Deadline: 1-Mar-24
Applications are now open for Dr. MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship to show extraordinary talent in an eligible literary genre and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.
Benefits
- $7,000 scholarship is awarded annually.
What does this grant support?
Eligible Training Programs
- You must be enrolled in an eligible training program to receive this scholarship.
- Eligible writing programs that will be accepted for assessment of educational or training merit are the following:
- Any level of undergraduate studies with a minor or major in literary arts or creative writing
- A recognized program or appropriate mentorship, workshop, master class, or course with a focus on literary arts/creative writing
- Graduate programs or their equivalents are ineligible for consideration.
Eligible Literary Genres
- For the purposes of this scholarship program, eligible creative writing submissions that will be accepted for assessment of artistic merit are the following:
- Short or long fiction
- Poetry
- Stage, screen or radio plays
- Literary non-fiction
- Comic book/graphic novel script
- Literary non-fiction is a form of non-fiction that uses inventive or literary techniques to produce work factually true and artistically elegant. Eligible works of literary non-fiction are the following written in a personal, identifiable voice:
- History
- Narrative journalism
- Memoir
- Personal essays
- Travel writing
- A comic book/graphic novel script is a text-only excerpt from a projected book-length narrative that will use a combination of words and sequential art in experimental or traditional comic format.
- A script should include the sequence narration, panel descriptions, art notes and concepts, dialogue, as well as a prefatory plot summary
- A script does not include the art
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:
- Are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada
- Have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying
- Ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study
- You must be 25 years or younger as of the application deadline.
- You must be enrolled in an eligible writing training program.
For more information, visit Alberta Foundation for the Arts.