Deadline: 31 August 2010
Geographical coverage:
Reading Fee: $10 application fee
Accepts (genre): fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Prize/Payment: fellowship and $1,000 stipend
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About the Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellowship Program
Emerging Voices is a literary fellowship program that aims to provide new writers, who lack access, with the tools they will need to launch a professional writing career. Over the course of the year, each Emerging Voices fellow participates in: a professional mentorship; hosted Q & A evenings with prominent local authors; a series of Master classes focused on genre; and two public readings. The fellowship includes a $1,000 stipend.
Participants need not be published, but the program is directed toward poets and writers of fiction and creative nonfiction with clear ideas of what they hope to accomplish through their writing. There are no age restrictions.
A Successful EV Application will include:
Completed EV Application
Summary Sheet from your 2009 federal tax return
Professional CV that details your work experience, education and publications credits
Short Answer Section Responses
Two letters of recommendation written by people who are familiar with your writing and can comment on your commitment to large projects. Letters from relatives will not be accepted.
Writing Sample should include up to 20 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction or 10 pages of poetry. Sample should be typed and double-spaced. Please indicate if/how the work in your sample is relevant to the project you plan to propose as an EV fellow.
$10 application fee Please address checks and/or money orders to PEN USA. No cash.
Five (5) copies of your application packet
More information here.
