SASE Jerome Grants for Writers

Intermedia Arts’ annual SASE/Jerome grant program awards grants of up to $5,000 to emerging Minnesota writers. We define an emerging writer as 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 an emerging and diverse group of Minnesota writers, and to contribute to the professional advancement of those writers.

Our goal is to provide financial assistance, professional encouragement, and recognition to an ethnically, culturally, and socio-economically diverse group of writers in an effort to strengthen and support Minnesota's literary community by giving voice to the many different voices and stories that are a part of it.

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 you to give serious thought to how this grant could make a difference in your career!

DEADLINE TO APPLY: 6PM Tuesday, November 24th, 2009