The deadline to apply for the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Older Writers Grant is fast approaching: applications must be in by March 31.
The $750 grant is available to any writer of speculative literature age 50 or older who is just beginning to work professionally in the field.
For full details about applying for the grant, please see the SLF website. There is no entry fee. SLF will announce the recipient on May 15.
K. C. Ball was the 2012 grant winner.
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How about a grant or maybe a workshop, along with an entire system of awards, for “Washed Up Writers?”
Taral, what part of “…just beginning to work professionally in the field” were you not able to read?
“Late bloomer” does not equal “washed up.”
Two late bloomers: R.A.Lafferty and Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Washed up writers. I’ve got names, and I’ve often stated by feelings. But not here. Someone might object a little more streniously.
The SF arena has had some youngsters start early, but who has been the oldest at first story publication?