Program Overview

VERVE grant winners will spend 12-months supporting one another as they complete their grant projects and work to achieve their next level of artistic success. Grant winners will explore new venues for performance throughout the year, stage a final performance of their work at the end of the grant year, and attend bi-monthly meetings to discuss and workshop new ideas with other grantees.

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

Past VERVE grant recipients have used the grant to:

• Plan a tour
• Work with an artistic mentor
• Attend a festival or a conference
• Develop a full-length performance
• Create a CD or DVD

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!

This program is supported by the Jerome Foundation.