WRITERS GRANTS for Individual artists

The Writers Program supports the creation of new literary works or works-in-progress in the genres of fiction (including novels, short stories, children’s literature, graphic novels where the applicant is both the writer and the illustrator, etc.), literary non-fiction, poetry and oral traditions such as storytelling, dub, rap and spoken-word.

The program provides two levels of support for writers. The following fixed amounts are available:

LEVEL ONE: $2,000 – for writers in the early stages of their career. Applicants must have a minimum of one professionally published work (e.g. article, poem, book, etc.) Artists working with oral traditions must have a history of public performance.

LEVEL TWO: $8,000 – for writers with an established writing career. Applicants must have a minimum of one of the following:

• 1 professionally published book
• 60 pages of articles or non-fiction published in literary magazines, periodicals or anthologies
• 20 pages of published poems
• artists working with oral traditions must have a substantial history of public performance and be recognized as established artists by their peers

All applicants to this program must be published by a professional publisher. Only publishers that have an independent editorial selection process are considered professional and the author must receive financial compensation for the work. Internet self-publishing, chapbooks and writing in community newspapers, trade journals, free publications, newsletters or student magazines, does not qualify as professional publishing.