New Poets of Native Nations Women’s Scholarship

2021 New Poets of Native Nations Women’s Scholarship Application

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Contact Information
Name*
First Last
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Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
If a resident of Minnesota, please include your county
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Email*

Scholarship Opportunity
New Poets of Native Nations Women’s Scholarship*
While this scholarship aims to lower financial barriers for those who want to participate in a workshop at the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference, it will be awarded based on literary merit. This scholarship is open to application to any of the workshops: poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. Any woman who is an enrolled member or citizen or descendant of an enrolled member of a Native Nation is eligible to apply for this scholarship. This full scholarship waives all fees and includes a stipend. One scholarship will be awarded. The scholarship recipient is ineligible for other discounts. Previous scholarship recipients are ineligible for this scholarship for three years.
- Yes, I am eligible for this scholarship.
Upload Application Statement*
Please attach a one-page (double-spaced) statement of eligibility and what you hope to gain from the conference in pdf or word format.
File Upload Requirements:
- Maximum file size upload is 9MB.
- PDF File Format
-Word File Format
- Max of 1 pages
Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx.

Workshop Selection
Please verify that you intend to attend a workshop.*
At this time, there are not scholarships for the Auditor Track. Scholarship recipients will participate in a workshop.
- I plan to attend and participate in a workshop with faculty.
First Choice Genre*
Second Choice Genre*
Are you a conference attendee?*

Writing Sample
Upload Writing Sample*
All applicants must submit a writing sample. For your writing sample, you may submit it now following these guidelines:

Fiction: Maximum of 20 pages of short stories and/or a novel excerpt (double-spaced). With a novel excerpt, add a one-page summary of the novel.

Creative Nonfiction: Maximum of 20 pages of creative nonfiction (double-spaced).

Poetry: Maximum of 10 pages of poetry (one poem per page, single-spaced is fine).

Please attach your writing sample in pdf or word format.
File Upload Requirements:
- Maximum file size upload is 9MB.
- PDF File Format
-Word File Format
- Max of 10 pages
Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx.

MNWC Conduct Policy*
Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference Conduct Policy

From its beginning the MNWC staff has striven to create a diverse and inclusive conference that is welcoming to all. We intend to provide attendees of all races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, etc., with an inclusive, enlivening, and sustaining learning community.
The MNWC community values diversity of perspectives, identities, cultures, experiences and backgrounds. We believe such diversity is essential for hardy dialogue and learning necessary for advancing the art and craft of creative writing. It is our hope that our attendees will work with us to advance our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
We ask that attendees help us make the MNWC a safe and welcoming experience for all committed to learning and teaching the craft of creative writing. To that end, we ask that all attendees, faculty, and staff honor the opinions, perspectives, and feelings of all MNWC community members and commit to maintaining an atmosphere of mutual respect.
Attending the conference is a privilege, not a right, and we must earn and maintain that privilege, in part by maintaining a high standard of respectful discourse. MNWC staff has the right and obligation to limit conference participation or expel attendees from conference events if it is deemed that behavior, including speech, is disruptive, disrespectful, or unsafe.
I have read and understand the MNWC Conduct Policy.