Grants
Calling Poets of Southeastern Minnesota
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) and your local library encourage you to
submit your original poetry to be considered for publication in a regional anthology.
Submission Guidelines
• Poets must be 16 years of age or older.
• Poets must reside in the eleven-county region of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele
Wabasha and Winona Counties.
• Poems about libraries or reading are encouraged, but all poems are welcome.
• Poems must be typed out and can be submitted as either digital attachments through e-mail or mailed paper copies.
• If submitting digital files by e-mail, please send them to mpherson@selco.info in one of the following document formats: .doc, .txt,
.rtf, or .pdf. Mailed paper copies should be printed on 8 ½” x 11” single-sided, white paper and stapled in the upper left-hand corner.
• Attach a one-page cover sheet containing the title(s) of the poem(s), your name, address, and phone number. Your name should
appear on the cover sheet only. Your name can not appear on the poetry submissions.
• The maximum length allowed will be three poems or three pages; one poem per page, or a combination of longer poems. The total
submission can not exceed three pages. The cover page will not be counted as one of the three pages.
• Submissions need to be postmarked or e-mailed between January 1, 2010 and February 15, 2010. Early or late submissions will not
be accepted. No faxed submissions will be accepted. Copies will not be returned.
• A qualified panel, in conjunction with SELCO, will review all entries and make the final selections.
• Selected poets will be notified.
SELCO retains the right to print the submissions in an anthology.
For more information, call or e-mail Mollie Pherson (mpherson@selco.info) at (507) 288-5513 or (800) 992-5061
Poetry Submission
SELCO
Attn: Mollie Pherson
2600 19th St. N.W.
Rochester, MN 55901
mpherson@selco.info
Please send your poetry submissions between
January 1, 2010 and February 15, 2010 to:
This project was funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage.
National Geographic All Roads Film Project Offers Seed Grants for Indigenous Storytellers
The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic initiative dedicated to helping indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers around the world showcase their works and promote greater knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader, global audience. All Roads includes a film festival, photography program, and seed-grant program.
The seed-grant program is open to indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers as well as filmmakers who can demonstrate that they have been designated by indigenous or minority communities to tell their story. Grants funds should be used toward the development and production of a feature film, long documentary, short documentary, shorts, animation, or music video.
The program awards grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 to up to sixteen film projects annually. Funding may be used for equipment, travel for field research, editing time, etc.
Submission deadlines are quarterly on the 15th of March, June, September, and December.
Visit the All Roads Web page for complete guidelines and application instructions.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians
Deadline: January 25, 2010
With the generous support of the McKnight Foundation, MacPhail Center for Music annually awards fellowships which recognize and support outstanding Minnesota performing musicians. In 2010, four fellowships of $25,000 each will be awarded to solo musicians and/or ensembles. All musical styles will be considered. To order an application or for questions, please call 612-767-5310 or visit www.macphail.org.
Big Read Program Offers Grants to Support Community Reading Projects
Deadline: February 2, 2010
The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest, is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long community-wide reads between September 2010 and June 2011.
The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture. Organizations selected to participate in the program will receive a grant ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 each, access to online training resources, educational and promotional materials, inclusion of the organization and activities on the Big Read Web site, and the prestige of participating in a highly visible national program. Approximately seventy-five organizations from across the United States will be selected to participate.
Grants must be matched at least one-to-one with non-federal funds. Grant funds may be used for expenses such as book purchases, speaker fees and travel, salaries, advertising, and venue rental.
Applicant organizations must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; a division of state, local, or tribal government; or a tax-exempt public library. Eligible applicants include such organizations as literary centers, libraries, museums, colleges and universities, art centers, historical societies, arts councils, tribal governments, humanities councils, literary festivals, and arts organizations. Applicant organizations must partner with a library (if the applicant organization itself is not a library). K-12 schools and school districts, whether public or private, may not be lead applicants but are strongly encouraged to partner with libraries, literary centers, museums, and other eligible applicants.
Applicants can select one of the thirty-one available reading choices.
Visit the Big Read Web site for complete program information.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Open: Computer software (international). Applications for noncash support from the Microsoft Corporation to create community-based technology and learning centers in order to bridge the "digital divide" and eliminate technology illiteracy. Organizations must have the computer hardware needed to run the requested Microsoft software, and must have staff members or technology-assistance providers capable of installing and maintaining the software. Guidelines and applications, which will be accepted only by e-mail, are available on the corporation's Web site. Who may apply: organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or foreign nongovernmental organizations that hold charitable status in their country, that provide services to schools and communities during non-school hours, or that are supported and operated by the government. Additional criteria for eligibility are listed on the company's Web site. Contact: Microsoft Corporation Community Affairs, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, Wash. 98052-6399; (206) 936-8185 http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/apply
National Endowment for the Humanities Announces Picturing America School Collaboration Projects Grant Opportunity
Building on the national distribution of its Picturing America program, the National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars for the purposes of encouraging “engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America's story."
The Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grant opportunity is designed to help teachers and librarians form connections between the Picturing America images and coursework in the school’s core curriculum. Picturing America is part of the endowment's We the People program.
Funded projects should support one or more conferences of one or two days each, accommodate at least twenty-four participants at each conference, and provide opportunities for participants to engage with scholars, museum and library professionals, and other experts. Conference attendees may include public school teachers, teachers at charter schools, members of home school consortia, and faculty from independent and religious schools.
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded for projects involving one or more conferences. The grant period will be twelve months.
Any U.S. nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status is eligible to apply for a grant, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. Grants will not be awarded to individuals.
Visit the NEH Web site for complete program information.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
