINES: January 15, 2022
INFO: Ploughshares is accepting submissions for their annual open reading period. We welcome unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for our quarterly literary journal at this time.
SIMULTANEOUS vs. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS:
We do not consider multiple submissions, so please send only one manuscript at a time, either by mail or online. Do not send a second submission until you have heard about the first. Simultaneous submissions to other journals are fine as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
If you are working on submissions with an agent, or are an agent submitting work on behalf of an author, please read our note on simultaneous submissions with an agent.
COVER LETTERS:
We encourage you to include a short cover letter with your submission. It should reference:
Major publications and awards
Any association or past correspondence with a guest or staff editor
Past publication in Ploughshares
Please note that we ask cover letters to be included as the first page of your submission document. There are no additional comment boxes for adding a cover letter.
MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES:
Typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages.
Numbered pages.
If in hard copy, submit with text on one side of the page.
Fiction and nonfiction: Less than 7,500 words. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Significantly longer work (7,500–20,000 words) can be submitted to the Ploughshares Solos series.
Poetry: Submit 1-5 pages at a time with each poem beginning on a new page.
Translations are welcome if permission has been granted.
pshares.org/submit/journal/guidelines
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2022 Jerome Emerging Artist Residency
The Anderson Center
DEADLINE: January 15, 2022 at 11:59pm CST
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: The Anderson Center’s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to advance their personal artistic goals and projects.
The program aims to meet the specific needs of emerging artists while welcoming them into a supportive and inspiring residency environment that empowers them to take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving.
Thanks to support from the Jerome Foundation, selected emerging artists receive a $625/week artist stipend, documentation support, art-making resources, facilitation of community connections, lodging & studio space, a travel honorarium, groceries, and chef-prepared communal dinners.
Located at the historic Tower View estate, a venerable research-and-development lab for the arts rooted in an expansive natural setting, the program is an ideal fit for early-career artists whose work reveals a significant potential for cultural and community impact, is technically accomplished, engages diverse communities.
The Anderson Center’s goal is for connections participating artists make with one another, as well as connections made with other creatives and community members, to outlast the duration of their residency visit. The organization believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with an exchange of ideas across disciplines, can serve as a catalyst for new inspiration and innovative directions for the work emerging artists create while in residence.
Jury review will take place in late January and early February. Applicants will be notified by Feb. 3 as to the status of their application. A phone interview process with finalists will take place in late February following a second round of jury review. Selected artist residents, wait-list and runners-up will be notified by March 2, 2022.
ABOUT THE ANDERSON CENTER
The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate in rural Red Wing, Minn., has renovated and restored historic buildings to support working artists and the creative process, including developing twenty-two active studio spaces and three galleries. A renovated barn serves as a performance and event venue, the historic main residence houses artists-in-residence, and fifteen acres support a sculpture garden.
The Anderson Center provides residencies of two- or four-weeks’ duration from May through October each year to enable artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment to create, advance, or complete work. In addition to community engagement activities through the artist residency program, the organization has a strong history of helping integrate the arts into community life through local partnerships, hosting annual arts events and participating in other community-based initiatives.
ABOUT THE JEROME FOUNDATION
The Jerome Foundation, created by artist and philanthropist Jerome Hill (1905-1972), seeks to contribute to a dynamic and evolving culture by supporting the creation, development, and production of new works by emerging artists. The Foundation makes grants to not-for-profit arts organizations and artists in Minnesota and New York City. The Jerome Foundation is generously providing support for the Anderson Center’s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program in August of 2022.
LOCATION
The Anderson Center campus is located on the 350-acre historic Tower View Estate, built by scientist & farmer Dr. Alexander Pierce Anderson between 1915 and 1921, on the western edge of Red Wing, Minnesota, and its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Center features a large sculpture garden, and is adjacent to the Cannon Valley Trail, a 20-mile biking and walking trail that runs from Cannon Falls to Red Wing.
The Center is approximately 45 minutes southeast of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Transportation is provided between the Center and the Twin Cities airport on the first and last day of residencies only. Artist Residents that choose to drive will have access to private parking on the property.
The community of Red Wing, Minn., (pop. 16,000) is nestled amidst the scenic bluffs of the upper Mississippi River. The town is settled on the ancestral homelands of the Mdewakanton & Wapakute bands of the Dakota people. The City of Red Wing is named after Tatanka Mani (Walking Buffalo), a leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota in the upper Mississippi Valley who wore a ceremonial swan’s wing dyed in brilliant red. In 1815, Tatanka Mani and his people moved their village south to a place they called Khemnichan (Hill, Wood, & Water) in present-day downtown Red Wing. Euro-American immigrants who met him as they advanced into the region in the early nineteenth century came to know him and his village as “Red Wing.”
Since its settlement and eventual incorporation in 1857, Red Wing established itself as a center for agriculture, industry, tourism, medical care, technology, and the arts. The Red Wing Shoe Company and its iconic brands, in particular, continue to have a significant impact on the community’s economic, business, and community development climates. Natural resources abound with Red Wing's riverfront, winding paths through the majestic bluffs, bike trails, and 35 city parks. The Prairie Island Indian Community is located northwest of the city. Frontenac State Park is to the southeast on Lake Pepin. Minnesota State College Southeast Technical’s Red Wing campus is known for its string and brass instrument repair programs. The MN Dept. of Corrections also operates a large juvenile residential facility in Red Wing.
Other amenities include a destination bakery, a chocolate shop, coffee shops, restaurants, the flagship Red Wing Shoe Company store, Goodhue County Historical Society Museum, the Red Wing Stoneware & Pottery store, the Pottery Museum of Red Wing, a Duluth Trading store, the Red Wing Marine Museum, a Target, several pharmacies, a plant nursery & garden center, a Mayo Health System Hospital, a small independent bookstore, and a public library (the Center has arranged for residents to have access to a library card for their month at the Center)
Other key community stakeholders include the historic Sheldon Theatre, the Red Wing Arts Association, Red Wing YMCA, Red Wing Youth Outreach, Hispanic Outreach of Goodhue County, Red Wing Area Friends of Immigrants, Red Wing Area Women’s Art History Club, Live Healthy Red Wing, Artreach, Red Wing Artisan Collective, the Artist Sanctuary, Pier 55 Red Wing Area Seniors, Big Turn Music Festival, Red Wing AAUW, Red Wing Environmental Learning Center, Red Wing Girl Scouts, Red Wing Public Schools, Tower View Alternative School, and Universal Music Center, as well as several City boards, commissions, and departments.
ELIGIBILITY AND DEFINITION OF “EMERGING ARTIST” While the Anderson Center’s general Artist Residency Program hosts artists with a wide range of talent and experience, the Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program exclusively focuses on meeting the specific needs of artists who are in the early stages of their artistic development and career.
The Anderson Center defines an emerging artist as someone who has some evidence of professional achievement but has not yet a substantial record of accomplishment. These are the applicants who are practicing vocational artists but are not yet recognized as "established" by the artistic community (other artists, curators, producers, critics, and arts administrators).
The organization looks for artists whose work reveals a significant potential for cultural and community impact. These are artists who are uncompromising in their approach to creation and production, people who are not afraid to take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving.
Degree-seeking students at the time of application, or during the grant period, are not eligible for a residency (including K-12, college, graduate or post graduate studies). Age is not a factor in determining emerging artist status.
Artists that are part of an artistic collective, partnership, or collaborative are welcome to apply, but collaborative residencies are also rare. The program is extremely competitive and space is simply limited. Each artist must also complete their own application form.
Artists of all disciplines are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Artists must currently be legal residents of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City and have been residents for at least one year prior to the submission of an application. Applications must be submitted through the Anderson Center’s online webform via Submittable. The primary goal of eligible artists must be to generate new works, as opposed to remounting or re-interpreting existing works.
Further details from the Jerome Foundation on emerging artist eligibility requirements can be found here: https://www.jeromefdn.org/defining-early-career-emerging-artists
APPLICATION
A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, an emerging artist statement, a community engagement statement, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one year from the time of your residency to apply again.
The Artist Statement, provides an opportunity for you to share, in 100 words or less, a brief statement or summary about your current and future work.
The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you’d like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing, location, and cohort-based model of the residency would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
An Emerging Artist Statement addresses, in 250 words or less, your status as an emerging artist or early-career artist. How would participating in this program impact or advance your practice as an emerging artist? In what ways would this program meet your needs as an emerging artist? Why is this residency important to this stage of your career path? How do you identify as an emerging artist?
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
For composers and musicians: 3 to 5 recordings
For visual artists: At least 5 images of work (300 dpi or larger)
For nonfiction and fiction writers: 10 pages of double-spaced prose
For playwrights & screenwriters: 20-page excerpt (does not need to be from the beginning)
For poets: 10 pages of poetry
For translators: 10 pages of translation and original text
For performance artists: 3 short videos excerpts of performances (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
For filmmakers: at least 3 short film clips (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
For Scholars: 10 pages of work, including research abstracts and relevant diagrams
DURATION OF RESIDENCY
The Anderson Center’s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program offers residency-fellowships of two weeks or one month in August. Strong preference is given to those applying for month-long stays. August is the only month the Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program takes place.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Each artist-in-residence receives:
$625/week artist stipend
Travel honorarium ($550 for New Yorkers and $150 for Minnesotans)
$450 documentation budget (services for photography, video, audio, etc.)
Evening dinners are prepared and presented by the Anderson Center chef Monday through Friday. The chef also shops for meal items for artist residents, and residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends.
There is also a housekeeper who cleans and maintains the historic facilities. Additional cleaning and sanitization measures are being taken during the pandemic to help ensure the health and safety of artists, staff, and the community.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View residence. Visual artists are provided a 15' x 26' studio and are responsible for supplying their own materials. Other workspaces on site include a cone 10 gas kiln and electric kilns, an open-air metalsmith facility, a dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press). Practice space is also available for dancers, choreographers, and musicians. Composers are provided with access to a 1904 Steinway piano and a Royale grand piano.
Dinners are prepared and presented by Anderson Center chef Phoebe Nyen Monday through Friday. Chef Phoebe also shops for groceries for artists-in-residence. Residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends. There is also a housekeeper who cleans and maintains the historic facilities. Additional cleaning and sanitization measures are being taken during the pandemic to help ensure the health and safety of artists, staff, and the community.
Residents have access to the many walking trails on campus and to the Cannon Valley Trail, which goes through the Anderson Center’s property. Bicycles are also provided. Residents have responded to many different aspects of the gorgeous Tower View campus through their work, including composers sampling natural sounds and visual artists harvesting plant materials to create site-specific natural inks.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The program is set-up to minimize distractions and other obligations so that artists have every opportunity to fully focus on their work. However, the Anderson Center was one of the first artist residency programs in the country to require that residents give back to the local community and connect with area residents & organizations through community engagement activities.
Staff work with artists to facilitate and customize at least one hour of mutually beneficial exchange with the Red Wing community that helps foster connection and greater a sense of place.
Within the last few years, Anderson Center residents have connected with 12 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), 5 senior centers, 2 correctional or detention facilities, 7 community organizations serving children and families, and 8 community organizations serving adults. Residents have also engaged individuals from all walks of life through public workshops, events, discussions, and artful interventions -- both at the Anderson Center or in the community of Red Wing.
During the pandemic, community engagement activities have safely and creatively continued in small group, outdoor, online or distance settings. Examples from the later half of 2020 include a writing exercise letter exchange with residents of a correctional facility, a poetry walk along a park trail, an outdoor natural dye workshop, a distanced reading/discussion with students of Tower View Alternative High School, and various public & private online interviews/discussions with community stakeholders. A majority of the 2021 engagement activities took place in-person, either outdoors or in a small group setting indoors.
PROGRAM MISSION & VALUES
The mission of the Anderson Center is to, in the unique and historic setting of Tower View, offer residencies in the arts, sciences, and humanities; provide a dynamic environment for the exchange of ideas; encourage the pursuit of creative and scholarly endeavors; and serve as a forum for significant contributions to society.
The Anderson Center Residency Program was set-up by a working poet to support other artists and continues to function by those with hands-on experience in the creative process. The organization seeks out feedback from residents each month in order to implement necessary changes as it works toward continual improvement of the program. Most importantly, staff trust artists to know what they need most to advance their individual practices. The Center does not dictate specific outcomes. Instead, the expectation is that the gift of time and space will generate significant advancements in residents' work. The Anderson Center trusts the artists to best use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals.
Since 2014 the Anderson Center has offered such month-long residencies in alternating years to small groups of Deaf artists, including poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, whose native or adoptive language is American Sign Language (ASL). Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Anderson Center's Deaf Artist Residency is the only program in the country that is Deaf-centric. It was developed with the goal of contributing to the creation of a local and national network of Deaf culture-creators.
The Center also engages in artist exchange programs with the city of Salzburg, Austria, and with Red Wing's Sister City, Quzhou, China. The Center participates in annual scholarship programs with the MFA programs at The University of Minnesota and Pacific Lutheran University in Washington.
As an interdisciplinary arts organization, the Anderson Center embraces artists who are diverse in every way. Since its inception, the organization has intentionally worked with artists representing a wide range of disciplines, with the belief that the exchange of ideas is generative. The residency program supports artists from around the world, representing a wide range of cultures, races, sexual identities and genders. The Center strives to bring people and ideas together and operates with a spirit of welcome for all.
PANDEMIC POLICIES
Prior to arrival, all artists are sent a revised Residency Handbook outline many items related to daily life for artists-in-residence, including the most current safety policies and protocols. The organization's goal is to balance standard pandemic policies and clear expectations while also highlighting areas where communication or flexibility within each cohort might be beneficial or needed.
Again, the Anderson Center Residency Program trusts that artists know what they need most to advance their individual practices and how best use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals. Likewise, artists are empowered to collective make changes where appropriate and ultimately build the artist community they'd like to see.
At the same time, and as is outlined in the Residency Handbook, the Anderson Center is committed to supporting artists by creating a safe space for their residency experience. As such, for the 2022 season, the organization requires all participating artists to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination prior to arrival.
Of course even with all of these precautions, by simply participating in an artist residency program, there is an inherent risk of exposure, even for vaccinated persons, that is beyond the ability of the Anderson Center to control entirely. By applying to this program you are communicating that you are comfortable with that amount of risk and that you are also fully vaccinated (or will be prior to arrival).
SELECTION TIMELINE
January 15, 2022 (11:59 p.m. CST) – application deadline
February 3, 2022 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the status of their application
February 21, 2022 – Jury has determined finalists. Phone interviews with finalists begin.
March 2, 2022 – Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up
SELECTION CRITERIA Selection criteria include (in order of importance):
1) Artistic excellence as demonstrated by work samples, resume and artist statement
2) Potential benefit and impact on career as demonstrated by work plan and emerging artist statement
3) Balance of artistic disciplines, identity, geography, etc within selected cohort
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The Anderson Center provides equal opportunity for all people to participate in and benefit from the activities of the Center, regardless of race, national origin, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, in admission, access, or employment. The Anderson Center staff is willing to do what they can to accommodate residents with disabilities. Please call before applying to discuss special needs.
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Byrdcliffe ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
DEADLINE: January 15, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: Since its founding in 1902, Byrdcliffe has welcomed artists—Bob Dylan, Philip Guston, Eva Hesse, and hundreds more—to and live and work surrounded by 250 acres of the Catskill Mountains’ serene natural beauty. Byrdcliffe offers several types of residency ranging from four weeks to five months to year-round for artists in multiple disciplines. The main criterion for acceptance to Byrdcliffe’s AiR program is artistic excellence and a demonstrated commitment to one’s field of endeavor. Byrdcliffe seeks to pull together artists from varying perspectives, ages, and demographics, and engage with a broad range of artistic practices. Creatives and craftspeople in all media including weavers, writers, musicians, composers, architects, filmmakers, playwrights, performance and visual artists, and artists in other disciplines are invited to apply. Emerging as well as established artists are invited to apply.
REQUIREMENTS:
This application requires you UPLOAD a few things which you might want to have on hand before beginning the application:
CV or creative resume
Work samples relative to your discipline
You will also need to provide:
Two references' contact information (plus, optional letter of recommendation)
Brief bio and artist statements
woodstockguild.org/artist-residencies/
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Unstitching silence: Fiction and poetry by Caribbean writers on gender-based violence
University of Leicester / Peekash Press
DEADLINE: January 15, 2022
INFO: Call for submissions to a fiction and poetry anthology to be published by Peekash Press in 2023.
Presented by the WHO and the UN as a global public health crisis, gender-based violence (GBV) is particularly pervasive in Anglophone Caribbean countries, which have some of the highest rates of reported rape and femicide in the world. Homophobic and transphobic violence is also an urgent human rights issue in the region. GBV can be understood as any form of violence and abuse – physical, psychological or emotional – which is rooted in gender norms and power dynamics. It can be inflicted on women, girls, boys and men in a variety of contexts. This call for submissions, cognizant of the vital work already undertaken in the region and its diaspora on GBV, seeks contributions to a fiction and poetry anthology focusing on the roots, repercussions and systemic truths of GBV as they affect a plurality of Caribbean citizens.
This phenomenon has long been a concern in Caribbean literary writing. However, the topic remains pressing, particularly at the present moment when the pandemic has intensified occurrences of GBV globally. This anthology seeks to extend ongoing conversations around GBV in the region, offering a platform for new and emerging writers who have something to say on this issue. GBV is a challenging subject to write about and to read about, and yet it a subject which requires more attention, reflection and debate. The anthology will ask: How can stories of GBV be told with both sensitivity and candour, in ways that impact meaningfully on those who encounter them in fiction and poetry? How might the sharing of stories empower victims and survivors of GBV? What are the connections between creative narratives that centre GBV, and the development of policies and activities aimed at reducing GBV? And are definitions of GBV shifting, alongside evolving attitudes to gender and sexuality in the region?
Possible areas of focus could include (but need not be limited to):
Sexual violence
Relationships and GBV
GBV in inter-racial relationships
GBV in the LGBTQ+ community (we would particularly welcome submissions on trans perspectives)
Toxic masculinities
GBV within religious and spiritual contexts and settings
GBV in non-nuclear and non-traditional family structures
GBV as it affects migrant communities
Writing on GBV that deals with AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
Poetry submissions should be 3-5 poems not exceeding 15 pages. Fiction submissons should be minimum 2,500 words and maximum 7000 words. Please send your submission to GBVanthology@gmail.com by 15 January 2022, along with a 50-word biography. All those whose submissions are accepted for publication will participate in a virtual masterclass run by Shivanee Ramlochan which will take place in May 2022, hosted by Bocas Lit Fest. Contributors to the anthology will receive a fee of £250.
Eligibility
Submissions need to be by authors who either hold Caribbean citizenship or were born in the Caribbean. Submissions must have been written in English originally; translations are not eligible. Submissions should be previously unpublished. Contributors to the anthology will receive a fee of £250.
About the editors
Shivanee Ramlochan is a Trinidadian poet, arts journalist and blogger. Her debut poetry collection, Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting, which addresses and gives voice to survivors of sexual assault, was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2017 and was shortlisted for the 2018 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection.
Lucy Evans is Associate Professor in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Leicester UK. Her research focuses on contemporary Caribbean literature and she is currently leading a collaborative research project, ‘Representing gender-based violence: literature, performance and activism in the Anglophone Caribbean’, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
About Peekash Press
Peekash Press was founded in 2014 as a joint imprint of Akashic Books and Peepal Tree Press, dedicated to publishing Caribbean writers based at home in the region. In 2017, the literary NGO Bocas Lit Fest assumed responsibility for the imprint, which is now based in Trinidad and Tobago.
le.ac.uk/anglophone-caribbean/outputs
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Artist Research Fellowship
Folger Institute
DEADLINE: January 18, 2022
INFO: The Folger Institute Artist Research Fellowship is open to artists working in all media whose work would benefit from significant primary research. This includes, but is not limited to, visual artists, writers, dramaturgs, playwrights, performers, filmmakers, and composers.
While a terminal degree is not required for the Artist Research Fellowship, applicants should describe their training and level of industry-specific experience in their CV. All applicants must apply as individuals, including artists working as collaborators. See additional Rules and Requirements and Application Instructions.
Please note that in 2022–2023, all Artist Research Fellowships will be non-residential. Awards are $3,500 for four weeks of work away from the Folger. Fellowships may be undertaken between July 2022 and June 2023.
RESOURCES & BENEFITS:
Access to Folger electronic resources and Researcher Services consultation.
Opportunities to meet virtually with Folger Theatre, Consort, and Poetry professionals, as well as Folger curators, librarians, and conservators, as relevant.
Participation in scholarly and community-building programs with other Folger Fellows.
Exposure on the Folger website, social media, and newsletters.
J1 Visa sponsorship, if needed.
folger.edu/institute/artist-research-fellowship
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WURLITZER FOUNDATION RESIDENCY
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
DEADLINE: January 18, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF) is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational and charitable organization committed to supporting the arts. Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA and is located on fifteen acres in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, a multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists.
The Foundation offers three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to people who specialize in the creative arts. Our eleven artist casitas, or guest houses, are fully furnished and provide residents with a peaceful setting in which to pursue their creative endeavors.
The Foundation accepts applications from painters, poets, sculptors, writers, playwrights, screenwriters, composers, photographers, and filmmakers of national and international origin.
Applications are reviewed by a selection committee consisting of professionals who specialize in the artistic discipline of the applicant. Numerous jurors serve on committees for each: visual arts, music composers, writers, poets, playwrights, and filmmakers. Jurors, who know nothing about the artist's demographics, score in five categories based purely on the merit of the applicant's creative work samples.
Artists in residence have no imposed expectations, quotas, or requirements during their stay on the HWF campus. The HWF’s residency program provides artists with the time and space to create, which in turn enriches the artistic community and culture locally and abroad.
GUIDELINES:
Literary artists may upload writing samples in .pdf format using the application form above. Alternatively, literary artists may choose to mail hard-copies. Include a cover sheet containing your contact info and table of contents, but please omit names and contact info on the writing samples themselves.
Writers: samples should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages
Poets: a maximum of six poems.
Playwrights: include one complete play.
Screenwriters: include one complete screenplay.
Digital work samples are accepted and encouraged for applications from visual artists and composers. Applicants should prepare to submit five work sample files when filling out the online application form. Acceptable file types for images include jpg, gif and png. Accepted types for audio files are mp3 and m4a.
Filmmakers must mail a DVD or USB-drive containing up to 30 minutes of video which represents no more than five different samples of your work.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘SOBBING IN SEAFOOD CITY’ ISSUE
Sampaguita Press
DEADLINE: January 21, 2022
INFO: Sampaguita Press seeks submissions for ‘Sobbing in Seafood City,” a food and grocery store themed zine issue for BIPOC artists, including:
Poetry
Flash fiction
Micro prose (journal entries, musings, tweets etc)
Song lyrics
Art
Comics
Photography
1 genre per submission email but you can submit as many genres as you like. (Ex, if you want to submit an art piece AND a poem, send us 2 separate emails.)
GUIDELINES:
Email subs to: SampaguitaPress@gmail.com
Subject: BuliLit Zine - Genre - Your Name
In your email, please provide a 1-2 sentence artist bio, maximum 50 words.
twitter.com/sampaguitapress/status/1466176772911689728?s=11
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Call for Entries: 2022 Residency Program
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
DEADLINE: January 23, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Each year, the Saltonstall Foundation awards free, stipend-supported, accessible residencies to artists and writers who are residents of New York State and Indian Nations therein. We support artists and writers working in the following disciplines:
Poetry
Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Photography & Filmmaking
Painting | Sculpture | Visual Arts
ACCESSIBILITY: Our new accessible addition includes a private accessible living space with a roll-in shower, a private accessible studio (for a visual artist or writer), a shared accessible kitchen and dining area, accessible laundry facilities, and an adjoining private one-bedroom suite for a personal care assistant if needed.
To all applicants: For the first time, we are asking a few demographic questions at the end of each application. These questions are completely optional, although we would be grateful for your participation. In our ongoing efforts to be more inclusive, equitable, and accessible, we want to empower our juries to consider the applicants' historical representation and recommend a roster of writers and artists that capture the diversity of the field. While applicants will remain anonymous throughout the jurying process, we anticipate sharing some geographic and demographic information with our juries as the rounds progress.
Saltonstall is located eight miles east of Ithaca, New York on the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' Nation (generally known as the Cayuga Nation) one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
A Saltonstall residency is a small community. We strive to provide a quiet, inviting, respectful, and nurturing community for creative individuals looking for uninterrupted time to focus on their craft.
There are just five individuals in residence at a time: one poet, one fiction or creative nonfiction writer, one photographer or filmmaker, and two visual artists. Each group of five arrives and departs at the same time.
We believe in and value a diverse community of creative individuals. To that end, we hope that all artists and writers feel welcome to apply for a residency, regardless of one’s level of education, experience, race, ethnicity, age, sex, religious belief, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or national origin.
There is no cost to attend Saltonstall and no application fee associated with this application. Additionally, to help offset travel to Ithaca and other personal expenses, we off stipends of $750 for each month-long Fellow, $375 for each two-week Fellow, and $200 for each artist/writer attending the six-night residency for parents.
All applicants must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and must be residents of New York State or Indian Nations therein ** (all counties). Residencies are for individual artists and writers. We are unable to accommodate groups or pairs of people working together. It is expected that those selected for a residency live at Saltonstall for the duration of the residency period. (Specific residency dates are inclusive -- i.e. parent-artists would arrive on June 2 and depart June 8.)
Dates for our 2022 residencies are as follows
Our third annual six-night residency for artist/writer parents:
Thursday, June 2 – Wednesday, June 8
Please note: this residency is strictly for artist/writer parents who have at least one dependent child (under 18) at home. Since the residency is designed to be a period of solitude and focus for artists and writers, we ask that children and other family members remain home.
Our four-week residencies:
Monday, June 13 - Monday, July 11
Monday, July 18 - Monday, August 15
Monday, August 22 - Monday, September 19
Our two-week residencies:
Monday, September 26 - Monday, October 10
Friday, October 14 - Friday, October 28
Applicants may apply for either our pilot 6-night residency for parents or the month-long residency or a two-week residency (not a combination). For those applying for the longer residencies, you will be given an opportunity to rank your choice of dates within the application.
All applicants (including those applying for the six-night residency for parents) may apply in more than one artistic or literary category, however a complete and separate application for each category is required.
ALUMNI: Saltonstall alumni who were attended a residency prior to 2021 are welcome to reapply. Work samples must be different than the work for which an alum was previously awarded the residency.
We convene a different and diverse jury for each discipline. Jurors serve anonymously and change each year.
Your application is considered on the merit of your work sample and your artist's and writer's statement.
Your work and statement are presented anonymously to the jury.
All applicants are notified on or before April 8, 2022.
For accessibility accommodations regarding our application form, please email lesley@saltonstall.org
saltonstall.submittable.com/submit
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Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
North Carolina Writers' Network
DEADLINE: January 30, 2021
INFO: The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network, honors internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist Thomas Wolfe. The prize is administered by the Great Smokies Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review.
ELIGIBILITY & GUIDELINES:
The competition is open to all writers regardless of geographical location or prior publication.
Submit two copies (if submitting by mail) of an unpublished fiction manuscript - short story or self-contained novel excerpt - not to exceed 3,000 words, double-spaced, single-sided pages (1" margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font).
Author's name should not appear on manuscripts. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, and manuscript title. (If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information.)
An entry fee must accompany the manuscript: $15 for NCWN members, $25 for nonmembers.
The entry fee is per submission. You may submit multiple entries.
You may pay the member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network.
Entries will not be returned.
The winner is announced each April.
Simultaneous submissions ok, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
When you submit online at https://ncwriters.submittable.com/submit, Submittable will collect your entry fee via credit card ($15 NCWN members / $25 non-members). (If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information. For more information about Submittable, click here.)
To submit as a Member of NCWN ($15), click here.
To submit as a Non-Member of NCWN ($25), click here.
To submit by regular mail:
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
Great Smokies Writing Program
UNC Asheville
1 University Heights - CPO 1915
Asheville, NC 28804
ncwriters.org/index.php/competitions/3587-thomas-wolfe-fiction-prize
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Emerging Voices Fellowship
PEN America
DEADLINE: January 31, 2022 by 11:59pm ET
INFO: PEN America’s Emerging Voices Fellowship will select 12 emerging writers for a five-month mentorship program.
The Emerging Voices Fellowship provides a virtual five-month immersive mentorship program for early-career writers from communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing world. The program is committed to cultivating the careers of Black writers, and serves writers who identify as Indigenous, persons of color, LGBTQ+, immigrants, writers with disabilities, and those living outside of urban centers. Through curated one-on-one mentorship and introductions to editors, agents, and publishers, in addition to workshops on editing, marketing, and creating a platform, the five-month fellowship nurtures creative community, provides a professional skill-set, and demystifies the path to publication—with the ultimate goal of diversifying the publishing and media industries. Twelve fellows will be chosen in 2022, each awarded an honorarium of $1,500.
GUIDELINES: Please read the following closely, as our application requirements have changed and aspects of our program have been adjusted for 2022. Learn more information on benefits and components of the program: https://pen.org/emerging-voices-fellowship/.
TIMELINE: The five months of the fellowship are designed for fellows to connect with mentors and the cohort and refine their writing project while learning new skills and building relationships with publishing industry instructors, PEN America staff, and the literary community.
January 2022 Emerging Voices Fellowship Application period
May Fellows announced
June-October 2022 Emerging Voices Fellowship period
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be 21 years of age or older at time of application.
Applicants do not need to be a U.S. permanent resident and/or citizen but must be residing in the United States at the time of applying for, and during the duration of, the fellowship.
Applicants must be available to participate actively in all dimensions of fellowship programming, including mandatory virtual workshops, virtual gatherings and virtual public programs.
Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of the fellowship's start date (June 2022).
Applicants cannot be a recipient of an advanced degree in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry.
Applicants cannot have one or more books published through major or independent publishers, university presses, or established presses, nor have a book under contract to a publisher at the time of application. Chapbooks or work published in literary journals are acceptable.
Former Emerging Voices Fellows are not eligible to reapply.
SELECTION CRITERIA & PROCESS: Given the highly competitive nature of the selection process for this fellowship, we advise using care in your project application. Though the application will be assessed as a whole, fellows will be selected primarily based on the strength of the writing sample by a committee of established writers and publishing professionals, former fellows, and PEN America staff. We encourage you to submit writing that best showcases your work.
Closely review all required materials listed below. Please be mindful of the specific application requests. Failure to follow instructions carefully will result in disqualification. Late applications will not be accepted, without exception. We suggest you submit early to avoid technical issues. Applicants may only submit in one genre to the 2022 fellowship.
The selection decisions of PEN America will be final and not subject to review. We regret that due to the volume of applications, we will not be able to provide any individualized feedback at any point during or after the application process. General questions about the application process sent to ev@pen.org will be answered at the discretion of PEN America.
pen.org/emerging-voices-fellowship/
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2022 Editorial Fellowship
A Public Space
DEADLINE: January 31, 2022
INFO: A Public Space is pleased to announce that applications for the 2022 Editorial Fellowship, a program for aspiring editors, will open on January 3, 2022. It is our hope to support the next generation of editors who will offer a more diverse publishing community—culturally, aesthetically, economically.
This is a 9-month working fellowship, from March 15, 2022 through December 15, 2022, and is designed to provide practical, hands-on experience as well as mentorship and education in editing and independent publishing. A Public Space is an independent, nonprofit publisher. The Editorial Fellow will be an integral part of the staff and will be involved with all programs, which include a literary and arts magazine, A Public Space Books, an academy, and APS Together, a series of virtual book clubs.
The Editorial Fellow’s responsibilities will include assisting with management of submissions; reading and reporting on incoming manuscripts; research; proofreading; and general office work, including filing, responding to emails, newsletters, website updates, and database maintenance.
Additionally, the Editorial Fellow will participate in editorial meetings; receive training in all aspects of editing, from evaluating submissions through to publication of a piece; meet regularly with the senior editorial staff to discuss the role of the editor and publishing history; and serve as the lead editor for a piece to be published in the magazine.
APPLICATION:
Time Period and Compensation: The Editorial Fellowship is a 9-month position, from March 15, 2022, through December 15, 2022. The Fellow will work 15 hours/week, and will receive compensation of $10,000.
A Public Space is based in New York City. The Editorial Fellow is expected to work remotely for 2022, and to attend occasional in-person meetings.
Eligibility: A strong interest in contemporary literature and in pursuing a career in publishing. Excellent verbal and written English-language communication skills. An ability and willingness to tackle any task at hand, work independently and meet deadlines. Individuals who bring diverse backgrounds and new perspectives to our work are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to aspiring editors who have not worked extensively in literary publishing, and who may have limited access to career opportunities in the industry. The Editorial Fellow must be a resident of New York City at the start of the Fellowship. A Public Space reserves the right to invite candidates to apply. Unfortunately, at this time A Public Space is unable to sponsor work visas.
Timeline: Applications for the 2022 Editorial Fellowship will be accepted via Submittable from January 3, 2022–January 31, 2022. Submissions for the Fellowships close at 11:59 p.m. (EST) on January 31, 2022. Successful applicants will be informed no later than March 1, 2022. The Fellowship will begin March 15, 2022.
Procedure: Please submit the following:
—A resume
—A cover letter describing your interest in A Public Space; how you envision the role of an editor; the influences and experience that you will bring to your work as an Editorial Fellow; and your goals for the fellowship and beyond. Please also include where you heard about the Editorial Fellowship.
—A short excerpt from a work by a non-establishment writer; and a brief statement (250 words max.) on why this writer and passage appeals, and why you feel work such as this should be championed by editors.
—A short (250 words max.) review of a book you read recently. Please include how you learned about the book—whether from a review, social media, a bookstore or library recommendation, a chance encounter.
Note that we only accept PDF or Word files (.doc and .docx). Please submit all application materials as one file. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
apublicspacedemo.submittable.com/submit
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GOOD STORY GRANT
Good Story Company
DEADLINE: January 31, 2022 by 11:59pm CST
INFO: The 2022 Good Story Grant aims to help two writers reach the next step in their creative journeys. This grant is open to writers of all skill levels, and working in all genres and categories. The award is $1,500 US, used however you’d like … as long as it has to do with writing and helps you tell your story. This year’s award is two grants. One open to all writers and one open to writers who identify as BIPOC, with the aim of championing underrepresented voices.
WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT?
Imagine if you had $1,500 to put toward your writing goals.
What might you do with that kind of money?
take a research trip that will finally make your book project real
take time off work to write
fix your writing computer
start a podcast
flesh out your reference library
take the first step to independently publishing your life’s work
attend a writers’ conference for the first time
interview someone amazing
work with an editor or illustrator to bring your idea to life
do something brave
But we don’t need to tell you what you could do with $1,500. You know exactly what you need to do next.
Now you can tell us what a $1,500 grant would mean to you, and how you plan to use the money. If you tell us a good story—and show us that you mean to follow through—the Good Story Grant is yours.
GRANT RULES:
To be eligible to apply for this Good Story Grant, you must:
be over 18 years of age as of the application deadline (January 31st, 2022)
be able to receive and use funds in US dollars sent via PayPal
write one personal essay (500 words maximum) about what you plan to do with the grant funds and why this opportunity is so important to you in your creative development
establish a timeline for how the funds will be used
establish a deliverable or goal that you will achieve once the grant is used
get one letter of recommendation from a mentor or teacher (250 words maximum each) about your writing and creative activities—as well as your attitude and work ethic—that speak to how you will use these grant funds to learn, grow, and succeed
have a kick-butt idea for what you want to do next!
be available to write a 1,000-word essay for the Good Story Blog or interview for the Good Story Podcast about your experience once the grant process concludes and you have achieved your deliverable
HOW TO APPLY:
Applications for the Good Story Grant are open through 11:59 CST on January 31st, 2022. This includes your letter of reference, which must be received by that time in order for your application to be considered complete.
An email announcement will go out to everyone who submitted a complete application about their status no later than February 26th, 2022.
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AWARD FOR COLLEGE WRITERS
Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation
DEADLINE: January 31, 2022
INFO: The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is proud to host the annual Hurston/Wright Awards for College Writers, which is the only award of its kind that recognizes Black college writers. The award is the foundation’s first program. It was initiated to support emerging Black artists in fiction and poetry enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate school program anywhere in the United States. For the past four years, Amistad, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, has sponsored the award.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & PROCEDURES OF AWARDS COMPETITION:
Submissions for the award open November 1 and close January 31. Submissions are judged by distinguished published authors in fiction and poetry. Writers will be notified in March whether their submissions were accepted or not accepted. Awards, which include a cash prize, will be announced in May. Award winners will be invited to attend the Legacy Award ceremony that is hosted in October in Washington, DC.
REQUIREMENTS:
Black writers who are full-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs (including low-residency MFA programs) at a college or university in the United States are eligible to submit a work of fiction or poetry. They must be enrolled at the time of submission. Students in online-only courses are not eligible.
Writers who have published books, including poetry chapbooks or fiction narratives, through any publishing platform, are not eligible.
All work submitted must be original and unpublished at the time of submission. Hurston/Wright does not accept simultaneous submissions.
Author name and contact information should not appear on the submission.
Winning works may be published in whole or in part by Hurston/Wright online or print. Your submission gives the Hurston/Wright Foundation permission to publish an excerpt or the entire work. The author retains all rights.
Hurston/Wright maintains the right to decline any submission not deemed eligible.
GUIDELINES:
The original creative work submitted should be formatted as follows:
Fiction:
No more than 20 pages of fiction, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, and within 1-inch margins.
Put title of the work on each page of the submission.
Do not put the author’s name on the pages of the work. Provide a separate page with the title of the work, name and contact information of author, school and year of study.
Poetry:
Maximum of 3 poems.
The submission must total at least 120 lines or more.
Do not include the author’s name on the pages of poetry. Provide a separate page with the title of the work, name and contact information of author, school and year of study.
hurstonwright.org/programs/college-awards/
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With Honor and Pride Fellowship
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
DEADLINE: January 31, 2022 at midnight CST
INFO: The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow is a non-profit in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, that offers writing residencies and hosts literary workshops, retreats, and events. We currently have a fellowship opportunity that your writers may be interested in.
With Honor and Pride is for writers who are or were U.S. service members. Work may be any literary genre: fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose. There is no expectation that the work be of a military-themed subject, attitude, or experience. Rather, the successful applicant will demonstrate literary merit and the likelihood of publication. Prior publication is not a requirement.
The fellowship winner will receive a two-week residency at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. Our fellowships provide uninterrupted writing time, a European-style gourmet dinner served on weeknights, the camaraderie of other professional writers when desired, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics.
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Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing 2022-23
Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts
DEADLINE: February 1, 2022
INFO: Named for Bucknell's renowned literary alumnus ('54) and initiated in fall 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers up to four months of unfettered writing time for a writer working on a first or second book of fiction or creative nonfiction.
The residency provides an apartment in Bucknell's Writers' Cottage and a stipend of $5,000.
stadlercenter.slideroom.com/#/login/program/62999
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ROLLING SUBMISSIONS
OPEN CALL: EYEBEAM CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Eyebeam Center
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is a grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets.
The funds distributed to artists will assist with research, travel, and other expenses many media outlets struggle to cover, allowing stories that are often out of reach in today’s climate to be produced. And, in an effort to be responsive to an ever-fluctuating news cycle, artists will be able to apply to ECFJ for support of their work on a rolling basis. Artists with longer-term, research-intensive projects are also encouraged to apply. Grant support will range from $500 to $5,000.
All applicants must read the ECFJ Open Call page before applying: https://eyebeam.org/ecfj
Eligibility:
Individuals and collectives can apply. Collectives must have work samples that reflect a history of working together.
International applicants are welcome.
Applicants must have an existing commission letter from an editor.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
At this stage of the program, all applications must be in English.
Criteria
ECFJ is a grant-making program that financially supports artists producing innovative journalistic work for major media outlets. Artists applying must have demonstrated track record of working with major media outlets.
Artists creating work with a focus on the following issues are encouraged to apply:
Data privacy
2018/2020 elections
Role of technology in society
Political influence campaigns
Interrogating harmful technologies
Countering disinformation
Artificial Intelligence
Each applicant must provide:
300-word project description
Assignment letter from editor
A reference contact or letter of support
Two samples of past work
Detailed budget of expenses (travel costs, per diem and research costs are acceptable)
At this time, final pieces must be in English.
All applications should be in alignment with Eyebeam’s core values of:
Openness: All the work here is driven by an open-source ethos.
Invention: We build on old ideas to generate new possibilities.
Justice: Technology by artists is a move towards equity and democracy.
Equity and Inclusion: Eyebeam aims to create a hub for conversation and practice-sharing that is aware and responsive to systemic inequities in technology and invests in the meaningful inclusion of historically marginalized groups and voices. Eyebeam is committed to and values diversity in its organization and programs as defined by gender, race, ethnicity, disability-status, age, sexual orientation, immigrant status, and socioeconomic status. With a history rooted in innovation and collaboration Eyebeam’s programs are grounded in artist-community dialogue. Eyebeam supports the meaningful access to technology for everyone.
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CALL FOR IMMIGRANT WRITERS
ẹwà
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: ẹwà is an independent journal that publishes original work exclusively by immigrant writers — foreign-born and first-generation — living in the United States. We are interested in poetry, fiction, memoir, personal essay, lyric, hybrid forms as well as non-academic cultural criticism.
A few things:
Submissions are accepted year-round, on a rolling basis.
We do not accept previously published material (in print or online).
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us right away if your work is accepted anywhere else.
We accept multiple submissions in all genres of writing. We also accept co-/multiple-authored works, but please make sure that appropriate permissions have been granted.
To submit, please send your work in a single document containing no more than six pages of writing to submit@ewajournal.com.
TERMS: ẹwà requests first rights, worldwide, and the right to include the work on the ẹwà website indefinitely. After publication, all rights revert to the author. Copyright always remains with the author. Should your work be republished elsewhere in the future, please credit ẹwà with its first publication. Our terms will be updated as necessary.
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CALL FOR MENTORS
Latinx in Publishing
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program is a volunteer-based initiative that offers the opportunity for unpublished and/or unagented writers who identify as Latinx (mentees) to strengthen their craft, gain first-hand industry knowledge, and expand their professional connections through work with experienced published authors (mentors).
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A MENTOR
Must identify as Latinx (does not include individuals of Spanish origin)
Must have published at least one book prior to February 2020
Must be located in the U.S. during the course of the program
Must be available to dedicate at least one hour per month for a minimum of ten months
ABOUT THE WRITING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The next cycle of the program runs from February 2022 through October 2022.
Applications for 2022 mentees will open in September, 2021. Applications for mentors are open on a rolling basis.
Mentees must complete a sign-up survey and submit 5-10 pages of sample writing.
Mentors must complete a sign-up survey and review mentor guidelines.
We match individuals based on category and time- commitment preferences. The sign-up survey will help us make the best matches between mentor and mentee.
Please be aware that not everyone who applies will be matched.
Participants will be notified of their mentor-mentee match and provided with contact information by January 2022.
Mentors and mentees will connect for one hour per month over a minimum of ten months.
The program will close in October 2022, but if the mentor and mentee would like to continue their mentor relationship, it is entirely at their discretion.
Please be aware that the Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program is a volunteer-based initiative. Latinx in Publishing will not be held responsible for mediating any relations between mentors and mentees once the program ends.
https://latinxinpublishing.com/mentorship
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Unmute Magazine
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Unmute Magazine, is a digital mag that aims to lift the voices of BIPOC creatives who’ve been historically marginalized.
They are accepting the following submissions (must be arts-related):
Album/EP or concert review (600-800 words).
A review of your own music or art including a discussion of the inspiration behind it (600-800 words).
Art-related how-to article (600-800 words).
Interviews (an introductory paragraph and five written questions).
Reflections / Essays (up to 1,500 words).
Song or poem including a discussion of the inspiration behind it (may submit up to four for review).
Photograph(s), illustrations, art (JPEG or PNG format).
Have your own idea? Please pitch it to us!
Please submit the following with your piece:
A third-person bio of up to 100 words.
(Optional) Photo as JPEG or PNG format for your bio.
(Optional) Up to 3 links to social media (i.e. Spotify, Soundcloud, website, Instagram, etc).
Submission Rules:
Written works and bio must be submitted in Word or Pages format
By submitting you agree to be considered for publication in Unmute Magazine.
Work must be original.
Unmute Magazine retains standard first publication rights for submissions. All rights immediately revert to the creator upon publication.
It may take several weeks for a response, but your submission will be read. If accepted, you will be notified.
By submitting to Unmute Magazine, you agree to be added to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Please email your submission to Submissions (at) unmutemagazine (dot) com