GRANTS

CONSTANCE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
http://www.saltonstall.org/grants/index.php
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The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts annually
awards grants of $5,000 to writers and visual artists who
live in the central and western counties of New York state.
Deadline is January 15, 2006.

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WRITERS ROOM OF BOSTON
(617) 523-0566
E-mail info@writersroomofboston.org
http://writersroomofboston.org/
http://writersroomofboston.org/fellowship_app_letter.htm
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The Writers’ Room of Boston is now accepting applications for
our 2006 Fellowship Program. Fellowships provide free
workspace, accessible 24/7 in downtown Boston, for a one-year
period beginning in January, 2006. Awards are based upon the
quality of the submitted writing sample and the project
description and on the basis of financial need. (Dues are
currently $185 per quarter. If you do not have financial need,
please consider applying for regular membership.)

Available fellowships include:
The Wendy Kaminer Fellowship, awarded to a talented nonfiction
writer. The Ivan Gold Fellowship, awarded to an outstanding
fiction writer. The Morris S. Smith Foundation Fellowship,
awarded to a talented writer in any genre. The Nadya Aisenberg
Poetry Fellowship, awarded to a poet. The Emerging Writer
Fellowships, awarded to writers in the Greater Boston area who
are not yet widely published, but who are working on literary
projects that demonstrate talent and seriousness of purpose.
Submissions must be postmarked by November 15, 2005, but early
applications are encouraged. Awards will be announced in
December. Residencies will begin on January 1, 2006.

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HEARST FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.hearstfellowships.com/program.htm
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Hearst Fellows work in a two-year program. Our newspapers are
in large and small cities across the nation. The Fellow will
have four job rotations – eight months in a metro market, four
months in a small market and two six-month rotations in a
medium-to-large market. Throughout the two-year program,
Fellows will receive formal training, mentoring and work
experience alongside award-winning journalists. As a Hearst
Fellow, you will receive pay and benefits. Deadline December
1, 2005.