Writing is a tough business, in a lot of ways. Sometimes you need a helping hand. From Funds for Writers:
CHANGE EMERGENCY FUNDS
Change, Inc., P.O. Box 54, Captiva, FL 33924
Phone: (212) 473-3742
Awards of up to $1,000 for medical, living, or other emergencies. Open to artists of all disciplines, with no U.S. geographical restrictions; students are not eligible.
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PEN AMERICAN CENTER WRITERS’ FUND
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251
The PEN Writers’ Fund is an emergency fund for professionally published or produced writers with serious financial difficulties. The fund gives grants or loans of up to $1,000.
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AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
31 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
Main Phone: (212)268-1208 / Main Fax: (212)564-5363
Helps career authors and dramatists in the United States and in financial distress due to an urgent situation. The Fund makes interest-free loans to professional writers in need.
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CLAYTON MEMORIAL MEDICAL FUND
c/o OSFCI, P.O. Box 5703, Portland, Oregon 97228
http://www.osfci.org/clayton/index.html
The fund helps professional science fiction and fantasy writers living in the Northwest states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska deal with the financial burden of illness.
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AMERICAN POETS FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 1208, New York, NY 10012
Assists poets of demonstrated ability who are in a state of urgent financial need. Grants cannot be used to promote or otherwise enhance literary talent or reputation.
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WRITERS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
1501 Broadway, Ste. 302, New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 997-0947 / FAX: (212) 768-7414
http://www.asja.org/weaf.php
Financial relief assistance to established, professional freelance writers of nonfiction books and magazine articles. Must be 60 years of age or older, disabled, or who face crisis.
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WRITERS’ TRUST WOODCOCK FUND – EMERGENCY FUNDS
90 Richmond Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1P1
416-504-8222 / F- 416-504-9090
http://www.writerstrust.com/
Provides emergency funding for established writers in mid-project who are facing financial crisis. Since its inception, the Woodcock Fund has supported 103 Canadian writers in financial difficulty.
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JOHN ANSON KITTREDGE EDUCATIONAL FUND.
c/o Key Trust Company of Maine, P.O. Box 1054, Augusta, ME 04332
Travel Application Address, P.O. Box 2883, Cambridge, MA 02138
Grants awarded to artists in very special circumstances.
$1,000 – $10,000. Initial contact by letter.
Other Writing Opportunities:
FREEDOM TRAIN RESIDENCIES
http://www.nysbgn.org/FreedomtrainProductions.html
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Freedom Train Productions (FTP) supports Black playwrights whose work affirms Black LGBT life and community. Residencies being offered. Deadline October 27, 2006.
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LAKE SUPERIOR MAGAZINE
http://www.lakesuperior.com/editorial/editguidelines.html
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The magazine about the world’s largest fresh-water lakeand the people who list and visit there. We may pay up
to $600, according to length, importance of story and writer’s experience. Top dollar is earned by a well-written and researched manuscript-photo package. The average feature runs 1,600 to 2,200 words. Departments and Columns average 900 to 1,400 words and usually pay from $65 to $125.
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NORTHWEST PALATE
http://www.nwpalate.com/writetext.html#Anchor-35882
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Northwest Palate is a bimonthly magazine devoted to food, wine, travel, and lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest. Our readers are well-read, well-traveled, and knowledgeable about food and wine. We strive to educate and entertain them by profiling the places, products, and people that exemplify this region’s extraordinary bounty and quality of life.
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