The Wyoming Arts Council is now accepting applications for the 2023 Pattie Layser Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing and Journalism Fellowship.
Donor Name: Wyoming Arts Council
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 03/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $3,500
Details:
The Pattie Layser Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing and Journalism Fellowship is supported with generous funding from The Pattie and Earle Layser Memorial Fund. Open to writers and journalists, this fellowship seeks to intersect science, education, current events, and conservation to effectively communicate the Greater Yellowstone’s natural history and singular importance to society through creative and exceptional writing and subject communication.
This annual prestigious fellowship of $3,500 will be awarded to a creative writer (poetry, fiction, nonfiction), or those in the field of journalism (writer, photojournalist, videographer, documentary filmmaker, online or print media) who demonstrate serious inquiry and dedication to the Greater Yellowstone region through their work.
Goals
- Showcase writing and/or communication informed by an empathetic and knowledgeable relationship with the natural world.
- Contribute to the understanding of the uniqueness of the Greater Yellowstone’s wild places and their intersection with and importance to their contemporary culture and world view.
- Communicate the importance and value for finding common ground solutions for potential and critical ecological issues within the Greater Yellowstone region.
- Demonstrate a potential to effectively meld science, conservation, natural history, aesthetics, and art in a nontechnical manner, communicating significantly, eloquently, and convincingly, about the importance of nature, the natural world, wildlife and wild places, and the value of open spaces and public lands, within the Greater Yellowstone, and as a result, also for Wyoming and society in general.
If you win the Fellowship
- You’ll receive $3,500 up front.
- The funding must be used toward creating a publishable or produced work.
- You’ll sign a contract that verifies you’re eligible to receive this award.
- You must supply a short bio and a photograph for publicity.
- The Wyoming Arts Council will retain a copy of submitted materials for possible use in excerpts for promotional purposes and Arts Council publications (print and electronic).
- You will retain all rights to the work you submit with your application and the work you produce.
- You must fill out a final report following the fellowship, which asks questions about how this award helped you and what you accomplished during the year you received it.
- You may be requested and/or encouraged to make public presentation(s).
- You must acknowledge or credit financial support in your work and presentations to the Pattie Layser Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing and Journalism Fellowship and the Wyoming Arts Council.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is a national fellowship open to U.S. citizens or legal residents.
- Must be at least 18 years of age at time of application.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or have legal resident status (proof of U.S. citizenship and/or resident status may be required).
- May not be affiliated with the Wyoming Arts Council either as a board member or staff member, including their families, whether full-time, part-time or contractual.
- May not be an employee of the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
- Can only receive a total of two Pattie Layser Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing and Journalism Fellowships in your lifetime.
- Can receive one Pattie Layser Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing and Journalism Fellowship within a 5 year period.
- You may enter the fellowship competition only once by the deadline.
For more information, visit Wyoming Arts Council.
