Every month, MWL posts residencies, fellowships, grants, and pitch opportunities for writers and artists across mediums. Feel free to share on social media or message this to your artist friends. You don’t get opportunities that you don’t pursue OR prepare for.
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
PEN AMERICA’S WRITING AS ACTIVISM FELLOWSHIP is due December 2, 2021. It “will offer a six-month immersive workshop experience for six New York City-based writer-activists committed to uplifting the voices of those most marginalized in the city through writing, including those who identify as LGBTQIA+, Black, Latinx, Asian American, disabled, low-income, and at any intersection of these and other experiences.” It also includes a $2,000 honorarium. LEARN MORE
DAILY KOS’ EMERGING FELLOWS PROGRAM is due December 15, 2021. Fellows “will receive mentorship, editorial support, workshops and skillshares, training on self-promotion, access to resources and metrics, and will publish their work to the largest and most engaged progressive audience in digital media.”
Macmillan Publishers Spring 2021 Summer Internship | “Interns will work no more than 25 hours per week. Internships start on January 18, 2022 and will continue through May 13, 2022. If needed, there may be some flexibility in regards to the duration of the internship.”
List of residencies with application due through the rest of 2021 and the beginning of next year; curated by Bomb Magazine.
PLACES TO PITCH
INPUT MAGAZINE wants pitches on outdoor/tech for the rate of $325.
WIDE OPEN EATS wants pitches on “food, southern foodways, health, and /or recipes” at a rate of $0.10 a word or higher depending on experience.
CATAPULT STORY wants personal essay “pitches (mixed with cultural criticism) on Summer Walker’s Still Over It or Adele’s 30.”
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC wants pitches on “winter/holiday travel, travel + wellness, and public lands” and pays $800 to $1,000.