The Speculative Literature Foundation has announced the submission for its new edition of grant open.
The Speculative Literature Foundation $1000 Working Class Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation has announced the submission for its new edition of grant open.
The Working Class Writers Grant is an initiative to support writers who are considered less appreciated.
The submission is open to international writers.
Open for submissions September 1st to September 30th, 2021
Winner announced: November 15, 2021
About The Speculative Literature Foundation Grant
The SLF Working Class Writers grants are awarded annually, since 2013, to assist writers of speculative literature to working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction, due to the financial barriers which have made it much harder for them to have access to the writing world. Such lack of access might include an inability to attend conventions, to purchase a computer, to buy books, to attend college or high school, to have the time to write (if, for example, you must work two jobs simply to pay rent and feed a family, or if you must spend all your waking hours job-hunting for months on end). The SLF would like to assist in finding more of these marginalized voices and bringing them into speculative fiction.
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You are eligible for this $1000 grant if you come from a background such as described above, if you grew up (or are growing up) in homelessness, poverty, or a blue collar / working-class household, or if you have lived for a significant portion of your life in such conditions, especially if you had limited access to relatives/friends who could assist you financially. We will give preference to members of that larger pool who are currently in financial need (given our limited funds).
Please note that while we are based in America, and some of our language below reflects that perspective, this grant is available to international writers; please assess your own situation as appropriate for your home country.
Please note that, unlike our other grants, you may receive this grant anonymously or pseudonymously. Application materials will be kept confidential to the grant committee and SLF staff.
If awarded the grant, the recipient will be invited to provide a brief excerpt from their work, and an autobiographical statement describing themselves and their writing (500-1000 words) for our files, and for possible public dissemination on our website. This is entirely optional on the grant recipient’s part.
This grant, as with all SLF grants, is intended to help writers working with speculative literature. Speculative literature is a catch-all term meant to inclusively span the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging from hard science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to horror to folk and fairy tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern myth-making — and more.
Any piece of literature containing a fabulist or speculative element would fall under our aegis, and would potentially be work that we would be interested in supporting.
Working-Class Grant Application Procedures
Complete the Application Form.
The application form for the SLF Working-Class Writers Grant is only active during the open submission period 12:00AM September 1, 2021 – 11:59PM September 31, 2021 (All times UTC -4).
Required materials will include:
A cover letter including a personal statement (less than 750 words) which addresses both your relevant financial background (why you qualify for this grant) and your future writing goals (what you hope to accomplish with the help of this grant). A bibliography of previously published work may be included if applicable and will not count toward the requested word limit.
Applicants need not have prior publishing credits to apply.
A writing sample (your best work, published or unpublished — up to 10 pages of poetry, 10 pages of drama, or 5,000 words of fiction or creative nonfiction — if sending a segment of a novel, novella, or novelette, please include a one-page synopsis as well).
The submitted work must be speculative fiction as defined above.
If you are unable to use the form for accessibility reasons, please send an email to grants@speclit.org with the subject: “Accessible Application Request – Working Class Grant” and an alternative means of submission will be provided for you. Any questions can be addressed to workingclass@speclit.org
Jurors will deliberate with the goal of announcing winners by November 15th, 2022.
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