#2: September 2023
LCC grants, Boston Book Festival, & more!
Howdy, neighbors!
Welcome back to the Camberville Lit newsletter, and happy autumn! I hope the change of seasons is treating you kindly.
In today’s issue, we have lots of funding opportunities to apply to—including the annual Local Cultural Council grants—and rad free events to attend!
Grants & Programs
[National] Get the Word Out: Publicity Incubator for Debut Authors
Is your debut novel or story collection slated for publication between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024? If so, you may be eligible to apply for Get the Word Out, a unique professional development opportunity for early-career writers. The deadline to apply for the fall fiction cohort is October 2.
[Cambridge] Local Cultural Council Grants
This annual grant program offers funding to individuals and organizations for cultural projects, public art, ticket subsidy programs, cultural field trips for children, and other activities. Up to $5,000; apply by October 17 at 11:59pm.
[Somerville] Local Cultural Council Grants
Applications are now open for Artist Fellowship, Project, and Field Trip Grants. Up to $5,000; apply by October 17 at 11:59pm.
[Massachusetts] Grants for Creative Individuals
Mass Cultural Council is finalizing a new program to equitably support creative expression with $5,000 grants to individuals throughout the Commonwealth. More info to come; applications open in October.
Residencies
[National] Edith Wharton Writers-in-Residence
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts, in partnership with Straw Dog Writers Guild, offers one-week residencies during March for nine emerging writers, three writers each for three weeks (poets, fiction, creative non-fiction writers, screen-or playwrights). Selected writers will receive a $500 stipend, workspaces at The Mount, and lodging at the neighboring Inn. Applications close after 270 applications are received, or October 1.
[Massachusetts] The Studios at Mass MoCA
Apply for a residency at the Studios at MASS MoCA and get space and time for your work, plus a whole lot more. This is a FREE application, and there are lots of financial aid and fellowship opportunities. Applications for June-December 2024 residencies due by November 8.
Calls for Submissions
A new project that publishes poets (as opposed to poems). $55 author payment; rolling submissions.
Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine (MIDLVLMAG) is a Seattle based, digital literary journal dedicated to publishing poetry, prose, fiction, and essays that explore the intersection of the professional and personal. No payment; submissions for issue no. 5: DRESS CODE open until October 31.
manywor(l)ds is a quarterly online creative multimedia magazine centring queer, trans, intersex, two-spirit, Mad, disabled, neurodivergent, and crip experiences. $10 author payment; submissions open for September & October.
Local Events
[Somerville] Janet Halverson: An Introduction
September 8, 2023 through January 13, 2024, Katherine Small Gallery
Janet Halverson designed covers and jackets for books written by some of the most important authors of the twentieth century. That and the fact that those covers and jackets are highly regarded by contemporary designers of covers and jacket is, more or less, all that is known about her. This show and the forthcoming catalogue won’t provide the definitive story of her life and work. It is, alas, only an introduction.
[Boston] September U35
Thursday, September 28, 7-8:30pm, Trident Booksellers
Join Mass Poetry for another installment of our bi-monthly reading series featuring poets under 35! Featured poets: Jordan Barnes, Shari Caplan, Nathan Erwin, and Dariana Guerrero. This event is free and open to the public.
[Boston] Boston Book Festival
Saturday, October 14, 10am-6pm, Copley Square
Celebrating the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire, the Boston Book Festival presents year-round events culminating in an annual festival that promotes a culture of reading and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city.
[Virtual] Planning with Your Whole Self in Your Art Practice w/ John Vo
Wednesdays, November 29, December 6 & 13, 6:00 - 8:00pm, on Zoom
In this intimate, highly interactive series, artist John Vo introduces structures for achieving one’s creative goals without compromising the many additional roles and identities each artist holds. Participants will come away with the components of a personal and creative plan unique to their creative identity. Free and open to Massachusetts artists of all identities and disciplines, and centering multicultural experiences.
Are you hosting an event, launching a book, looking for a writer’s group, or running a workshop sometime soon? Let me know via this handy form and I’ll include it in next month’s issue!
Thanks so much for joining us today. We’ll see you in October with more literary news and opportunities!
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