Klamath Writers' Guild

(This site was last updated July 23rd, 2010.) 

Welcome to the Klamath Writers’ Guild’s website.

Although our site continues to evolve the links to the left are active and will provide you with information about our group.

Writer Fellowship & Residency Opportunities 

Vermont Studio Centre Fellowships

VSC awards a number of Full Fellowships, open to all artists and writers, for 4-week residencies throughout the year.  The Full Fellowship application deadlines are February 16th, June 15th, and October 1st.  In addition to VSC Full Fellowships, a variety of special fellowships are also available for full or partial funding.  We are currently full through the summer with limited residencies available in fall of 2010. June applicants are encouraged to pick dates after November 2010. If you can only attend a summer residency, you are welcome to apply for 2011 and 2012.

VSC offers partial funding in grants and work exchange aid based on a combination of merit and need.  This assistance may cover up to half the full cost of a four-week residency. VSC Grants require no work; Work-Exchange Aid requires assisting with the operation of the community, for example, in food service or the office (work is valued at $15/hour for up to 10 hours per week). There is more grant assistance available for November through April Residencies.

For more information visit: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/

The M Literary Residency Program

Writers Residency Invites Applications for Three-Month Residency in India or China. Applications for the 2011 M Literary Residency Program are now being accepted. Established in 2009 with the goals of disseminating a broader knowledge of contemporary life and writing in India and China today and to foster deeper intellectual, cultural and artistic links across individuals and communities, the program is open to writers of fiction, literary non-fiction or poetry whose residence in India or China would benefit their work.

Brainchild of M Restaurant Group and Shanghai International Literary Festival founder Michelle Garnaut and writer Pankaj Mishra, the Program offers two residencies in 2011, one in Shanghai, China and one in Pondicherry, India.  The residencies are each three months long, and candidates should apply for only one.

Applications for the 2011 Residency are now open. Please visit http://www.m-literaryfestival.com for application forms and information.

— The Write Sites —

Aswiebe's Market List

A regularly updated market list of speculative fiction markets with a wonderful list of pending anthologies, something hard to find in other market resources.
http://www.aswiebe.com/writing/markets.html

Travel Writing Online Course

This is being run for a limited time only by the organisers of the Guide Gecko contest below.  It is a non-cost travel writing e-course. Worth a look at if you want to enter the contest or learn how to be a travel writer.
http://www.guidegecko.com/writing-contest

Novel Writing Advice From Caro Clarke

Caro Clarke, a published author, has written a series of informative articles offering advice to novelists. This would be a very handy site to bookmark if you are intending to enter NaNoWriMo or are struggling with your novel.
http://www.caroclarke.com/writing.html