Tayari's Blog: Heads Up For NJ Writers
Posted by TayariJones on June 30, 2008 07:24 AM
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I just went to the Mid Atlantic Arts Council Site and saw that we are two weeks away for the deadline for New Jersey State Grants for 
individual artists. Luckily, the application is low drama-- 10-15 page sample, basically. A couple of easy forms to fill out. I have been all over the website and I can't figure how much the grants are. Usually, they are for somewhere between $3,000- 7,000. That's a nice little chunk of change.
I would like everyone to google your state arts council and see when your deadline is. If you can, leave the info in comments for others folks' benefit.
If you know of other opportunities, let me know. I am so BUMMED that I missed the NEA deadline. Now I have to wait two more years!
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Comment #1, by Martha Southgate ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
Oh, man, I missed it too! I gotta write this stuff down in my calendar. Hope everything's fine and mellow up at Blue Mountain.
June 30, 2008 09:05 AM
Comment #2, by Ladylee
Okay, you know I'm seeing *crickets* since this is not my area, but I googled and found the Arts Council for Georgia.
http://www.gaarts.org/home.asp
Deadline, from what I can tell, is August 29th.
June 30, 2008 01:12 PM
Comment #3, by Shelley Shockley
The Ohio deadline is September 1. Here is the link
http://www.oac.state.oh.us/grantsprogs/IndividualCreativity.asp
June 30, 2008 09:14 PM
Comment #4, by Alexander Chee
Tayari, you're cool. We're up next year, in 09. So, not two years, just one. It's poets for this year, they were due March 2008.
We're good. Get ready. You've got 9 months.
June 30, 2008 10:04 PM
Comment #5, by Erin !
Connecticut gives out $2500 and $5000 artist grants to different categories in alternating years. The upcoming round (apps are not up yet) is for, among others, fiction writers, poets, and playwrights.
Here's the page to watch (sorry I could not find a shorter URL):
http://www.cultureandtourism.org/cct/cwp/view.asp?a=2207&q=293740&CCTNAV_GID=1605
July 1, 2008 07:56 AM
Comment #6, by coolshoes
Although the deadline for NJ is July 15, I hit send on my app about an hour before seeing this post. Only reason it got done is that I put it in my calendar in red ink months ago and I knew it had to be done before I head off to my final MFA residency.
Calendars - and red ink folks -- are absolutely the only things that assure I go through with anything in my writing life!
It's my first time so I'm sure I made a lot of stupid beginner mistakes on my app (like for example, completely forgetting to list some recent awards - duh!), but I figure, like anything else, practice can't hurt.
I see they had free in-person application help sessions around the state; that wasn't in my calendar, but maybe folks in other states can find one.
July 1, 2008 08:54 AM