grants

How Applying For Writing Grants (Even If You Don’t Get Them) Can Help You Be A Better Writer

By: Adrienne Crezo | September 4, 2014 | Comments 0

BY CRISTIN O’KEEFE APTOWICZ In the summer of 2010, I gave up what were the defining elements of my life for over a decade—my New York City apartment, my arts-related job in Soho and my role as host of a popular Lower East Side reading series—all to pursue my dream of...

Grant Writing Tips for Writers

By: Courtney Carpenter | December 11, 2012 | Comments 13

Are you interested in securing a grant for your writing? N.M. Kelby, author of The Constant Art of Being a Writer, shares 12 tips for making the grant writing application process easier. National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim, state grants—whatever grant, award, or fellowship that will boost your visibility and give...

Free Money for Writers (Seriously)

By: Brian A. Klems | August 5, 2011 | Comments 0

Make good use of your time this weekend (and I don't just mean sunburning poolside). Check out ways you can get grants to cover your writing expenses (which can include research trips, child care, writing retreat travel expenses, website development and more). You have to put in a little work,...

Where to Find Writing Grants

By: Brian A. Klems | August 5, 2011 | Comments 4

Start your search small and local by investigating grant opportunities in your own town, region and state. Peruse the websites of your town’s art council and your state’s arts commission. To help guide your efforts, visit the website of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (nasaa-arts.org), which provides links to...

Free Money for Writers