Bonus Edition: Grants, Writing Prizes and Accelerators
Bonus Edition: Grants, Writing Prizes and Accelerators
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”by Wayne Gretzky.
Hey there!
Occasionally on Fridays, I share additional funding opportunities that did not make it to our biweekly newsletter (next email will land in your inbox on Monday, March 7th).
If you didn’t get a chance to review the last newsletter, I shared (16) opportunities ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
I hope you had a chance to review that email (share it with a friend) and apply to the relevant ones — if you hadn’t (or need a refresher), feel free to check out » Week of February 21st newsletter here.
Now in this newsletter, I have (7) extra funding opportunities for you to take a look at. In particular, these have late February and early March deadlines.
Good luck, friends. Wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful weekend.
1. Inspired Women Community Grant
Helping women business owners reach their personal and professional goals with $1,000 in grant funding.
Household incomes of $50,000 annually are eligible, and you must be willing to pay it forward in your business model.
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Apply to this opportunity here.
2. 2022 StartUP! Competition - For New York City (Queens) Residents
The StartUP! Competition is a 4-month program for NYC Queens-based startup founders and small business entrepreneurs who are at the early stages of developing their businesses.
Includes entrepreneurial classes and a chance to win a $10,000 cash prize.
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Apply to this opportunity here.
3. Target Takeoff Pets Accelerator
Calling all pet startups and early-stage companies. If your company has a physical product to sell, including pet beds, furniture, supplies, technology, or healthcare, then this cohort is for you. Each company is given a $5,000 stipend.
Deadline: February 28, 2022
Apply to this opportunity here.
4. Asian Women Giving Circle - For NYC Residents
Supporting Asian American women-led organizations and individual artists in NYC using arts and culture to bring about progressive social transformation. Awards are in the amount of $8,000.
Deadline: March 11, 2022
Apply to this opportunity here.
5. Armed With a Camera Fellowship - For Filmmakers
This fellowship aims to develop the next generation of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander artists to connect their communities through the power of storytelling.
Fellowship will include: workshops, networking opportunities, and access to facilities and equipment.
Each fellow will receive a personal stipend of $2,500 to create a 5 minute short film, set to make its world premiere at the 2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF).
Eligible applicants must be of Pacific Islander/Pasifika descent; with lineage connected to the indigenous peoples of Hawaiʻi, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Guåhan (Guam), Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Sāmoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, and additional nations throughout the Pacific region.
Deadline: March 3, 2022
Apply to this opportunity here.
6. 2022 EastOver Prize - For Writers
Calling book-length nonfiction manuscript writers. EastOver Prize is especially interested in literary essays but will consider memoirs, mixed-genre works combining essays and original visual art, speculative nonfiction, and other hybrid works.
Contest winners will be offered publication by EastOver Press and an honorarium of $2,000.
Note: There is a reading application fee of $20.
Deadline: March 15, 2022
Apply to this opportunity here.
7. Aspen Climate Cohort
This is a 10-week, full-time, paid program in the Bay Area that trains engineers, scientists, technologists, and business experts who already understand climate and how to better apply their ideas to policy (technology and climate). Admitted applicants receive an $18,000 stipend.
Deadline: February 28, 2022