Deadline: 30th July 2023 | Sharjah Art Foundation Publishing Grant (30,000 USD grant)
In an effort to encourage and enhance independent publishing in the area and globally, Sharjah Art Foundation has opened the application process for the fifth edition of the Publishing Grant.
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Overview
The Publishing Grant requests project applications from cultural producers. Including academics who study art and culture, writers, editors, translators, independent publishers, collectives, and non-profit organizations. We look for initiatives that promote the development of novel concepts and critical thinking. As well as publications that take an experimental and cutting-edge approach to publishing.
A total of 30,000 USD will be given by Sharjah Art Foundation to a number of grantees. To support initiatives that stand out for their conceptual, visual, and material merits. Each project’s grant request cannot total more than $15,000 USD.
Standards of Evaluation
- Realistic goals and a timetable are essential. The undertaking must be finished in time for the Focal Point, the annual art book fair hosted by the Sharjah Art Foundation, in 2024.
- Content: We encourage an experimental and/or research-based approach to a range of art-related topics and media, including but not limited to artist zines, comics, graphic novels, published reprints, critical texts, artist writings, and storytelling.
- Impact: We value projects that have the potential to provide new insights into publishing practices outside of mainstream publishing; projects that are non-commercial and independent; projects that act as catalysts for advancing research on understudied subjects; projects that support author diversity; and projects that encourage unconventional public engagement.
- Capacity: Applicants must be able to show they have the knowledge and skills necessary to complete the project successfully, as well as access to resources not included in the grant application.
How to Apply:
Applications must be submitted through this URL by Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. UAE local time (GMT +4). Late submissions won’t be taken into consideration.
● If the FAQs section below does not address your question, send an email to publications@sharjahart.org with the subject line “Publishing Grant 2023.”
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