August 29th: Grants For Writers, Filmmakers, Churches, Climate Change Activists, Black Businesses
August 29th: Grants For Writers, Filmmakers, Churches, Climate Change Activists, Black Businesses
Time to close out August. Let's make it a September to remember!
Hey, creators!
Many people have joined us over the last few weeks. I’m so glad you’ve discovered this community and resource. Welcome!
Every other Monday, we publish this newsletter which features the latest funding opportunities for US creatives and small business owners. Awards include grants, fellowships, creator funds, contests, etc.
This newsletter is organized in chronological order, so the awards expiring first are at the top and later at the bottom.
This week we have 31 opportunities up to $250,000, which you'll have access to if you're a paid subscriber.
Your support helps keep this project going. Our small team pours hours of research to dig up these awards, and we are committed to making this newsletter as relevant and resourceful as possible.
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Now that the intros are out of the way let’s jump right in. Good luck!
1. Contrary Sabbatical 2022
This program is designed to help you quit your job or take a break from school to build an iconic startup of your own. We are investing up to $250,000 in up to 5 founders who choose to forge their paths. The only requirement is that you commit to spending a full year with a pure focus on your company.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
2. Snap Originals Annenberg Inclusion Award - For Southern California Film Students
This opportunity supports a rising senior film student at a Southern California-based film school working on unscripted content with a particular interest in short-form mobile storytelling. This award offers a $25,000 stipend. The recipient will receive regular advisement and mentorship from the Snap team, as well as shadow a Snap Original production and have the opportunity to pitch a short-form series to Snap.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
3. AI2 Accelerator - For Southern California Film Students
This award is designed to support a rising senior film student at a Southern California-based film school who wants to tell large-scale scripted stories (comic book, VFX-driven, etc.). The award provides the recipient with $25,000 and includes meetings with industry advisors to support the recipient’s career goals.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
4. 2022 Short Story Contest
The prizewinner receives a $1,000 honorarium (cash prize) and publication of their short story on the TCK Publishing website.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
Entry Fee: $12
5. The BookLife Prize - For Writers
This is an annual writing competition in two Contests (Fiction and Nonfiction) sponsored by BookLife and Publishers Weekly. The $5,000 prize supports independent authors in nine categories and an author profile in Publishers Weekly.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
6. The Miami University Novella Prize - For Writers
This is awarded annually to a novella-length manuscript of original fiction. The winner receives $750, a standard contract, publication by Miami University Press, and ten copies of the book.
Deadline: August 31, 2022
Reading Fee: $25
7. CALI Catalyst - For California Residents
This program provides unrestricted grants of up to $5,000 to California change-makers who are shifting the arts and culture sector in ways that tangibly give underrepresented voices more power and influence. (*There is a new cycle of funding available. This first appeared in the Grants For Creators June 20th issue.*)
Deadline: August 31, 2022