Comments on: writer's grants

Question: writer's grants

Sara Anne — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:07:34 -0800

Does anyone out there know of grants available for aspiring fiction writers?

By: drobot

drobot — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:16:03 -0800

A great source for contests, grants, conferences, places to publish, workshops, etc is the magazine Poets & Writers.

If you are looking for a grant to make time to write, you might consider going for an MFA, if you are able to - you'll get time, some mentoring, a 'community of peers', and some teaching experience. Many programs are funded, in that they will pay you to teach. Not the same as a grant, but it's one way to make time to write.

There are also plenty of places like this that you can apply to that will feed you and give you space while you write. Poets & Writers is a great place for finding other retreats.

By: ronv

ronv — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:55:05 -0800

while not an exact answer to your question, here are some blogs that might help you on your search for grants, contests, etc.:

--callingmarcel
--dumbfoundry
--the brand- new imprimatur seems great!

and i think i've posted other links to ask.mefi before. i just can't find them...

By: drobot

drobot — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:59:47 -0800

Great links ronv, but the last two are (as far as I can tell) for poets.

By: JJ86

JJ86 — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:05:04 -0800

In the US or Canada?

By: Sara Anne

Sara Anne — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:10:36 -0800

By: BackwardsCity

BackwardsCity — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:19:58 -0800

The Creative Writers Opportunities List is a great place for this sort of information.

By: raddevon

raddevon — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:24:49 -0800

I found this in the latest McSweeney's. This grant is only for works-in-progress.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:11:31 -0800

raddevon: And only for women under the age of 32.

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:45:01 -0800

http://www.fundsforwriters.com/grants.htm has a short list.

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:06:26 -0800

Oh, also writersmarket.com has a list of resources in their encyclopedia, under "Grants, directories of". You have to pay to have access to it, but it isn't much and it's tax-deductible if you're a professional writer (or at least that's what the nice man at H&R Block told me).

By: ronv

ronv — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:59:12 -0800

oh sorry. force of habit. i hope the first helps, regardless.

By: yankeefog

yankeefog — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:48:53 -0800

PEN publishes a book called Grants and Awards for Writers that should be exactly what you're looking for.