Musician Quincy Jones--winner of a 2008 Humanitarian Award--has started a petition to ask President Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. Please consider signing it.
http://www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
GRANTS for WRITERS
Grants and other awards will enhance the bio paragraph in your query letters to agents and publishers.
I'm deeply grateful to the Elizabeth George Foundation for their generous award of an artistic grant for fiction.
The deadline for the 2010 awards is July 1, 2009. The application fee is $25.00 and you'll need letters of recommendation from five professionals in your field. The foundation doesn't have a website but you can request a brochure by writing:
Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George Foundation
P. O. Box 1429
Langley, Washington 98260
I'm deeply grateful to the Elizabeth George Foundation for their generous award of an artistic grant for fiction.
The deadline for the 2010 awards is July 1, 2009. The application fee is $25.00 and you'll need letters of recommendation from five professionals in your field. The foundation doesn't have a website but you can request a brochure by writing:
Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George Foundation
P. O. Box 1429
Langley, Washington 98260
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Q & A with Four Young Literary Agents
A feisty discussion of literary questions posted on Poets & Writers Magazine's online articles. Agents: Julie Barer, Jeff Kleinman, Renee Zuckerbrot and Daniel Lazar.
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