Proposals wanted from writers whose work will contribute to diversity and excellence | $1,000 for narrative nonfiction projects

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THE DELACORTE REVIEW

Deadline: 1 December 2020

We are offering 3 grants for candidates whose work will contribute to diversity and excellence. Each grant pays $1000. Our goal is to help recipients bring their voice to life in a work of ambitious narrative nonfiction.

GUIDELINES FOR GRANT SUBMISSIONS

The Delacorte Review is offering three grants intended for candidates whose work will contribute to diversity and excellence. Each grant will pay $1000 and will run for five months. Our goal is to help each recipient work to bring their voice to life in a work of ambitious narrative nonfiction.

Each recipient will be assigned an editor who will work with them on every step of the process, from story inception, framing, reporting, to writing, with the goal of publication with the Review. The Review’s publishing partners include Granta, Scientific American, Longreads, Lithub, and CrimeReads.

We are committed to close working partnerships between writer and editor. Recipients should expect to file frequent memos and receive constant feedback. We do not believe that writers grow by sending a pitch, writing a first draft, having it kicked back for revisions until they get it right. We believe that writers grow when they have an editor at their side, pushing, cajoling, encouraging.

Applicants should send a CV, up to three samples of nonfiction writing they are most proud of – it need not have been published — and a letter proposing an idea for a story they’d like to work on, and how they’d go about reporting it.

Please send applications to delacortereview@gmail.com with the subject line GRANT APPLICATION (all caps please, to ensure they are not lost).

Application deadline is December 1st 2020. Grantees will be notified by January 15th. The program runs through May 15th.

We look forward to hearing from you. And if you know writers who might be interested, please spread the word.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Questions / applications: delacortereview@gmail.com

Website: https://delacortereview.org