Via My Feet Only Walk Forward: THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15, 2011! The 2011 Alfred C. Carey Prize in Spoken Word Poetry Dear Friends: I am happy to announce the call for submissions for the second year of the Alfred C. Carey Prize in Spoken Word Poetry. The Alfred C. Carey Prize … Continue reading »
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Call for Submissions: New Voices Writers Award
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_voices_award.mhtml About the Award LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children’s books, is pleased to announce the twelfth annual NEW VOICES AWARD. The Award will be given for a children’s picture book manuscript by a writer of color. The Award winner receives a cash grant of $1000 and our standard publication contract, including our basic advance and royalties … Continue reading »
Call for Applicants: Hyphen Seeks Applicants for Public Interest Journalism Fellowship
From Hyphen magazine: It wasn’t an easy decision to cut the number of print editions Hyphen produces down to two a year, but the idea was to utilize our resources to help us tell stories better. To that end, we’re spending some of the money we would have used to produce a third print edition to create … Continue reading »
Armed with a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists
ABOUT THE ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP The Armed With a Camera (AWC) Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists nurtures the next generation of Asian Pacific American media artists to capture their world, surroundings and outlook on life. Visual Communications works with the Fellows for seven months and provides special training, mentoring and networking opportunities, access to facilities … Continue reading »
Leeway Foundation: Art and Change Grants
Deadline: September 15, 2011 Website: http://www.leeway.org E-mail address: info@leeway.org Grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who need financial assistance to work on a project involving art and social … Continue reading »
PEN Center USA: Emerging Voices Fellowships
Deadline: August 31, 2011 Entry Fee: $10 Website: http://www.penusa.org E-mail address: libby@penusa.org Fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from underserved communities. Each winner participates in an eight-month mentorship in Los Angeles with a professional writer, two public readings, and other programming. Housing is not provided. … Continue reading »
