RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
Dear RuthG,
The Illinois Arts Council was pleased to have had the opportunity to consider your application for a fellowship in poetry. I regret to inform you that it was not one of those selected for funding.
I just don’t think this is going to happen. Not enough options for funding, & competition is too fierce for this particular fellowship.
Jan 09, 2009, 03:02PM PST | 9 cheers | 5 comments
Find available grants to apply for. Get an idea of what’s available what it will take.
Nov 23, 2008, 04:32PM PST | 0 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
this morning – & I even got to work a little early afterward.
I think my current application is stronger than the one I did two years ago. So here’s hoping!
Sep 02, 2008, 08:34AM PDT | 11 cheers | 2 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
- Changing document status to: SUBMITTED
- Complete!
Now I’m printing out everything I need to hand-deliver tomorrow morning on the way to work (work samples, proof of residence, statement of assurances).
Public thanks to Sherlock7437 for giving me some invaluable feedback. I trimmed down the artist statement to make space for her main content suggestion – & along the way I found some more wordiness to excise. A poet must not be wordy!
Notification isn’t till January 2009, so now I shall set this on a mental back shelf & focus on more immediate stuff.
Sep 01, 2008, 10:51AM PDT | 10 cheers | 0 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
I put together my “artistic resume” & then drafted the artist’s statement. Feels great to get those done! Not that they’re necessarily final . . . My dear friend Sherlock, master grant writer & winner, is going to look over the artist’s statement & give me some feedback! Isn’t that a lovely kindness?
Aug 24, 2008, 09:04PM PDT | 16 cheers | 0 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
I chose the poems to include as my work samples, & I got partway through the online application. Recent work (completed in 2004 or sooner) is requested; I was pleased to see that most of the poems I wanted to include are from 2008! It has been a poetically juicy year so far.
Next I have to write a bio/resumé, up to 500 words long. We are told that the information in it is definitely taken into account in the second-level deliberations among the three judges. So I need to take time with this.
Aug 23, 2008, 08:30PM PDT | 15 cheers | 0 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
for the state arts council—& today I got its call for fellowship applications. Deadline: September 2.
Since I am in a good place with my writing, & since the lost arts funding was restored in the final state budget, I will definitely go ahead & put together an application. I hope my current juiciness will spill over & make me irresistible!
I am a bit silly at the moment. :-)
Jul 17, 2008, 05:29PM PDT | 24 cheers | 4 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
again this August/September. That will be after I’ve attended the June workshop & hopefully begun to practice/absorb the new insights I gain there.
The state budget for this year reduced arts funding, so the grant program will be more competitive than ever. But I’ll hope for the best.
Apr 21, 2008, 10:13AM PDT | 17 cheers | 1 comment
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
I didn’t get the fellowship I applied for.
Right now it makes me really sad, I guess because I’ve been working too hard & am exhausted. It would have been so wonderful to be able to afford to take time off & focus on writing & honing my craft.
But I’ll be OK, & I’ll get back to looking & applying when I can find time for it.
Jan 19, 2007, 10:20AM PST | 9 cheers | 3 comments
RuthG is going to walk her dog-body.
today! Within the deadline—yea!!
Aug 31, 2006, 02:05PM PDT | 10 cheers | 5 comments