Courage is the first essential for a writer. ~Katherine Anne Porter
It takes courage and character to be a writer. It means accepting the risk of revealing yourself and overcoming fears of putting your feelings and dangerous ideas right there on the page. ~Alan Rinzler
Need a motivational boost to further a writing project? The de Groot Foundation COURAGE to WRITE grants are designed to do just that! Writing takes focus, courage, commitment, and time. These grants provide a monetary respite to inspire you to move towards completing a work in progress.
Awards
The de Groot foundation will award the following grants to writers in 2023:
Three LANDO grants of $7,000 each to writers exploring immigrant/refugee issues and experiences in any genre.The de Groot Foundation is thrilled to partner this year with Barry Lando, award-winning, former 60 Minutes investigative journalist, to award the LANDO GRANTS to writers exploring migration, immigration and refugee issues, challenges and solutions.
Seven COURAGE to WRITE grants of $7,000 each to writers writing in any genre.
Up to ten Writer of Note grants of $1,500 each. Writer of Note awardees are selected from the pool of finalists for the LANDO and COURAGE to WRITE grants.
Who Should Apply
We welcome applications from adult writers actively engaged in a writing project and for whom a monetary boost could help further or complete their project. Applicants may be writing in any genre.
Eligibility
Applications are open to individual adult writers regardless of race, ethnicity, gender orientation, education, economic situation, geographic origin or location.
Applicants must be individuals. Companies or organization are not eligible.
Applicants must be over 18 years of age at the time of the application deadline.
Applicants must use their legal name, not a pen name.
Applications are not open to family, members of the board or employees of the The de Groot Foundation, Lando family members or the selection committee.
Applications must be submitted in English.
If you received a Courage to Write grant in 2022, you must wait until 2024 to apply again.
If you received a Writer of Note grant in 2022, you are eligible apply for a grant in 2023.
How to apply
Please read this section carefully before preparing your submission.
Applications will be made through the Submittable platform.
When you submit your application you will be able to designate if you are applying for a COURAGE to WRITE or a LANDO grant. Both applications require the same information.
Application
Your application is a bio sketch and another single document that includes your letter of application and writing sample. Prepare the following before you start to submit:
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- A brief bio sketch of up to 120 words – this will be inserted into the application form.
- Your letter of application* (1-4 pages) which must include:
- An introduction to the writing project for which you are seeking support. (1 to 3 paragraphs)
- How this project is important. (1 or 2 paragraphs)
- How the grant will be helpful to you at this time. (1 – 2 paragraphs)
- Anything else you would like us to know about you as a writer and your project. (1-2 paragraphs)
- Five pages* of a current, unpublished writing project. Do not submit previously published writing.
*The letter of application and the five pages of a current writing project must be uploaded as a single document. You will submit your application through the Submittable platform, which you will be directed to below. Please make sure your document is ready to send before uploading. Once you have submitted an application, you are unable to change it.
Format
Use Times New Roman 12-point font and double space your application document.
Poetry and plays are an exception and may be submitted single-spaced.
Application Fee
The application reading fee of $22.00 must be paid through the Submittable platform at the time that you submit.
Timeline
Applications close at Midnight PST on February 15 2023.
Grant recipients will be notified by late April 2023.
Selection
Selection committee decisions are final. Correspondence will only be entered into with grant recipients.
Successful applicants will be asked to complete a Grant Acceptance Agreement and if appropriate, a US W-9 tax form. One year after receipt of funding, grantees are asked to complete and return a one-to-two-page final report so that we can learn about your project and the grant’s impact on your work.
APPLICATIONS for the LANDO and COURAGE to WRITE grants for writers are open. Applications close on February 15, 2023 at midnight PST.
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