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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2025 Cave canem prize
Cave Canem
APPLICATION PERIOD: April 8 - May 13, 2024
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: The Cave Canem Prize is awarded annually to the best debut collection of poems by a Black poet. At some point, all poets face the challenge of communicating their work beyond the first manuscript. To assist Black poets in surmounting that obstacle, Cave Canem established the Prize and created a direct route to: Graywolf Press; University of Pittsburgh Press; and University of Georgia Press.
AWARD: Winner receives $10,000, publication by Graywolf Press in fall 2025, 15 copies of the book, and a feature reading.
ELIGIBILITY: All unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by Black poets who have not had a full-length book of poetry published by a professional press. Cave Canem defines Black poets as any poet who identifies as a member of the African Diaspora. Authors of chapbooks and self-published books with a maximum print-run of 500 may apply. Simultaneous submission to other book awards should be noted: immediate notification upon winning such an award is required. Winner agrees to be present in the continental United States at her or his own expense shortly after the book is published in order to participate in promotional reading(s).
EXCLUSIONS: Current or former students, colleagues, employees, family members and close friends of the judge; current or former employees and members of the Board of Cave Canem Foundation or Graywolf Press; and authors who have published a book or have a book under contract with Graywolf Press are ineligible. If any of the selected authors fall under the above exclusions, they will be disqualified and a replacement will be chosen from among the submissions. As the poetry community is small and the contest is judged without knowledge of the submitter’s identity, acquaintance with the judge or participation in a workshop taught by the judge are not disqualifying criteria.
GUIDELINES:
Manuscripts must be submitted via Submittable. Hard copy submissions will not be considered.
One manuscript per poet.
Upload manuscript as a .docx or .pdf document. Include a title page with the title only and table of contents. Author's name should not appear on any pages within the uploaded document.
Include a cover letter in the Submittable text box—DO NOT include within the .docx or .pdf document of the manuscript. Cover letter should include author’s brief bio (200 words, maximum) and list of acknowledgments of previously published poems.
Manuscript must be paginated and 60 - 75 pages in length, inclusive of title page and table of contents. A poem may be multiple pages, but no more than one poem per page is permitted.
Manuscripts not adhering to submission guidelines will not be considered.
Post-submission revisions or corrections are not permitted.
Questions? Contact us at programs@ccpoets.org.
JUDGE: Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including Native Guard—for which she was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize—and Domestic Work, winner of the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She’s also the author of a book of non-fiction, Beyond Katrina; a memoir, Memorial Drive, an instant New York Times Bestseller and winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award; and The House of Being, a meditation on writing. A Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets since 2019, Trethewey was awarded the 2020 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Prize in Poetry for Lifetime Achievement from the Library of Congress, and in 2022 she was the William B. Hart Poet in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. At Northwestern University, she is Board of Trustees Professor of English.
cavecanem.submittable.com/submit
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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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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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SUBMISSIONS CALL: THE COMMUTER
Electric Literature
DEADLINE: April 14, 2024 (or until the submission cap of 750 is reached)
INFO: 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.
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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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY
Shenandoah
READING PERIOD OPENS: April 15, 2024
INFO: Poetry submissions, considered by editor Lesley Wheeler, should contain up to five pieces and not more than ten pages total. Lesley reads for power, surprise, intelligence, big-heartedness, craftiness, mystery, and risky strangeness.
Please send three to five of the poems you consider your most urgent work.
If individual poems need to be withdrawn, please send us an email at shenandoah@wlu.edu.
PAYMENT & COPYRIGHT:
We believe your work has incredible value. We pay our contributors at the rate of $100 per poem, $80 per 1000 words of prose up to $400, and $40 per page of comics up to $400.
We buy first North American Serial Rights, and rights to the work revert to the author after publication. As a courtesy, we ask writers to note Shenandoah as the first place of publication when the work is anthologized, reprinted, or otherwise made public through another format.
shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/
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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 Poetry Contest
BOMB
DEADLINE: April 15, 2024 at 11:59pm ET
READING FEE: $30
INFO: BOMB's Biennial Poetry Contest returns. We're honored to have Monica Youn judge our biennial poetry contest! Youn—whose most recent collection, From From, was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award—will select one winner to receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BOMB's quarterly magazine.
The winner and finalists will be announced in July 2024.
CONTEST GUIDELINES:
Manuscripts may contain no more than five poems and no more than ten pages.
Work must be uploaded via Submittable, which will be active on March 1. Subscribe to BOMB's newsletter to be notified.
All entries will be considered anonymously. Do not include your name on manuscript pages. Non-anonymous manuscripts will be disqualified.
Reading Fee: $30. Includes a yearlong print subscription to BOMB for US entrants (a $60 value). All non-US entrants will receive a digital-only subscription. All new subscriptions begin with BOMB's summer issue, arriving on newsstands June 15. Current subscribers to BOMB will receive details on discounted entry via email.
Work must be previously unpublished.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted as long as you notify us if your piece is accepted elsewhere, but the fee is nonrefundable.
Email firstproof@bombsite.com with any questions.
ABOUT THE GUEST JUDGE:
Monica Youn is the author of From From, a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award, and three previous poetry collections: Blackacre, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Barter, and Ignatz, also a finalist for the National Book Award. The daughter of Korean immigrants and a former lawyer, she is a member of the Racial Imaginary Institute and teaches at the University of California, Irvine.
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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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Witches & Warriors Retreat
Brew + Forge
DEADLINE: April 16, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
INFO: The Witches & Warriors Retreat is a program for BIPOC poets and movement workers to learn, write, and dream together.
Bringing together the radical creativity of poets with the audacity and expertise of activists, this biennial retreat gathers six poets and six activists from across the Northeast and Mid Atlantic US. Activities include workshops, discussions, writing sessions with faculty mentors, rest and play time, and a public reading/celebration. Fellows are asked to take what they learn at the retreat back to their communities through an public event or project, seeding new ideas for creative movement-building throughout our region.
Aurielle Marie and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha will serve as faculty for the 2024 retreat.
DATES: Friday, August 16 through Monday, August 19, 2024
LOCATION: Prindle Pond Conference Center, 19 Harrington Rd, Charlton, MA
WHO THIS RETREAT IS FOR: BIPOC poets, organizers, activists, and movement workers based in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic US who are interested in the intersection of poetry and social justice organizing/movement building. Participants must be age 16 or older.
RETREAT ACTIVITIES:
Daily workshops taught by faculty
Discussions on the past, present, and future of the interplay between arts and organizing
Presentations of participant work, including a public reading by faculty
Collaborative writing sessions
Free time and fun activities, including swimming, hiking, yoga, games, and karaoke.
COST: There is no fee to attend the Witches & Warriors Retreat! Participants will be reimbursed for travel costs up to $150.
HOW TO APPLY: The application includes a 5-7 page work sample and three short answer questions (500 word max for each).
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
1. Eligibility and contact information, including a 150 word bio.
2. A work sample:
For poets: 5-7 pages of poems that represent your work.
For organizers: Descriptions and/or photos of up to 3 actions, protests, or events you organized. Text should be double spaced, 5 pages max.
If you work in both disciplines, you are welcome to upload up to 3 pages of work or up to 3 links in the discipline other than the one you’re applying under (e.g., 3 pages of poems if you’re applying as an organizer).
3. Essay Responses (500 words max for each answer):
We are looking for people who are interested in the project of community building. What are the groups–formal and informal–that you are involved in? Who would you bring back your learnings to?
What is your experience in working at the intersection between the arts and organizing/activism/social justice movement-building?
What do you hope to get out of this retreat?
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Emerging Writer Fellowships
Miami Book Fair
DEADLINE: April 30, 2024
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
miamibookfair.com/fellowships/emerging-writer-fellowships-submission-guidelines/
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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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Singapore Poetry Contest
Singapore Unbound / Gaudy Boy
DEADLINE: May 6, 2024
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: In conjunction with Gaudy Boy’s April 2024 publication of Jeddie Sophronius’s Interrogation Records, the winner of the Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, SUSPECT is holding the 10th Singapore Poetry Contest with a call for submissions inspired by the title of this extraordinary book of poems.
We are looking for poems that use the word “interrogation” in imaginative ways. The poems may be on any theme, but they will be judged for the creative use of the word “interrogation” as much as they will be for overall excellence. The word “interrogation” may be used in any of its forms, such as “interrogate,” “interrogates,” and “interrogated,” but synonyms will not be accepted.
The contest is open to everyone, living anywhere.
Please submit a maximum of three poems. Only unpublished poems will be considered. Posting on weblog, Facebook, and other social media does not constitute publication. No simultaneous submissions, please. Email your submission to Jee at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org. The poem(s) must be pasted into the body of the email, together with a short cover letter giving your name, mailing address, and brief biographical note.
Results will be announced in July, 2024. We ask for non-exclusive rights to publication on the SUSPECT website and subsequent print anthologies, if any.
PRIZE: Awards of USD $300, $200, and $100 will go to the top three winners. The winning poems will be published on SUSPECT; non-winning poems will be considered for publication as well.
JUDGE: This year’s judge is the winner of the 2023 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, Jeddie Sophronius. Jeddie Sophronius is the author of the poetry collections Interrogation Records (Gaudy Boy, 2024), Happy Poems & Other Lies (Codhill/SUNY Press, 2024), Love & Sambal (The Word Works, 2024), and the chapbook Blood·Letting (Quarterly West, 2023). A Chinese-Indonesian writer from Jakarta, they received their MFA from the University of Virginia, where they currently serve as a lecturer in English. Their poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, The Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. Read more of their work at nakedcentaur.com.
singaporeunbound.org/opp/10th-singapore-poetry-contest
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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