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SASE/Jerome Grants for Emerging Writers

Deadline to Apply: September 15, 2007

Each year, the SASE/Jerome Awards, sponsored by the Jerome Foundation, awards grants of up to $5,000 to emerging Minnesota writers. An emerging writer is a writer whose work demonstrates a sustained level of accomplishment and commitment, but who has not yet received recognition/ acknowledgement as an established creator from fellow writers and/or other arts professionals.

The purpose of this program is to make grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging Minnesota writers, and to contribute to the professional advancement of those writers.

Our goal is to provide financial assistance, professional encouragement, and recognition to a culturally and socio-economically diverse group of literary artists, in an effort to strengthen and support Minnesota's literary community.

Past SASE/Jerome Award recipients have used the grant to:

  • take classes or attend a writer's conference
  • travel and/or do research
  • work with a writing mentor
  • have their manuscript read by an established writer
  • pay for childcare while they wrote
  • promote a newly published book

These are just a few of the possibilities. We encourage applicants to give serious thought to how this grant could make a difference in their career.

Staff Assistance

Our Literary Programs Manager is a great resource for help on your application. Our staff members do not make funding decisions, so we can be a useful and objective source of help as you plan your project and write your proposal.

Read Winning Proposals!

You can read successful proposals from former grantees in our writer’s resource center.

For more information, call us at 612.871.4444 or email Julie@intermediaarts.org.

Download the 2008 SASE/Jerome Grant Application

Come Celebrate!

SASE/Jerome Gala
Saturday, December 22, 2007
7 PM at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Don’t miss this spectacular evening of poetry, prose, wine, food and conversation as we celebrate our 2007 SASE/Jerome and VERVE grant recipients, and introduce this year’s 2008 winners. Be the first to experience new work created by some of Minnesota’s most talented new writers and poets.

Featuring:
Kelly Barnhill • Stephanie Booker • Kirsten Dierking • John Jodzio • Baker Lawley • Brandon Lussier • Maria Isa Perez • Sol Testimony • Carei F. Thomas