{"id":296,"date":"2008-04-26T07:57:19","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=296"},"modified":"2008-04-26T07:57:19","modified_gmt":"2008-04-26T11:57:19","slug":"astraea-lesbian-foundation-for-justice-lesbian-writers-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice &#8211; Lesbian Writers Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grants awarded to lesbian writers.<\/p>\n<p>CLOSING DATE:<br \/>\nJune 29, 2008<\/p>\n<p>AMOUNT:<br \/>\n$1500 to $10,000 (three awards)<\/p>\n<p>ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:<br \/>\nU.S. lesbian-identified writers of poetry and\/or fiction.<\/p>\n<p>AGENCY\/DEPARTMENT:<br \/>\nAstraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice<\/p>\n<p>Attn: Lesbian Writers Fund<br \/>\n116 E. 16th St., 7th Floor<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10003, USA<br \/>\n(212) 529-8021<br \/>\nFax: (212) 982-3321<br \/>\ngrants@astraeafoundation.org<\/p>\n<p>SUMMARY:<br \/>\nThe fund aims to support the work of emerging lesbian writers, and to acknowledge the contributions of established lesbian writers to the movement and culture.<\/p>\n<p>FOR DETAILED INFORMATION GO TO:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astraea.org\/PHP\/Grants\/DeadlinesAllGrants.php4#writers_fund\" target=\"_blank\">www.astraea.org\/PHP\/Grants\/DeadlinesAllGrants.php4#writers_fund<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grants awarded to lesbian writers. CLOSING DATE: June 29, 2008 AMOUNT: $1500 to $10,000 (three awards) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: U.S. lesbian-identified writers of poetry and\/or fiction. AGENCY\/DEPARTMENT: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Attn: Lesbian Writers Fund 116 E. 16th St., 7th Floor New York, NY 10003, USA (212) 529-8021 Fax: (212) 982-3321 grants@astraeafoundation.org SUMMARY: The fund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMmJz-4M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69,"url":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=69","url_meta":{"origin":296,"position":0},"title":"Astraea Visual Arts Fund &#8211; Deadline: Thursday 2\/15\/07","author":"","date":"January 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Astraea Visual Arts Fund - Deadline: Thursday 2\/15\/07 @ 6pmEST (deadline is for receipt of applications at the Astraea Office) Recognizes the work of contemporary lesbian visual artists within the U.S. Thanks to the Skipp Saphho Fund, three awards will be made this year, in the amount of $2,500 each.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":671,"url":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=671","url_meta":{"origin":296,"position":1},"title":"BLACK GAY &#038; LESBIAN ARCHIVE AUTHOR SERIES (NYC)","author":"","date":"October 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"BLACK GAY & LESBIAN ARCHIVE AUTHOR SERIES Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:00 PM WRITING WHAT WE KNOW Join us for a lively reading and discussion with four writers whose thought-provoking innovative works challenge conventional social and cultural norms. 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