Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Older Writers Grant has been awarded annually to writers who are at least fifty years of age at the time of application to assist such writers who are just starting to work at a professional level. These funds may be used as each writer determines will best assist their work.
This grant is awarded on the basis of merit. If awarded the grant, the recipient agrees to provide a brief excerpt from their work and an autobiographical statement describing themselves and their writing (500-1,000 words) for their files and for public dissemination on their website and their mailing list.
This grant, as with all SLF grants, is intended to help writers working with speculative literature from all over the world.
Funding Information
- Award: $1,000 USD.
Eligibility Criteria
- This grant, as with all SLF grants, is intended to help writers working with speculative literature.
Application Requirements
- Required materials include:
- A cover letter: Include a short (500-1000 words) autobiographical statement describing your work thus far, including date of birth, and a bibliography of previously published work, if applicable. Applicants need not have prior publishing credits to apply.
- A writing sample: Up to 10 pages of poetry, 10 pages of drama, or 5,000 words of fiction or creative nonfiction. If you are sending a segment of a novel, novella, or novelette, please include a one-page synopsis as the first page of the document. The submitted work must be speculative, as defined above.
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