call for submissions: “Why I Stayed” anthology
Taevo Publishing
SUBMISSION PERIOD: April 1 - June 30, 2024
INFO: Taevo Publishing wants to elevate your voice and publish your story. One that explores the truths behind intimate partner violence from actual survivors. Raising awareness regarding domestic violence is very important to us at Taevo.
Why I Stayed will be an anthology of 40,000 – 50,000 words, edited by Tamara Mayo and a to-be-appointed editor, featuring stories from survivors of intimate partner violence.
This anthology will be part one of a two-part book series – the goal being to bring a deeper understanding and empathy to domestic violence victims, and to hopefully shift the narrative away from blaming the victim and using verbiage such as, “She’s choosing to stay in that relationship, so clearly she just wants it to happen…”
We welcome well-told stories that explore the truths about how domestic partner violence doesn’t start on a physical level – these stories should explore how the victim was first exposed to mental and emotional abuse that wore them down internally before any actual physical abuse began,
Note: Book Two is entitled, “Why I Left”, and is a celebration of how survivors overcame and found the strength to leave their abusive situations. Authors who are accepted for the first anthology will need to submit a separate piece when submissions open for that book.
Own voices and diversity
At Taevo Publishing, we want people of all backgrounds to be heard – this includes men who may have found themselves in a domestic violence situation yet are ashamed to admit it for fear of being labeled “weak”.
We understand the sensitive nature of this topic and the need for some writers to use a pen name or pseudonym for privacy or safety purposes. Usage of a pseudonym is permitted.
No AI-generated pieces
While we champion innovation and the advantages that AI offers, we will not accept AI-generated or AI-edited pieces.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
What you can submit:
Memoir excerpts up to 2,500 words
Short stories up to 3,000 words – we understand that some writers do not want to reveal their names or may need to change the names of those involved in order to avoid retaliation. This is not only permitted but encouraged.
Black-and-white art illustrations
Poetry – Up to 50 lines
No simultaneous submissions
Reprints are OK
Multiple submissions from one author are OK
If you feel you have a story or illustration that fits this anthology but doesn’t fit the guidelines perfectly, please do not self-reject your piece. We highly recommend that you submit it and give us the opportunity to see it first.
COMPENSATION:
We are paying a flat rate per submission.
$100 per memoir excerpt
$100 per short story
$50 per poem
$50-$100 per illustration (it depends on the size and complexity of the image)
HOW TO SUBMIT:
To ensure that your manuscript is not auto-rejected, please follow these guidelines:
Write a brief cover letter describing yourself and your story.
If your submission does not meet the exact guidelines above, please explain how
For memoirs, short stories, or poems:
Format your story according to SMF (standard manuscript format). Need an example? Here’s a link to a comprehensive sample of how to format your manuscript.
Save your document in Word, Open Office, or as a plain text document
Name the document file as: “Author Name – Title of Story or Poem”
For art:
Save your work in .PNG, Photoshop, or Illustrator format
Name the document file as: “Artist Name – Title of Piece”
Email submissions@taevopublishing.com with the following:
Subject: Why I Stayed Anthology Submission: “Title of the Piece”
Body: Put your cover letter here
Attachment: The piece you’re submitting
Note: If you need special accommodation for your submission, or if certain aspects of the guidelines cannot be fulfilled due to accessibility needs, please email us. Taevo Publishing wants our anthology submission call to be open to everyone. We are always happy to assist.
taevopublishing.com/why-i-stayed-anthology-submission/
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CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANTS
Creative Capital
DEADLINE: April 4, 2024
INFO: For our 25th Anniversary, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities.
Grants are awarded via a democratic, national, open call, external review process. Our goal is to fund individual artists creating conceptually, aesthetically, and formally challenging, risk-taking, and never-before-seen projects.
GRANT APPLICATION DETAILS:
Creative Capital is committed to groundbreaking ideas that challenge what art can be. As Creative Capital Awardees have demonstrated, socially impactful ideas are embedded in a myriad of artistic forms and practices. We invite artists to propose experimental, original, bold projects in the visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms which push boundaries formally and/or thematically.
We invite artists to select a primary discipline for their proposals based on which experts are most suited and qualified to review the project proposal, with the understanding that radical art is often by nature interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or antidisciplinary. By choosing to apply within a certain disciplinary category, we are asking you to choose how you want to frame the discussion around your work and to indicate which experts are most qualified to evaluate your project proposal.
2025: 50 Grants
Visual Arts: including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, multimedia, installation, video art, performance art, new genres, craft, and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices
Performing Arts: including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), jazz, music, opera, singing, and socially engaged and/or sustainable performing arts-based practices
Film/Moving Image: including experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices
Technology: including augmented reality/virtual reality, bio art, data visualization, hardware, software, digital media, internet art, and socially engaged and/or sustainable technology-based practices
Literature: including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and socially engaged and/or sustainable literature-based practices
APPLICATION CYCLE:
ROUND I: Tell us your idea. Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
Along with your project title, one line project description (25 words max), project description (250 words max), resume (1 page max), and artist website (if applicable), please answer the following questions:
How does your project take an original and imaginative approach to content and form? Please be as specific as possible. (150 words)
Please place your work in context so we may better evaluate it. What are the main influences upon your work as an artist? How does your past work inform your current project? Please use concrete examples, which may include other artists’ work, art movements, cultural heritage, science, philosophy, research/work from outside the arts field, etc. (150 words)
What kind of impact—artistic, intellectual, communal, civic, social, political, environmental, etc.—do you hope your project will have? What strategies will you employ to achieve the desired impact? (100 words)
Who are the specific audiences/communities that you hope to engage through this project? Please think beyond the broader art community where possible. How are you hoping to reach them? (100 words)
How might your proposed project act as a catalyst for your artistic and professional growth? In what ways is it a pivotal moment in your practice? (100 words)
In addition to funding, Creative Capital also provides scaffolding and support services for awardees (such as expert consultations, gatherings, alumni network, workshops). How would our non-monetary services help you to realize your goals for this project and/or your long-term artistic and professional growth? (100 words)
ROUND II: Project Details
Project itemized budget (1 page)
Project timeline (1 page)
Work samples (see application handbook for guidelines)
ROUND III: Final Panel Review
Submit proof of eligibility.
Confirm collaborators (if applicable)
Project updates (optional, 100 words max)
Full application guidelines are outlined in the Application Handbook.
All applications are reviewed by external reviewers who are scholars, curators, artists, past awardees, and experts in the field. The final recommendations for the awards are reviewed and then ratified by our Board. Awardees are announced in January 2025. Under no circumstances will the reasons for the rejection of an application be provided.
Any awarded projects which are directly related to any of the 17 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals will have the opportunity to have the “Way” or the icon of that UN Sustainable Development goal attached to their project on the Creative Capital website in effort to advance the global dialogue around these critical issues impacting the future of our communities, our planet, and beyond. In keeping with the spirit of the 17 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, we too have an expansive definition of “sustainability” that goes far beyond climate change and the environmental challenges we face—including: good health and wellbeing, affordable and clean energy, reduced inequalities, life on land, and peace, justice, and strong institutions.
2025 CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANT TIMELINE:
These dates may change.
March 4 to April 4, 2024: Letter of Inquiries (LOI) accepted
April 4, 2024 4:00 PM Eastern Time / New York Time: LOI deadline
June 2024: Notification of advancement to Round II
September 2024: Notification of advancement to Final Panel Review
January 2025: Public announcement of 2025 Creative Capital Awards
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY:
US citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 visa holder
At least 25 years old
Working artist(s) with at least 5 years of professional artistic practice
Applicant may not be enrolled in a degree-granting program
May not apply to the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant program in the same year
May not have previously received a Creative Capital Award
May not be an applicant or collaborator on more than one proposed project per year
Projects that are not eligible
Projects whose main purpose is promotional
Project is to fund ongoing operations of existing business
Curation or documentation of existing work
Projects that will be completed before January, 2025.
JUROR INFORMATION:
Creative Capital invites regional, national, and international experts in a wide range of disciplines to serve in our review process. External reviewers are offered honoraria for their time and expertise. All external reviewer names are confidential until the awards are announced.
creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award
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FIRST PAGES PRIZE
DEADLINE: April 10, 2024
SUBMISSION FEE: $20
JUDGE: Edwidge Danticat
INFO: Our mission is to discover, recognize and encourage emerging voices through the annual creative nonfiction and fiction FIRST PAGES PRIZE awards.
Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the FIRST PAGES PRIZE invites you to enter your FIRST FIVE PAGES (1250 words) of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction.
Winners receive cash awards, a developmental mentorship, and an agent consultation.
PRIZES:
Five prizes are awarded annually to emerging writers.
The competition is for writers who are NOT currently represented by a literary agent.
The top three winners in each category of Fiction and Creative Nonfiction receive a cash award (1st - $2,000, 2nd - $1,500, 3rd - $1000)
A Developmental Mentorship that will include virtual meetings to discuss your work, review of select pieces of your work and potentially a written report from the mentor. Each mentor/mentee experience will reflect the needs of the winning writer.
Consultation with an agent via Zoom
Cash prizes are not transferable. The tailored edit and agent consultation are not transferable or redeemable.
ELIGIBILITY - Entrants
Eligible writers from anywhere in the world may enter.
Entrants must be individuals (not a company or organization) and submission must be the entrant’s original work.
Entrants must be over 18 years of age at the time of entering their work.
Entrants must be currently unagented. If you are represented by or signed with an agent, you are NOT eligible to enter.
If an entrant signs with an agent prior to winners being announced and their entry is still in our review process and has not been declined, notify First Pages Prize immediately to withdraw and have the entry fee will refunded (minus fees).
Entrants may submit more than one entry. Each entry needs to be submitted as a separate entry and you need to pay the fee for each entry.
Entrants must submit the work using their name, not a pen name. A pen name may be used when announcing their win, if requested.
By entering, entrants accept that their email address is added to the mailing list of the First Pages Prize.
By entering, winners accept that quotes from their entry and their photo and bio details may be used to promote the First Pages Prize.
This competition is NOT OPEN to members of the board or employees of The First Page Prize, Inc., The de Groot Foundation, the reviewers or judge. Family members of the aforementioned are also NOT eligible.
ELIGIBILITY - Entries
Entries are blinded. The entrant’s name MUST NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript of the entry to ensure judging anonymity. The entrant’s full name (initials included) MUST NOT be part of the story title. Any entry failing to comply with this rule is immediately disqualified without refund of entry fee.
Must be your unpublished, original work.
Must be written in English.
Entries may be for works of Fiction or Creative Non-Fiction.
Must not infringe upon the copyright of any person or entity.
No entry will be returned or kept after the winners have been announced.
Entries will be acknowledged upon completion of submission.
Copyright remains with the author.
Entrants may submit more than one entry. Each entry needs to be submitted as a separate entry and you need to pay the fee for each entry.
Entries (or drafts of entries) that previously entered the First Pages Prize and did not place 1st, 2nd or 3rd or 4th or 5th are eligible to enter.
WORKS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE:
Previously published entries (including on a website, Wattpad or any other online or offline platform).
Entries (or drafts of entries) that won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in any other competition.
Translated works.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS are possible, however, if your entry wins 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in another competition you must notify the First Pages Prize immediately by emailing info@firstpagesprize.com. If your entry is still in our review process and has not been declined, you must withdraw your submission and your entry fee will be refunded.
HOW TO ENTER:
All submissions must be made through the Submittable platform https://firstpagesprize.submittable.com/submit
Please submit the first pages (1,250 words maximum) of a longer work of fiction or creative non-fiction.
Kindly double space your pages, using Times New Roman 12-point font.
Name your file with your story title and make sure your story title does not include your name. Include your story title on the top of the first page of your submission.
Acceptable file types are .PDF, .DOCX, .RTF, .ODT, .DOC, and .TXT
Entries for the 2024 competition open on March 1, 2024 at 00:00 am Pacific Standard Time and close on April 10, 2024 at 23:59 (11:59 p.m.) Pacific Standard Time. An extended entry period opens on April 10, 2024 at 00:00 am Pacific Standard Time and closes on April 24, 2024 at 23:59 (11:59 p.m.) Pacific Standard Time. Please check a time zone converter to avoid disappointment and inability to enter http://www.timebie.com/std/pst.php or https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com
Only submissions received and paid for within the entry periods will be considered.
Entries that are not paid for, are incomplete, corrupted or submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
The entry fee is $20 US dollars per entry. The extended entry fee is $35 US dollars per entry.
No alteration may be made to the entry once it is submitted.
By entering this competition, each entrant agrees to be bound by the competition guidelines, terms and conditions.
REVIEW + JUDGING PROCESS:
All entries to the First Pages Prize are submitted to a blinded review process. Reviewers and judge do not know the identity of entrants submitting.
Our judging criteria are: quality of writing (including character development and originality), a sense of story or bigger narrative emerging, and how much the reviewers and judge are hooked by the writing.
Our review and judging process adheres to the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics (see below).
Only winners will be contacted.
No individual feedback will be provided except to the top five Finalists.
The decisions of the reading panel and judge are final. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the judging process.
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2024 GULF COAST PRIZES
Gulf Coast Journal
DEADLINE: April 10, 2024
ENTRY FEE: $26
INFO: The 2024 Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction are now officially open.
Our final judges this year will be Zaina Arafat (Fiction), Monica Youn (Poetry), and Edgar Gomez (Nonfiction).
AWARD: The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast to the winner in each genre. Two honorable mentions in each genre are awarded $250. All entries are considered for publication and the entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast.
Entries for the Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction and Nonfiction should be a single prose work not exceeding 7,000 words. Entrants for the Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry may submit up to five poems not exceeding 10 total pages in length. We only accept submissions via Submittable.
Entrants may submit more than once or in more than one genre, but each new entry must be accompanied by a separate $26 entry fee.
CONTEST GUIDELINES:
Submit your work as a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
The contest will be judged blindly, so please do not include your cover letter, your name, or any contact information in the uploaded document. This information should only be pasted in the “Comments” field in Submittable.
Submittable accepts all major credit cards for the $26 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast.
gulfcoastmag.org/contests/gulf-coast-prize
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The Himalayan Emerging Writers Residency
The Himalayan Writing Retreat
DEADLINE: April 10, 2024
INFO: The residency offers emerging writers an opportunity to live, learn and write with the Himalayas as their muse. The residency aims to help writers finish their writing projects and make their debut. It’s going to be hard work, and fun.
If you are a writer from South Asia looking to escape your everyday monotony and take time to focus on your craft and your important project, please apply.
ELIGIBILITY:
You must be above 18 years of age and be a citizen of any South Asian country.
You could be working on a fiction, non-fiction or children’s book. Academic/Technical writers are not eligible for this residency.
While we deeply appreciate poetry and translation and hold courses for both, these are not included in the ambit of this residency.
The project you are working on should be your own original work. Ghost writers are not eligible.
This residency is for emerging writers not traditionally published yet. If you are a published writer of repute, please consider any of the other residencies listed here.
If you are a self-published author never traditionally published, you may apply.
Each application needs to be accompanied by a payment of INR 250.
We’ll accept a maximum of ten writers.
himalayanwritingretreat.com/emerging-writers-residency/
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BAC 2024 FALL MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESIDENCY
Bethany Arts Community
DEADLINE: April 10, 2024 by 11:59pm EST
INFO: Bethany Arts Community (BAC) offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works-in-progress. BAC welcomes artists working across any discipline and medium, including visual artists, sculptors, writers, playwrights, choreographers, musicians, composers, performance artists, filmmakers, and more to our Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. Any and all artistic mediums are encouraged to apply. Enjoy an environment where artists from different disciplines and walks of life can work in community and near each other, creating opportunities for generative collaboration and cross-pollination.
Residents will be surrounded by uninhibited creativity during their time at BAC, in the form of other Multidisciplinary Residents, local studio artists, BAC staff and board members, those presenting programs on campus, and more!
A unique component of residencies at BAC is Community Programming. As part of a residency, we ask each artist to develop and facilitate a Community Program related to their residency plan. This part of the residency is an opportunity for artists to engage with the local community in Ossining and Westchester County, and for the local community to engage with artists through their work.
The Fall Multidisciplinary Residency runs for two sessions, September 23 to October 7 and October 18 to November 4, each with its own cohort. Artists are provided room & board, a private studio conducive to artists’ medium and/or project, 3 basic meals a day*, and a $225 stipend per week upon completion of the residency. Artist is responsible for transportation to and from BAC and any supplies or materials needed for their practice. We ask that you only apply if you can stay for the entire length of this residency.
*Please note for the 3 meals included during the residency, Bethany Arts Community is only able to accommodate for vegan, plant-based, vegetarian, dairy-free, and/or gluten-free diets. We are currently unable to accommodate severe allergies (celiac's disease, tree nut allergy, peanut allergy, etc.) and other commonly-used ingredient allergies (garlic, allium allergy, etc). Please contact submit@bethanyarts.org with any questions or help making arrangements if you have an allergy.
Artist team applications will only be considered for groups up to 3 members.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Application Deadline: April 10, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST
Letters of Recommendation Deadline: April 17, 2024 at 11:59PM EST
As letters of recommendation (LORs) are sent out at the time of application submission, we give applicants another week to ensure that their LORs are in. Please ensure your LORs are submitted by this deadline to be considered for this residency.
Notifications: May 28, 2024
We're having two Q&A sessions for this residency application on March 27 & April 3, 2024 from 5-6PM EST. If you're interested in attending, please email submit@bethanyarts.org for the Zoom link. Attending these sessions will not impact the selection process for residency.
bethanyarts.submittable.com/submit/290581/bac-2024-fall-multidisciplinary-residency
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Kerouac Project Writers-in-Residence program
The Kerouac Project of Orlando
DEADLINE: April 14, 2024 at 11:59pm
SUBMISSION FEE: $50
INFO: The Kerouac Project provides six residencies a year to writers of any stripe or age, living anywhere in the world. Each residency consists of approximately a two-month stay in the cottage where Jack Kerouac wrote his novel The Dharma Bums.
While at the Kerouac House, each writer stays free with their utilities covered and a $600 food and supplies stipend to use during their residency. The residents are required to participate in four events: a welcome potluck dinner held in their honor, two creative workshops, and a final reading of their work at the end of their residency. They are also encouraged to participate in other readings and events around the Central Florida literary community, but this is not necessary.
RESIDENCY SLOTS:
The 2024-2025 residency slots to be filled are as follows:
Residency 1: September 1 through October 20, 2024
Residency 2: November 1, 2024 through December 22, 2024
Residency 3: January 3, 2025 through February 23, 2025
Residency 4: March 1, 2025 through April 20, 2025
Residency 5: May 1, 2025 through June 22, 2025
Residency 6: July 1, 2025 through August 2, 2025
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SUBMISSIONS CALL: all categories
Electric Literature
DEADLINE: April 14, 2024 (or until the submission cap of 750 is reached)
INFO: Electric Literature will open for submissions in ALL CATEGORIES. We have a number of categories, including Essays, Recommended Reading, and The Commuter.
The Commuter Prose, Poetry, and Graphic Narrative Submissions — The Commuter will open for submissions on April 1, 2024 for two weeks or until the submission cap of 750 is reached.
The Commuter is our home for poetry, flash, graphic, and experimental narratives. It publishes weekly on Wednesday morning, and has showcased the likes of Caroline Hadilaksono, Aleksandar Hemon, Jonathan Lethem, Lindsay Hunter, Tahirah Alexander Green, and Julia Wertz.
Please keep the following guidelines in mind:
For Prose, submit one or more pieces, either standalone or connected, in a single document. The total word count should not exceed 1500 words. We encourage writers to push boundaries.
For Poetry, submit 4–6 poems in a single document, and please limit the page count to 8. Keep in mind that due to our digital platform, not all poems may render exactly as they appear in a PDF.
For Graphic Narrative, we are interested in both traditional and non-traditional forms of visual storytelling. Submit up to 3 pieces of narrative illustration, comics, mixed media narrative, or genre-negative oddments. For comics, each piece should contain a minimum of 3 panels. The total page count of your submission should not exceed 20 pages.
Please submit all genres in .doc, .docx, or PDF.
Please submit only once per category.
Work previously published in any form cannot be considered.
Please include your email address.
If your work is selected, we offer a total payment of $100.
Writers with a submission pending with Recommended Reading may still submit to The Commuter.
All submissions will be accepted through our Submittable page. For a sense of the kind of work we publish, check out recent issues of The Commuter, our 280-character contest winners, and Recommended Reading’s 300th issue.
Recommended Reading General Fiction Submissions — Recommended Reading will open for submissions on April 1, 2024 for two weeks or until the submission cap of 750 is reached.
Members of Electric Literature can submit year-round. Join today!
Recommended Reading publishes fiction between 2,000 and 10,000 words. (For fiction shorter than 2,000 words, check for open submission periods to The Commuter.)
Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please notify us immediately if a piece is accepted elsewhere. Work previously published in any form cannot be considered.
Response time is six to eight months.
Upon acceptance, we can offer authors $300 for publishing rights.
During the general submissions periods, writers may submit one piece per period. (This does not apply to year-round submitting members. For more information on member submissions, please refer to the welcome email you received when you signed up as a member or reach out to wynter@electricliterature.com.)
Writers with a submission pending with The Commuter can still submit to Recommended Reading.
Please do not submit a story already previously rejected by Electric Literature, even if the story has been revised (unless you've been invited to do so by an EL editor).
For candid advice from our editors on how to polish your first pages and revise your work, check out our "Submission Roulette II" event and our video "How to Get Published in Recommended Reading."
Essays - Personal Narrative — Personal Narrative Essays will open for submissions on April 1, 2024 for two weeks or until the submission cap of 750 is reached.
Members of Electric Literature can submit year-round. Join today!
Submissions must be full drafts of personal essays submitted via Submittable
While there are no restrictions on form or subject matter, submissions should center narrative and consider what it means to essay; in other words, write to interrogate, investigate, adventure, and introspect
Submissions must be between 2,000 and 6,500 words in length
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know immediately if a submission is accepted elsewhere
Previously published work will not be considered
Response time is approximately six to eight months
Writers may submit once per submission period, but writers can have active submissions across other EL categories. (This does not apply to year-round submitting members. For more information on member submissions, please refer to the welcome email you received when you signed up as member, or email wynter@electricliterature.com.)
Upon acceptance, we can offer authors $100 for publishing rights, with 90-day exclusivity
For more information on what we’re looking for, please watch our salon on EL’s General Nonfiction Program
electricliterature.submittable.com/submit
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Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships
Jerome Foundation
DEADLINE: April 15, 2024 BY 4:00pm CT / 5:00pm ET
INFO: Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support early career Minnesota- and New York City-based generative artists who take creative risks in exploring, expanding, imagining, or re-imagining creative practices and experiences; reclaiming or reviving traditional forms in original ways; and/or questioning, challenging, or disrupting cultural norms.
Jerome Foundation seeks to support artists who are creating, developing, and presenting imaginative work that is deeply considered, presented with technical skill, is compelling, and offers a distinctive vision and authentic voice. This three-year Fellowship supports artists who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens, and consciously work with a sense of service and responsibility.
Support is directed to early career artists, which Jerome Foundation defines as within their 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
Fellows receive $60,000 over three consecutive years ($20,000 each year) to support their time and expenses for the creation of new work, artistic development and/or professional artistic career development. The Foundation expects to award a total of 45 fellowships across 7 artistic fields.
jeromefdn.org/jerome-hill-artist-fellowship
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Emerging Artist & Writers Residency
Centrum Foundation
APPLICATION PERIOD: April 15 - June 30, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Centrum is thrilled to announce the open call for applications to all of the 2025 Residency Programs. These programs include:
EMERGING ARTIST & WRITERS RESIDENCY: The Emerging Artist and Writers Residency provides stipends, multiple resident gatherings, visiting artists & curators, and an open studio/public reading. This residency is aimed at writers, visual, and interdisciplinary artists in the Pacific Northwest who are towards the beginning of their creative paths and can benefit from the time to focus and receive support from a community of peers and specialists in their fields.
Stipend/Honorarium: $1500
Time of year: October
Length: 4 weeks
Applicants must live in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, or Montana
SELF-DIRECTED GENERAL RESIDENCIES: These residencies are largely solitary, with an optional weekly coffee meet-up with other residents. These happen Jan-June and August-December. This program is fee-based, with fee-waived scholarships available.
Cost: $450/week
Stipend/Honorarium: None, but a limited number of Scholarships for waived fees are available.
Time of year: August-June.
Length: 1-4 weeks
Applicants may come from anywhere in the world.
IN THE MAKING RESIDENCIES - SLOTS LIMITED!
These residencies have public-facing components that could be a workshop, a temporary installation, a performance, or another type of community engagement at some point during the residency. Stipends and funds for these vary and are project-specific. These happen throughout the year. If you have an idea for In the Making, indicate so on your application with a brief description, and if selected, we’ll follow up to plan it in more detail.
Cost: There is no fee charged for this residency.
Stipend/Honorarium: Dependent on scope of project and funding.
Time of year: Varies and depends on project. Typically between August-June.
Length: 1-4 weeks.
Applicants may come from all over the world.
centrum.org/program/artist-residencies/
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Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency
Adirondack Center for Writing
APPLICATION PERIOD: April 15 – May 19, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: The Adirondack Center for Writing offers a free, two-week residency annually in autumn to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. Six residents will be chosen: three from the Adirondack region (aka “The North Country”… see FAQ below for specifics) and three from anywhere in the world. Quality of written submissions is the primary consideration when accepting applications.
The residency is generously provided by the estate of Anne LaBastille, who wrote books capturing challenges of the region, including Woodswoman and Beyond Black Bear Lake from her cabin on Twitchell Lake. During the residency, writers will paddle to the site of her property and explore the lake with locals.
The Lodge at Twitchell Lake provides an abundance of physical space, and each resident has their own bedroom and bathroom. There are plenty of writing spaces in and around the property. Internet access is available, but limited (email ; Zoom ). Most cell phones will not work (a landline is available).
Covid-19 Requirements: Proof of vaccination is required. Residents who are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons will be required to provide proof of negative test upon arrival and can contact ACW with any COVID-19-related questions: info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Residency Dates: September 22 – October 6, 2024
Notification: July, 2024
FEE: There is no cost to attend the residency.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Cover Letter: In the space provided in Submittable (no attachments), include a brief, third-person bio and a work plan detailing your goals for this residency.
Writing Sample: Please send up to 10 pages of your best writing in the genre you will working in at the residency. Prose: 10 pages max. Poetry: 10 poems max. NOTE: Make sure your name does not show up anywhere in your writing sample. Writing samples that include your name will not be considered. Quality of written submissions will be our primary consideration when accepting applications.
adirondackcenterforwriting.org/residency/
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2024-2025 Baldwin Fellowship Program
Baldwin For The Arts
DEADLINE: April 15, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: The mission of Baldwin For The Arts is to support the creation of art that reflects the lived experiences of African, Asian, Caribbean, Indigenous, Hispanic/ Latino/a/x, and dual-heritage backgrounds.
A Baldwin Fellowship consists of a one-week private residency that includes exclusive use of a solo workspace, living accommodations, and three prepared meals per day. Unless you are accepted with an artistic partner to work on a joint project, please note that you will be the only artist-in-residence during the duration of your Fellowship.
DISCIPLINES:
Emerging and established artists of the Global Majority who specialize in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply:
**Literature: **All genres.
**Performance: **All disciplines which are performed in front of a live audience, including theater, music composition, and dance.
**Visual: **All art forms that use paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, and filmmaking (includes documentary, narrative, and experimental projects).
**Interdisciplinary: **All projects that use multiple disciplines, such as science, technology, literature, philosophy, to create new and unique artistic experiences.
IMPORTANT DATES:
April 15: Application Period Ends
April 30: References due
Mid-June: Interviews Scheduled for Final Round Applicants
Mid-July: Baldwin Fellows Announced
COST: Jacqueline Woodson created Baldwin For The Arts, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization to offer no-cost residencies for literary, performance, visual and interdisciplinary artists of the Global Majority. To ensure Baldwin Fellowships are as accessible as possible, we cover all costs for accepted Fellows including travel, room and board, all meals, artistic workspace and a modest budget for related materials and supplies.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
In addition to being an artist of the Global Majority, applicants should note that all applications must be submitted through SlideRoom and will require:
a [X-word] description of proposed project;
a brief description of proposed project;
an artist resume that lists education and/or training, relevant experience, awards and achievements, and other residencies attended;
Name and contact info for (1) professional reference and (1) peer reference;
sample(s) of current and/or past work (varies depending on discipline); and
A $25 non-refundable application processing fee paid online by debit or credit card. Please note that application fee waivers are available.
If your application makes it to the final round, you will be required to participate in a virtual interview with the application committee in June.
Currently, Baldwin For The Arts only provides Fellowships for artists of the Global Majority who reside in the US and Canada.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Poetry + Prose
Lampblack Magazine
DEADLINE: Extended to April 15, 2024
INFO: In the past year we have witnessed chaos and cruelty on an epic scale. While capitalism fuels armed conflicts across the known world, it simultaneously facilitates the broadcast of genocides in Palestine, Sudan, and Congo.
What creates the duty of community and who are its participants? What is its role? Lampblack’s Community issue seeks to interrogate these questions through writing.
This fourth issue of the Lampblack Magazine will feature authors who have participated in our various programs, as well as those we have yet to meet. By combining these elements, we hope to affirm and expand our community while giving readers a broader sense of today’s Black writerly thought and insight into where we stand during a world in conflict.
Offer us work that best represents who you are as a writer. We will consider all submissions, regardless singularly on the strength of its craft. If you are looking for a prompt, feel free to write about what community means to you.
We encourage you to read our Lab[our] issue to gain a sense of our aesthetic, which is available on our website and in local independent bookstores. If you cannot afford to purchase one of our Founders’ issues and would like to read it before submitting, please reach out to us at magazine@lampblacklit.com informing us of your situation and we will ensure you are provided with a digital copy of the magazine free of charge.
GUIDELINES: Please submit no more than 5 pages of poetry or 15 pages of prose
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WRITING FELLOWSHIP FOR NEW PARENTS
Pen Parentis
DEADLINE: April 17, 2024
FEES:
First Entry – FREE FOR ALL TITLE MEMBERS
Second Entry – FREE for all $15/mo SHARPENED PENCIL LEVEL members
Third entry – FREE for all $20/mo FOUNTAIN PEN LEVEL only members
INFO: One talented writer who is the parent of at least one child under 10 years old will receive $2000 to further their writing career, a year of mentorship, and will be offered the opportunity to read their winning story online at a Pen Parentis Literary Salon in Fall 2024. Their winning story will also be published in Dreamers Creative Writing Magazine (both online and in print) as well as included in the annual Dreamers Writing Anthology.
The second prize and third prize will likewise be welcomed into our Cycle of support and receive $500 and $250, respectively.
Submissions call for a new, never-published fiction story-any genre, on any subject-of up to 499 words.
Please note: we change the word count each year! One of the goals of this project is to keep parents working — motivating all writers to continue to create new high-quality creative writing at the busiest time of the parenting journey. We keep the word count intentionally low. Write something new! You can do it!
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Put only the title of the story and its word count on the manuscript. Nothing to identify the writer.
On that note, Judging is blind and based only on the following criteria:
Adherence to contest rules
Creativity
Narrative arc
Emotional truth
Elements of surprise, humor, writing skill, and/or layers of depth.
All genres and styles of unpublished fiction are welcome. Entry fees will not be refunded. Previous Pen Parentis Fellows and 2nd/3rd Prize winners are not eligible if they received a cash prize.
(Anyone who did not receive a cash award is encouraged to try again!)
Winner: Please list our Fellowship in your writing bio for the 12 months following your reading in NYC!
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“Telling True Stories” narrative nonfiction Fellowship
Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
DEADLINE: April 22, 2024 at midnight CST
APPLICATION FEE: $35
INFO: Writers of narrative nonfiction are invited to apply for this fellowship. It must be historically accurate, and it must tell a compelling story, but it can take a variety of forms, including memoirs, autobiography, biography, history, journalism, and even drama and poetry. It cannot be “fictionalized,” that is, fully or partially made up. Prior publication is not required. The writing sample must demonstrate good storytelling.
The fellowship winner will receive a two-week residency at WCDH to focus completely on their writing. Each writer’s suite has a bedroom, private bathroom, separate writing space, and wireless internet. We provide uninterrupted writing time, a European-style gourmet dinner prepared five nights a week and served in our community dining room, the camaraderie of other professional writers when desired, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics for other meals.
Fellowship applications must be accompanied by a writing sample and a non-refundable $35 application fee. Only one writing project may be proposed per application. Writers proposing more than one project must submit a separate application and fee for each one.
The winner will be announced no later than May 27, 2024. Residency must be completed by December 31, 2025.
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2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
Whiting Foundation
DEADLINE: April 23, 2024 by 11:59pm ET
INFO: The 2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant of $40,000 will be awarded to as many as ten writers in the process of completing a book-length work of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction for a general adult readership. It is intended for multiyear book projects requiring large amounts of deep and focused research, thinking, and writing at a crucial point mid-process, after significant work has been accomplished but when an extra infusion of support can make a difference in the ultimate shape and quality of the work.
Whiting welcomes applications for works of history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, science, philosophy, criticism, food or travel writing, graphic nonfiction, and personal essays, among other categories. Again, the work should be intended for a general, not academic, adult reader. Self-help titles, historical fiction, textbooks, books primarily for a scholarly audience, and books for young readers are not eligible. Examples of the wide range of previous grantees can be found here.
ELIGIBILITY:
Projects must be under contract with a publisher in Canada, the UK, or the US by April 23 to be eligible. Contracts with self-publishing companies are not eligible.
GUIDELINES:
Writers must submit the following materials via an online application form:
The original proposal that led to the contract with a publisher
Up to 25,000 words from your draft. Please submit full-length draft chapters, rather than short excerpts from across your book, to the extent the word count allows
A statement of work yet to be completed
A plan for use of funds
A signed and dated contract (please note that to be eligible, books must be under contract with a Canadian, UK, or US publisher – unfortunately, we can make no exceptions to this requirement)
A current resume
A list of grants, fellowships, or other funding received for the book
A letter of support from your publisher or editor
Each project under submission will have two first-round readers who will evaluate for substance and execution (while understanding that they are reading a work in progress). Finalists will be considered by a separate panel of judges who will evaluate for need in addition to substance and execution. Readers and judges will consist of experts in the field from Canada, the UK, and the US, and will serve anonymously to shield them from any external pressures. The grantees will be announced in December.
whiting.org/writers/creative-nonfiction-grant/about
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Nonfiction Prize
Autumn House Press
DEADLINE: April 30, 2024
INFO: For the 2024 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Clifford Thompson. The winner receives publication of their full-length manuscript and $2,500. The submission period closes April 30, 2024 (Eastern Time). We will announce the finalists and the winner of the contest by August 1, 2024.
GUIDELINES:
The winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 honorarium, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book
All finalists will be considered for publication
Nonfiction submissions should be approximately 150-300 double-spaced pages (37,500-75,000 words)
The reading fee is $35 (We will waive the submission fee for those undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Before you reach out to request a waived fee, please read our full statement and instructions here. If the guidelines are not followed, we will not be able to offer a waived fee.)
Personal essays and memoirs are eligible
The book should be previously unpublished
We only accept original manuscripts; AI-generated or AI-supported works are not accepted
Do not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript; if your name appears within the body of the text, please omit it or black it out (first name is fine, but last name must be omitted)
You may include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
Do not include a bio or an acknowledgments page in the manuscript
Feel free to include a table of contents (This does not count as part of your final page count)
Simultaneous submissions permitted
Friends, family members, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships.
Former employees of Autumn House, including interns, may not submit to the contest.
autumnhouse.org/submissions/nonfiction/
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AWP HBCU Fellowship Program
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
DEADLINE: April 30, 2024
INFO: Thriving undergraduate creative writing programs exist at many historically Black colleges and universities. Through the AWP HBCU Fellowship Program, we seek to uplift the work HBCU faculty are doing to support and establish creative writing programs at their institutions, as well as to provide HBCU students the opportunity to connect with peers from across the country.
To invite strong HBCU participation at the conference and to nurture and encourage new generations of Black writers within the AWP community, we award faculty and student fellowships to attend and participate in every annual AWP Conference & Bookfair. Current fellowships will send fellows to the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair!
MEET OUR CHOSEN CREATIVE ADVISOR:
Faculty and student fellows will have the opportunity to work and speak with our wonderful guest author, Tayari Jones!
New York Times bestselling writer Tayari Jones is the author of four novels, most recently An American Marriage, which was awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Jones, a 2021 Guggenheim fellow, has also been a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship. Her third novel, Silver Sparrow, was added to the NEA Big Read library of classics in 2016.
Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, the University of Iowa, and Arizona State University. She is an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University and a Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University.
In addition to helping to select the two HBCU faculty fellows, she will also lead multiple events on supporting creative writing endeavors and paths to publishing at HBCUs.
FACULTY + STUDENT FELLOWS:
The #AWP25 HBCU Fellowships will be offered to two faculty and four students. The fellowships include the following:
a $4,000 honorarium for faculty and a $250 honorarium for students
paid travel expenses and lodging for the duration of the conference
meeting Tayari Jones and attending private group discussions
a complimentary one-year AWP membership
publication in the Writer’s Chronicle of an article about each fellow’s #AWP25 experience
awpwriter.org/community_calendar/hbcu_fellowship_program_overview
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CALL FOR SUBMISSION: JULY 2024 'DISABILITIES' ISSUE
FIYAH
DEADLINE: April 30, 2024
INFO: FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. This definition is globally inclusive (Black anywhere in the world) and also applies to mixed/biracial and Afro-appended people regardless of gender identity or orientation.
Show us life at the intersections of Blackness and disability. We’re not your magical negros, we’re not your inspiration porn. We do not want to be scorned or pitied. Life can be difficult in a racist world which too often denies access. We are worthy of being protagonists, just like anyone else. Let’s demonstrate what we can do!
Guest Editor: Emmalia Harrington
What Emmalia is looking for:
Variety: stories about visible disabilities, invisible ones, chronic illness, mental illness, and neurodivergence to name a few.
Tales centered on disability, and others where it’s part of the story but not the focus. Stories where magic and technology add accessibility, as well as SFFH settings adding unique barriers to access.
Let’s avoid “cure narratives” which include a device or other product which eliminates the disability, and portrays this as an unproblematic good.
Similarly, avoid stories where disabilities are automatically markers of supernatural power.
Understanding of medical, social, and diversity models of disability and how they affect narratives.
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The Cornerstone Writer-in-Residence Program
Wilton Library
DEADLINE: April 30, 2024
INFO: Wilton Library (located in Wilton, CT) announces the inaugural year of The Cornerstone Writer-in-Residence Program. The program supports an emerging or mid-career writer with a $30,000 stipend, generously provided by the Wilton Library Endowment Fund, and provides office space for 12 months as they complete one manuscript with the intent to publish.
In addition to completing their manuscript, the Writer-in-Residence will facilitate a series of library programs for all ages and offer outreach visits to Wilton schools within the 12 months of their residency.
FAQs:
Is housing included?
Housing is not included with the residency. The Writer-in-Residence will be responsible for securing their own housing.
Do I need to be a resident of Wilton or CT?
No, you do not need to be a resident of Wilton or CT. We welcome applicants from any location. However you will be expected to spend time in-person at the library on a regular basis.
How is the stipend paid?
The $30,000 stipend will be paid in monthly installments beginning in September 2024. The Writer-in-Residence will receive a 1099 at the end of the calendar year.
When will I hear back about my application?
Finalists will be notified in early June 2024. Please refer to the application page for the full timeline.
Where is the office space located?
The Writer-in-Residence will have access to a study room in the Library. The Writer-in-Residence is responsible for securing their own transportation to and from the Library.
wiltonlibrary.org/the-cornerstone-writer-in-residence-program/
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Call for submissions Issue 9.2
Foglifter
DEADLINE: May 1, 2024
INFO: Foglifter welcomes daring and thoughtful work by queer and trans writers in all forms, and we are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. We want the pieces that challenged you as a writer, what you poured yourself into and risked the most to make. But we also want your tenderest, gentlest work, what you hold closest to your heart. Whatever you're working on now that's keeping you alive and writing, Foglifter wants to read it.
We provide a path to representation for a broad selection of LGBTQ+ voices, centering queer and trans literary artists of color, youth, elders, and those beyond traditional LGBTQ+ cultural centers so that our readers and audiences can see their own experiences authentically represented through queer and trans literary arts.
We believe that queer and trans people must curate our own artistic discourses and we curate with a commitment to not perpetuate harm in our communities and recognize our responsibilities as editors to uplift the voices of queer and trans people while not punching down on those of us who live at the intersection of multiple oppressed identities.
GUIDELINES:
Title your submission with the title of the work(s) you are submitting (separated by commas).
Include a 50-word or less bio (with pronouns after your name, please!) in your cover letter. (If accepted, we will request an author photo; JPG or PNG files are best.)
We accept the following unpublished unsolicited submissions:
3 to 5 poems (max 5 pages)
up to 7500 words of fiction or nonfiction (up to three flash fiction pieces)
up to 20 pages of cross-genre work, text-image hybrids, or drama
All submissions must be uploaded as one DOC or DOCX file using the following titling convention: First_Last_Foglifter (i.e., Audre_Lorde_Foglifter)
We accept simultaneous submissions; however, please withdraw your piece immediately if it is accepted elsewhere (or, if you only need to withdraw part of a submission, send us a message in Submittable).
Only one submission per genre is permitted each reading period.
We do not accept previously published material.
We welcome translated work in all genres, provided rights have been secured before submission. (Both author and translator will receive an honorarium.)
If we've recently accepted your work, please wait two reading periods (1 year) to submit again.
Contributors receive two copies of the issue in which they appear and a $50 honorarium (via PayPal).
foglifter.submittable.com/submit
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2024 ART WRITING INCUBATOR
Burnaway
DEADLINE: May 3, 2024 by 11:59pm EST
INFO: The Art Writing Incubator is an annual online writing intensive, which cultivates the next generation of critics and art writers through a series of workshops with leading culture writers and artists from around the world and one-on-one tutorials with Burnaway’s editors. Much of the program is funded by Critical Minded, which supports emerging writers of color, LGBTQ+ writers, and writers in rural communities.
The Art Writing Incubator theme this year is Process is Critical. The 2024 AWrI will examine process as more than a means to an end for artists and writers. Instead, process is rehearsal, reaction, reflection. It is re-writing and re-examining. The incubator will consider how sharing process in criticism offers revelation.
Burnaway’s Arts Writing Incubator program has equipped participants with tools for pitching, writing statements, and producing considered criticism for the last seven years. The five-week program begins with a session hosted by Burnaway’s editorial masthead and subsequent weeks led by guest speakers. In addition, Burnaway has invited a renowned cultural figure to give a keynote public talk addressing the yearly theme. Over the course of the program, students will formally propose, develop, and complete a short-form writing project with one-on-one feedback from Burnaway’s editors. Following the completion of the program, these works will be compiled into a small chapbook circulated on Burnaway’s platform.
The 2024 Art Writing Incubator will be held virtually. Applications, available April 1st, are open to anyone over the age of 18 with a connection to our coverage area – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and The Caribbean. The Art Writing Incubator intends to foster new writers and champion under-represented voices. It is supported by Critical Minded.
Additional information will be shared about the 2024 Keynote and Guest Speakers during the application period.
COST: Tuition for the 2024 cycle is $275. Thanks to generous funding from Critical Minded, Burnaway will consider additional needs-based support for selected participants that indicate.
INFO SESSION: There will be a Q&A session on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 7-7:45 PM EDT. You can register for and attend the session here: https://lu.ma/a749bvl2.
burnaway.org/programs/2024-art-writing-incubator/
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Marble House Project
DEADLINE: May 6, 2024 by 11:59pm EST
INFO: Marble House Project is a multidisciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration and the exchange of ideas, by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work together. The residency integrates sustainable practices, including small-scale organic food production and waste conservation. Residents sustain their growth by engaging with the grounds while working on their artistic practice. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives.
Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 residents and is open to artists living in the United States and abroad. You must be at least 21 years old. Each session accommodates eight artists and is specifically curated to bring together a diverse group of creative workers, to maximize potential for collaboration and dialogue while in residence and beyond.
All residents live together in the historic, eight-bedroom Manley-Lefevre house, a communal space organized around responsibilities-sharing systems which highlight sustainability and community. The residency is an opportunity to develop and carry out practices of mutual support, group conversation, and to cultivate adaptive relationships with the environment. This can take the form of discussions with guest multidisciplinary artists, thinkers, and activists and other individual and group activities that benefit our community of residents.
Residents will be paired and asked to cook for shared dinners three times over the course of their residency, Monday-Friday. . Each session culminates with a short video interview and artists are invited to share their work with our community and each other. Marble House Project provides private bedrooms, food, private studio space, and artist support. We are not able to cover costs related to travel or materials. There is no fee to attend the residency.
Applications are accepted in all creative fields including but not limited to writing, dance and choreography, performance, music composition and sound, film and video, visual arts, and culinary arts. Applications are reviewed by a jury of alumni and staff. Artists are selected based on quality of work, commitment to practice, and project description. Please choose the application that best describes your work. Two artists may apply together as a collaborative, and should complete one application. Within each application you will be asked to select the session dates best for you.
RESIDENCY DATES FOR 2025
March 11th - April 1st
April 6th - April 29th
May 6th - May 27th
June 3rd - June 24th
July 8th - July 22nd. Parent / Artist Residency
Parent artist residency. This residency is only for parent artists who will be attending with their children. Children must be four years old by the start of the residency. Please note that if you only apply for this residency it is very competitive. If you choose other dates you will also be considered for those as well. To find out more about the family friendly residency please visit http://www.marblehouseproject.org/residencyprograms/
October 7th - October 28th
November 3 - November 24th
marblehouseproject.submittable.com/submit
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Emerging Writer Fellowships
Miami Book Fair
DEADLINE: May 15, 2024 by 11:59pm EST
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Miami Book Fair’s Emerging Writer Fellowships program offers a life-changing experience to fresh literary voices. Three program recipients will enjoy critical mentorship from a nationally established author in their respective genre, as well as a host of other strategic supports.
EWF supports developing writers who demonstrate exceptional talent and promise by providing them with time, space, and an intellectually and culturally rich artistic community. The program’s goal is to actively support these writers – who are working to complete a book-length project within a year – and help them launch their literary careers. Emerging Writer fellows are granted professional experience in arts administration, teaching creative writing, and other opportunities; a $50,000 stipend; and strong literary community support to allow for 12 glorious months of uninterrupted time to craft their works.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
List of Application Materials Needed
Proposal for manuscript-in-progress
Statement of need
Manuscript sample
CV
Recommendation letters (2)
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Applicant may apply only once per submission cycle, regardless of genre.
Only online submissions are accepted through our submission manager, Submittable. Applicants may verify the receipt of their manuscripts by logging into Submittable.
Miami Book Fair assumes no responsibility for manuscripts not received due to user error. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application early.
There is no fee to apply.
Aside from the Submittable Cover Page, there should be no identifying information in any of the submitted materials.
Academic Nonfiction, Translations, Graphic Narratives, Children’s Literature and Young People’s Literature (including Middle Grade and Young Adult), and Film or Play Scripts are not eligible.
FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
The following materials must be submitted (acceptable files are PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF). There should be no identifying information in any of these materials. Any applications that do not comply with this strict formatting will be immediately disqualified. Application file must include:
Proposal to complete a manuscript-in-progress that can be feasibly completed within the year-long fellowship (not to exceed one single-spaced page). Must include synopsis of project. Name the document [PROPOSAL_GENRE_MANUSCRIPT_TITLE]. (example: Proposal_Fiction_Beloved) Within the body of the document there should be no identifying information (this includes your name).
Statement of need: Tell us why it is important that you receive this fellowship now. Name the document [STATEMENT_GENRE_MANUSCRIPT_TITLE]. (example: Statement_Fiction_Beloved)
Sample of manuscript-in-progress (paginated, include title of manuscript in header):
Prose: 50-70 pages in Times New Roman, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.
Poetry: 20-30 pages in Times New Roman, single-spaced (unless style requires special formatting)
Name the document [GENRE_MANUSCRIPT_TITLE].doc (example: Fiction_Beloved.doc)
CV (education, professional experience, full publication list, honors and awards, etc.). Name the document [LASTNAME]_[FIRSTNAME]_CV.doc (example: Smith_Jane_CV.doc) Within the body of the document there should be no identifying information (this includes your name).
Applicant must also request that two (2) recommendation letters be submitted online or emailed to Ismery Pavon at Ipavon@mdc.edu within seven (7) calendar days after the application deadline.
Letters of recommendations should include information relevant to writing, dedication, any relevant strengths, and skills regarding the applicant’s writing, work ethic, and ability to engage with community.
Letters of recommendations can include college professors, mentors, and anyone who can speak for the applicant’s writing, work ethic, skills, and community involvement.
Applicants should provide this link to recommenders so they can directly upload their recommendation letter by the deadline: https://mdc.formstack.com/forms/emerging_writer_fellowships_letter_of_recommendations
IMPORTANT DATES:
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET on May 15, 2024
Winners Notified: Mid—September
Fellows Arrive: January 15, 2025 – January 31, 2026
Final project manuscript and completed survey of fellowship from fellows submitted by January 31, 2026
miamibookfair.com/fellowships/emerging-writer-fellowships-submission-guidelines/