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Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2018 Scholarships

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Split This Rock will enter a fallow season on July 1, 2021, and all of our external programming and publishing efforts are on pause until April 1, 2022. We’re excited for time to dig into deeper wells of creativity for: 1) expanding the organizations’ capacity for working towards liberation; 2) defining more concretely what working towards liberation means at Split This Rock; 3) increasing the impact of our poetry, resistance, and community building offerings; and 4) more deeply aligning the organization’s mission with its systems, protocols, and practices. Learn more about the inspiration, projects, and goals for fallow season at the News from Split This Rock webpage. Visit the fallow season webpage to explore responses to frequently asked questions. We’re eager to continue engaging with you! To be invited to fallow season community gatherings we’ll be hosting, be sure to complete this online form.

THE DEADLINE FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS HAS PASSED

Split This Rock is happy to offer a limited number of scholarships for people who would not otherwise be able to attend the 2018 Poetry Festival.

DEADLINES

  • FOR ONLINE OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS: MARCH 28, 2018
  • FOR MAILED APPLICATIONS: POSTMARKED BY MARCH 20, 2018

ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships will be given on a rolling basis. Apply early. Scholarships cover the cost of registration only. While funds are not available to help with transportation or housing, low-cost housing options are posted on the Where To Stay page of our website.

Scholarships will be given based on economic need. Split This Rock is committed to assembling a diverse group of participants at our poetry festivals. Therefore, priority will be given to youth and seniors, poets and activists of color, poets and activists with disabilities, LGBT poets and activists, undocumented poets and activists, and poets and activists from other marginalized groups.

HOW TO REQUEST A SCHOLARSHIP

To apply, submit your request using the online Scholarship Request Form or send us your request by email or mail using the instructions available as a Word document or PDF. These forms ask for the following: a description of no more than 350 words that shares why you want to attend the 2018 Poetry Festival, your reason(s) for needing a scholarship, and any relevant information about your background and organizational affiliations. Do not include poems or a résumé. Please indicate whether a partial scholarship will make it possible for you to attend. Send your scholarship request with your full contact information (your full name, mailing address, email, and phone number) to poetryfest@splitthisrock.org or by mail to:

Scholarship Application
Split This Rock Poetry Festival
1301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC  20036

Send questions to: poetryfest@splitthisrock.org

Applications for scholarships will be approved on a rolling basis, with an absolute postmark deadline of March 20, 2018. Please apply early, as scholarships will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.