Grants for Writers

ARTS WRITERS

Emergency Funds for writers see below….

SUBMISSIONS FOR Writers FOX Diversity Program at: http://www.fox.com/diversity/creative/writer_submission.htm

the Nickelodeon Writers’ Program
http://www.nickwriting.com/
Developing staff writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences on Nickelodeon Network productions.
Warner Brothers TV Comedy and Drama Writing Program

Warner Brothers Writing  Program: http://www2.warnerbros.com/writersworkshop/

CBS Television Diversity Program for Writers:
http://www.cbscorporation.com/diversity/cbs_network/institute/index.php

More on www.fundsforwriters.com

FIRST ANNUAL MY AFRICAN DIASPORA SHORT STORY COMPETITION http://www.myafricandiaspora.com/contest.php — $10 ENTRY FEE We’re looking for fiction that is unique, stories with characters we’ll remember, plots that leave us thinking. The contest is open to anyone, any race, any country, any continent. The only caveat? The main character must be of African descent. The contest runs from October 1 – December 31, 2009, winner announced February 1, 2010. Entries must be 1,500 words or less. First Place: $500. Genre Winners: $25 Borders Gift Card. Each winner will have his story and a feature article published on www.myafricandiaspora.com . The winners and top three entries in each genre will have their short stories published in a short story collection at the end of the year. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY AWARD FOR IMAGINATIVE FICTION http://www.rsbd.net $10 ENTRY FEE First prize $1,000 and publication in Rosebud Magazine. Four runners-up receive $100 each and publication. Submissions will be considered for publication in Rosebud. Deadline October 15, 2009. Original unpublished works of fantasy, fiction, mystery and horror are welcome, but the editors are also open to any stories that reach beyond the boundaries of those genres, take a variety of literary and creative risks, and tell a good story. Ideal length is 1,000 to 3,500 words, but we will consider up to 4,500 words. More on www.fundsforwriters.com FAILBETTER NOVELLA CONTEST http://www.failbetter.com/Novella.php NO ENTRY FEE Deadline May 15, 2010. Prize $500. One entry allowed per person. Stories must be at least 8,000 words but less than a novel. Send only the first 5,000 words. All entries will be considered for publication. $10 ENTRY FEE Submit previously unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to Philadelphia Stories. Deadline October 15, 2009. The winning story will be published in the Winter 2009/2010 issue of Philadelphia Stories and offered $1,000. More on www.fundsforwriters.com HUB CITY NOVEL CONTEST http://www.southcarolinaarts.com/firstnovel/index.shtml $25 ENTRY FEE The South Carolina Arts Commission and its literary partners announce a call for submissions for the biennial South Carolina First Novel Competition. The application deadline is Jan. 5, 2010; a winner will be announced in May. The contest will be judged by Bret Lott. The winning author will receive a book contract with the Hub City Writers Project, an award-winning independent press in Spartanburg, S.C. The winner will also receive a $1,000 advance against royalties, and Hub City will publish at least 1,500 hardback copies of the book, including a book for every public library branch in the state. Reserved for South Carolinians. Authors must not be published in novel form. ===== TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL FICTION CONTEST http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/contest $25 ENTRY FEE Grand Prize $1,500, VIP All Access Pass ($500 value) for the 24th annual Festival: March 24-28, 2010, publication in the New Orleans Review, domestic airfare and accommodations to attend the 2010 Festival in New Orleans public reading at the 2010 Festival. Deadline: November 16, 2009. Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words. Only open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction. ===== MAUREEN EGEN WRITERS EXCHANGE AWARD – FOR NJ WRITERS http://www.pw.org/files/WEXApplication09.pdf — For New Jersey resident poets and fiction writers who have never published a book, or have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which they are applying, and have resided in New Jersey for at least two years prior to the date they submit their manuscripts. Writers may apply in the poetry and/or fiction categories (only one manuscript per category). Writers may not be previous winners of contests sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc. One New Jersey poet and one New Jersey fiction writer will be selected. The names of the winning writers will be announced by April 15, 2010. Each winner will receive a $500 honorarium; a trip to New York City in October 2010 to meet with editors, agents, publishers, and other writers. All related travel/lodgings expenses and a per diem stipend are covered by Poets & Writers. Winners will also give a public reading of their work; and one-month residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Wyoming (optional, at writer’s request). Deadline December 1, 2009. END OF LIFE STORIES http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm $25 ENTRY FEE Seeking new essays that explore death, dying, and end of life care, for a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press. We’re looking for stories that transcend the “I” and find universal meaning in personal experiences. Hopes to include stories representing a wide variety of perspectives—from physicians, nurses, hospice workers, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors, family members, and others. Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice. Creative Nonfiction editors will award one $1,500 prize for Best Essay, and two $500 prizes for runners-up. Essays must be unpublished, 5,000 words or less, postmarked by December 31, 2009.

Disney Writing Fellowship
http://abctalentdevelopment.com/programs_writers.htm

Walt Whitman Award applications accepted each year from September 15 to November 15

The Walt Whitman Award brings first-book publication, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center to an American who has never before published a book of poetry. The winning manuscript, chosen by an eminent poet, is published by Louisiana State University Press. The Academy purchases copies of the book for distribution to its members.The award was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet’s first book. Submissions are accepted each year from September 15 to November 15, and an entry form and fee are required. The judge for the 2010 award is Marvin Bell.To obtain the guidelines and entry form for the Walt Whitman contest, please follow the link below or send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Academy.Guidelines and Entry Form

Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards

Established in 1995, this award recognizes outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry through a $5,000 book prize and a $25,000 fellowship, given in alternating years.The $5,000 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize is given in alternate years for the translation into English of a significant work of modern Italian poetry. The prize was established through a bequest by Sonia Raiziss Giop, a poet, translator, and longtime editor of the literary magazine Chelsea.Publishers may submit books published anytime in the past (not necessarily in 2009), but only books by living translators of standard (non-dialect) Italian are eligible. Self-published collections do not qualify. Postmark deadline: December 31, 2009.The judges will be announced later this year. Send four copies of each book (no manuscripts) to: The Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize The Academy of American Poets 584 Broadway, Suite 604 New York, NY 10012

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award  http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/112$1,000 award recognizes a published translation of poetry from any language into English. Founded in 1976, the award was originally biennial. It has been given annually since 1984. A noted translator chooses the winning book. Books must be submitted by December 31 of the year that they are published. Deadline: December 31, 2009

University & College Poetry Prizes http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/113

http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/

The STAGE International Script Competition

We began to foster such interactions with a competition for new plays about science and technology, offering a $10,000 prize to the best new play to explore scientific and/or technological stories and themes.  The STAGE Competition was launched in collaboration with the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), one of the prestigious California Institutes for Science Innovation. In addition to the monetary award, winners have opportunities for developing and promoting their winning script. The Competition is now entering its fourth round. Plays are submitted from all over the world. For more information, please see www.stage.cnsi.ucsb.edu.

Grants for Education

POETRY PROJECTIONS III – GRANT PROPOSALS NEEDED
http://www.lift.on.ca/mt/LIFTPoetryProjectionsIII_Call.pdf http://miraslist.blogspot.com)
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Deadline October 5, 2009.
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking proposals from artists and writers for the third series of Poetry Projections, provisionally titled Poetry Projections III: On Correspondence. Revisiting the film poem as an avenue for creative collaborations, LIFT is seeking proposals for 10 commissioned films to be screened in Fall of 2010. Selected participants will be provided with:

• a temporary LIFT Membership
• a $200 artist fee for the premiere screening in the Fall of 2010 (Up to a maximum of two artist fees per film.)
• up to $1,000 in LIFT’s production equipment/facilities and post-production resources
• up to $1,000 in film, materials and services
• for artists outside the Toronto area, a limited amount of travel assistance may be available.

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MAYER FOUNDATION
http://www.mayerfoundation.org/

No deadline, board meets quarterly
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The mission of the Foundation is to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources, including as a result of natural or civil disasters, or from temporary impoverishment, loss of employment, death or incapacity of a family wage earner or damage to home and property; to provide health care to those who cannot afford health care or whose health insurance or financial resources are insufficient to cover medical needs; to make grants to other IRS 501(C)(3) organizations for educational, literary, cultural, humanitarian, scientific, health-care related and other charitable purposes; and to award scholarship benefits and student aid to high school, college or graduate school students to enable the recipients to complete an undergraduate or graduate education in the field of their choice at the college or graduate school of their choice. Grant sizes vary but generally range from $2,500 to $5,000 per grant.

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SANTA FE ARTS INSTITUTE EMERGENCY FUNDS
http://www.sfai.org/applications.html
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As an outgrowth of our original Emergency Relief Residencies, SFAI has instituted an ongoing Emergency Relief Residency to provide residencies for artists and writers whose lives and work are compromised by domestic strife, political upheaval or natural disasters. Residencies are by application only.

In response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, SFAI is ready to make available its facility to artists, writers and crafts people who lost homes, studios, art work or jobs.

http://www.sfai.org/applications.html
The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) conducts a bi-annual competitive selection process for artist and writer residencies that focuses on the professional experience of the artist, the quality of their past work, and their potential to have a productive residency at SFAI.

The length of SFAI Residencies varies from one month (minimum) to three months (maximum). Depending on availability, residencies can be scheduled between February and December.

General Residency Deadlines: December 31, & July 5, 2009

http://www.societyofauthors.org
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This fund makes modest grants to published authors who find themselves in sudden financial difficulties. Contact the Society of Authors for an information sheet and application form.

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ROYAL LITERARY FUND
http://www.rlf.org.uk/
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The Royal Literary Fund is a British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties.

CHANGE EMERGENCY FUNDS
Change, Inc.
P.O. Box 54, Captiva, FL 33924
Phone: (212) 473-3742
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Awards of up to $1,000 for medical, living, or other emergencies. Open to artists of all disciplines, with no U.S. geographical restrictions; students are not eligible. Each applicant must submit a detailed letter describing the financial emergency, copies of outstanding bills, medical fee estimates, etc., and current financial statements, along with a career resume, exhibition or performance announcements, slides or photos of work and two letters of reference from someone in the affiliated field (no video tapes). Only complete applications will be accepted. Change, Inc does not issue more than one grant per person.

LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN FOUNDATION
Diana Braunschweig, Exec. Dir.
4001 Inglewood Ave. Suite 101-309
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

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PO Box 510, Shelter Island, NY 11964-0510
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No telephone inquiries. We do not consider performing arts categories but grants in the fine arts (painting, sculpture, printmaking, etc. – NO digital/film/video/photography) and various literary arts (fiction, including playwriting, prose, poetry, and creative nonfiction) and for certain unaffiliated scholarly and/or research projects.  These are one-time grants to individuals only.

Deadlines are in mid-spring

PEN AMERICAN CENTER WRITER’S FUND
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251
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The PEN Writers Fund is an emergency fund for professionally published or produced—writers with serious financial difficulties. Depending on the situation, the fund gives grants or loans of up to $1,000. The maximum amount is given only under especially dire circumstances and when monies are available. The PEN Fund for Writers and Editors with HIV/AIDS, administered under the PEN Writers Fund, gives grants of up to $1,000 to professional writers and editors who face serious financial difficulties because of HIV or AIDS-related illness. The Writers Fund does not exist for research purposes, to enable the completion of writing projects, or to fund publications or organizations. The Writers Fund Committee meets approximately every two months to review applications.
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AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
staff@authorsleaguefund.org
www.authorsleaguefund.org
Main Phone: (212)268-1208 / Main Fax: (212)564-5363
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The Authors League Fund was established by the Authors League of America, Inc., to help career authors and dramatists in the United States and in financial distress due to an urgent situation. The Fund makes interest-free loans to professional writers in need; for example, writers with health problems and inadequate health insurance, or older writers whose income has ceased. Loan-seekers must show need and documentation of their professional status. Method of contact: telephone, letter or email.

AMERICAN POETS FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 604
New York, NY 10012-5243
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Assists poets of demonstrated ability who are in a state of urgent financial need. Grants cannot be used to promote or otherwise enhance literary talent or reputation, and applications are not accepted. Academy Chancellors, Fellows, and prize winners may bring the circumstances of qualifying poets to the attention of the American Poets Fund committee by sending a letter of nomination, including specifics about the nominee’s current financial situation, to the Executive Director of the Academy.

POETS IN NEED
http://www.poetsinneed.org/
Emergency assistance to established poets who have a substantive published body of work.

SFWA EMERGENCY FUNDS
http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm
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The SFWA Emergency Medical Fund offers interest-free loans to
members facing unexpected medical expenses.

SFWA LEGAL FUNDS
http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm
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The SFWA Legal Fund makes loans available to authors who must take a writing-related dispute to court. Loans are made on a case-by-case basis, after review by the Grievance Committee and the SFWA attorney.

WRITERS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
(Formerly The Llewellyn Miller Fund of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust )
1501 Broadway, Ste. 302
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 997-0947
FAX: (212) 768-7414
http://www.asja.org/weaf.php
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Financial relief assistance to established, professional freelance writers of nonfiction books and magazine articles. Must be elderly, ill, disabled, or facing an extraordinary crisis.

WRITER’S TRUST WOODCOCK FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
90 Richmond Street East
Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario
M5C 1P1
416-504-8222 / F- 416-504-9090
http://www.writerstrust.com/
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Emergency funding for established writers in mid-project who are facing financial crisis. Since its inception, the Woodcock Fund has supported 103 Canadian writers in financial difficulty. Total amount dispersed to date is $380,000.

JOHN ANSON KITTREDGE EDUCATIONAL FUND.

c/o Key Trust Company of Maine, P.O. Box 1054, Augusta, ME 04332

Application Address, P.O. Box 382203, Cambridge, MA 02238-2203

Grants awarded to artists in very special circumstances. $1,000 – $10,000. Initial contact by letter stating purpose, amount requested, period of funding, supporting letter.

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ART WRITING WORKSHOP

The Arts Writers Grant Program is pleased to announce a new writing workshop offered in partnership with the International Association of Art Critics/USA Chapter. For more information, click here.

Writing Contest Deadlines – May-July, 2009

THE HAVEN FOUNDATION

The mission of The Haven Foundation is to strengthen and sustain the careers of freelance professional writers, artists and others connected with the entertainment industry across the United States. A professional is an individual who is committed to his/her industry or work, who has derived at least 1/3 (33.3%) of his/her income over the past three (3) years from his/her personal production, performance or other work in the industry. The qualified person must have experienced a recent, unforeseen emergency or triggering event that has significantly and adversely affected the qualified person’s ability to produce, perform and/or market his/her work and, thus, creates the need for immediate relief funds and/or assistance. The Foundation is not able to assist in situations of financial need that result solely from lack of employment, poor sales and/or poor business practices.

http://www.thehavenfdn.org/

MAYER FOUNDATION
http://www.mayerfoundation.org/
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The mission of the Foundation is to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources, including as a result of natural or civil disasters, or from temporary impoverishment, loss of employment, death or incapacity of a family wage earner or damage to home and property; to provide health care to those who cannot afford health care or whose health insurance or financial resources are insufficient to cover medical needs; to make grants to other IRS 501(C)(3) organizations for educational, literary, cultural, humanitarian, scientific, health-care related and other charitable purposes; and to award scholarship benefits and student aid to high school, college or graduate school students to enable the recipients to complete an undergraduate or graduate education in the field of their choice at the college or graduate school of their choice. Grant sizes vary but generally range from $2,500 to $5,000 per grant.

SANTA FE ARTS INSTITUTE EMERGENCY FUNDS

As an outgrowth of our original Emergency Relief Residencies, SFAI has instituted an ongoing Emergency Relief Residency to provide residencies for artists and writers whose lives and work are compromised by domestic strife, political upheaval or natural disasters. Residencies are by application only.

In response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, SFAI is ready to make available its facility to artists, writers and crafts people who lost homes, studios, art work or jobs.

http://www.sfai.org/applications.html

Writing Competition Invites Native Americans to Share Insights on Economy
Six awards of $10,000 each will be given to Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and American Indian individuals who have written essays depicting their perspectives on challenges and opportunities in the current economic and political climate….
Deadline: September 15, 2009
Posted: May 23, 2009

AUTHORS’ CONTINGENCY FUND – UK

This fund makes modest grants to published authors who find themselves in sudden financial difficulties. Contact the Society of Authors for an information sheet and application form.

http://www.societyofauthors.org

NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND – UK
Phone 01306 887511
Fax 01306 888212
E-mail: enquiries@pressfund.org.uk

Aims to relieve distress among journalists and their dependents. Continuous and/or occasional financial grants; also retirement homes for eligible beneficiaries.

ROYAL LITERARY FUND

The Royal Literary Fund is a British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties.

http://www.rlf.org.uk/

CHANGE EMERGENCY FUNDS
Change, Inc.
P.O. Box 54, Captiva, FL 33924
Phone: (212) 473-3742

Awards of up to $1,000 for medical, living, or other emergencies. Open to artists of all disciplines, with no U.S. geographical restrictions; students are not eligible. Each applicant must submit a detailed letter describing the financial emergency, copies of outstanding bills, medical fee estimates, etc., and current financial statements, along with a career resume, exhibition or performance announcements, slides or photos of work and two letters of reference from someone in the affiliated field (no video tapes). Only complete applications will be accepted. Change, Inc does not issue more than one grant per person.

LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN FOUNDATION
Diana Braunschweig, Exec. Dir.
4001 Inglewood Ave. Suite 101-309
Redondo Beach, CA 90278 orPO Box 510, Shelter Island, NY 11964-0510
No telephone inquiries. We do not consider performing arts categories but grants in the fine arts (painting, sculpture, printmaking, etc. – NO digital/film/video/photography) and various literary arts (fiction, including playwriting, prose, poetry, and creative nonfiction) and for certain unaffiliated scholarly and/or research projects.  These are one-time grants to individuals only.  Deadlines are in mid-spring for submissions.

PEN AMERICAN CENTER WRITER’S FUND

The PEN Writers Fund is an emergency fund for professionally published or produced—writers with serious financial difficulties. Depending on the situation, the fund gives grants or loans of up to $1,000. The maximum amount is given only under especially dire circumstances and when monies are available. The PEN Fund for Writers and Editors with HIV/AIDS, administered under the PEN Writers Fund, gives grants of up to $1,000 to professional writers and editors who face serious financial difficulties because of HIV or AIDS-related illness. The Writers Fund does not exist for research purposes, to enable the completion of writing projects, or to fund publications or organizations. The Writers Fund Committee meets approximately every two months to review applications.
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251

AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
staff@authorsleaguefund.org
www.authorsleaguefund.org
Main Phone: (212)268-1208 / Main Fax: (212)564-5363

The Authors League Fund was established by the Authors League of America, Inc., to help career authors and dramatists in the United States and in financial distress due to an urgent situation. The Fund makes interest-free loans to professional writers in need; for example, writers with health problems and inadequate health insurance, or older writers whose income has ceased. Loan-seekers must show need and documentation of their professional status. Method of contact: telephone, letter or email.

AMERICAN POETS FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 604
New York, NY 10012-5243

Assists poets of demonstrated ability who are in a state of urgent financial need. Grants cannot be used to promote or otherwise enhance literary talent or reputation, and applications are not accepted. Academy Chancellors, Fellows, and prize winners may bring the circumstances of qualifying poets to the attention of the American Poets Fund committee by sending a letter of nomination, including specifics about the nominee’s current financial situation, to the Executive Director of the Academy.

POETS IN NEED

Emergency assistance to established poets who have a substantive published body of work. http://www.poetsinneed.org/

SFWA EMERGENCY FUNDS

The SFWA Emergency Medical Fund offers interest-free loans to
members facing unexpected medical expenses.

http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm

SFWA LEGAL FUNDS

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The SFWA Legal Fund makes loans available to authors who must take a writing-related dispute to court. Loans are made on a case-by-case basis, after review by the Grievance Committee and the SFWA attorney

http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm

WRITERS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
(Formerly The Llewellyn Miller Fund of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust )
1501 Broadway, Ste. 302
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 997-0947
FAX: (212) 768-7414

Financial relief assistance to established, professional freelance writers of nonfiction books and magazine articles. Must be elderly, ill, disabled, or facing an extraordinary crisis

http://www.asja.org/weaf.php

JOHN ANSON KITTREDGE EDUCATIONAL FUND.

c/o Key Trust Company of Maine, P.O. Box 1054, Augusta, ME 04332

Application Address, P.O. Box 382203, Cambridge, MA 02238-2203

Grants awarded to artists in very special circumstances. $1,000 – $10,000. Initial contact by letter stating purpose, amount requested, period of funding, supporting letter.