Emerging Voices Application
EMERGING VOICES
PEN USA, c/o Antioch University
400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City CA 90230
(310) 862-1555.
Fax: (310) 862-1556.
Email: .
Website: http://www.penusa.org
Annual program offering $1,000 stipend and 8-month fellowship to writers in the early stages of their literary careers. Program includes one-on-one sessions with mentors, seminars on topics such as editing or working with agents, courses in the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension, and literary readings.
No age restrictions; selection is not based solely on economic need. Participants need not be published, but the program is directed toward poets and writers of fiction and creative nonfiction with clear ideas of what they hope to accomplish through their writing. Mentors are chosen from PEN’s comprehensive membership of professional writers and beyond. Participants are paired with established writers sharing similar writing interests and often with those of the same ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Program gets underway in January. See website for brochure and complete guidelines.
Deadline: September 5, 2008 for the 2009 cycle. Materials must arrive in the PEN offices by the submission deadline—no exceptions.