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The Emerging Writers Grant is designed for new writers who have not yet been published in book form. Grants are given to writers of both works of fiction and non-fiction, written in English or Ukrainian, whose subject matter promotes a better understanding of the Ukrainian experience or is deemed relevant to the global Ukrainian community.
Value
The size of a grant ranges from $3,000 to $5,000 Canadian dollars, depending on the complexity of the project. The size of the grant will be determined by the Awards Jury.
An accompanying publication support grant of $3,000 CAD will be provided towards the publication of each grant-winning manuscript to support the publication and distribution of the books.Depending on the number and quality of submissions received, the Peterson Literary Fund may award several Emerging Writers Grants in a given year. The number of grants awarded in a single year shall be within the discretion of the Awards Jury. An individual applicant cannot apply for more than one Writers Grant per cycle.Requirement
Applicants for the Emerging Writers Grant must have a minimum of one professionally published work to their credit written in English or Ukrainian, namely, at least one of the following:
one published article, published in a recognized periodical or journal, or
10 published poems, or
one short story
Eligibility of the Submission
A short or book-length manuscript written in Ukrainian or English
The manuscript should be a written work of fiction or nonfiction with a minimum of 30,000 words (minimum 100-120 pages)
Poetry books must contain a minimum of 10,000 words (minimum 40 pages) of original poetry
An Emerging Writer Grant applicant may not have had a book published under an ISBN
Restrictions
An author may submit only one manuscript per cycle
A manuscript may be submitted for consideration only once (i.e. no repeat submissions)
Ineligible Submissions and Exclusions:
Manuscripts previously submitted and rejected
Manuscripts written by a ghost writer
Manuscripts whose content has been plagiarized
Conference proceedings, coffee-table books, testimonials, journals, transcripts of interviews, collected letters, directories, bibliographies, reference books, health, fitness, or cookbooks, craft or home-decorating books, and self-help books
Manuscripts submitted on behalf of a deceased author