A Report from Calabar
A Report from Calabar We just received a fascinating report from Justin Clement, winner of our 2020 Travel Grant, on his travels in Calabar, Nigeria. We’d like to share it with you. Stone Faces in Far Places I’d received the heads up from a friend of mine living in Calabar that Ikom was at least […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2022 AC Bose Grant
Announcing the Winner of the 2022 AC Bose Grant The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce that Mimi Mondal is the winner of the 2022 AC Bose Grant. Cosponsored by the SLF and DesiLit, the AC Bose Grant has been offering support to South Asian / South Asian diaspora writers working within the speculative […]
Organizing and developing the SLF grants
I scheduled Karen (managing director) and Carly (development) to come over and work this morning from 9-12 on SLF stuff, and I admit, when I woke up at 8, I had a long, groaning moment of ‘aren’t I supposed to be on vacation still? Why did I make more (volunteer) work for myself?’ But I […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2018 Older Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce J Tullos Hennig and Ann Dávila Cardinal as the winners of the 2018 Older Writers Grant. The $500 awards support any purpose the recipients choose to benefit their work. J Tullos Hennig, who has always possessed inveterate fascination in the myths and histories of other worlds and times, […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2017 Working Class Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is pleased to announce LD Lewis as the winner of the 2017 Working Class Writers Grant. Lewis, who volunteers as Art Director for FIYAH Literary Magazine for Black Speculative fiction, primarily writes fantasy centering Black women and femmes in extraordinary worlds and with extraordinary power. She intends to make a living writing fantasy […]
Diversity Grants Winner Announced
Erin Roberts is the Winner of the 2017 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grant From the Speculative Literature Foundation The Speculative Fiction Foundation has awarded the 2017 Diverse Writers Grant and 2017 Diverse Worlds Grant to Erin Roberts. The two $500 awards support any purpose that a writer recipient chooses to benefit their work. Both […]
Slight Delay on the 2017 Diverse Writers Grant and the Diverse Worlds Grant
We were supposed to announce the winner(s) of the 2017 Diverse Writers Grant and the Diverse Worlds Grant this past Friday, September 15, but our jurors are still hard at work reading the applications. We want to make sure every application gets the attention it deserves, so we’re not exactly sure when we will announce […]
Announcing the Winner of the 2016 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants
Gabriel Thibodeau and Eden Royce are the Winners of the 2016 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants The Speculative Fiction Foundation has awarded the 2016 Diverse Writers Grant to Gabriel Thibodeau and the 2016 Diverse Worlds Grant to Eden Royce. The two $500 awards support any purpose that writer recipients may choose to benefit their […]
Attention: 2016 Working Class Writers Grant
Update on the 2016 Working Class Writers Grant: Our jurors are still in the process of selecting the winner for the 2016 Working Class Writers Grant. We hope to select a winner by mid-May. Once we do, Our Managing Director, Malon Edwards, will send out an email to all applicants announcing the winner. For […]
