CatchLight Visual Storytelling Fellowship / How to Apply ($30,000 + more)
Are you a visual storyteller looking to make an impact with your work? Do you have an innovative project idea that leverages visuals to engage audiences and drive social change? If so you are invited to apply for the CatchLight Visual Storytelling Fellowship.
Eligibility
The CatchLight Visual Storytelling Fellowship is open to visual storytellers from around the world. There is no entry fee.
Requirements
To apply, you will need to provide the following:
– A fellowship statement (200 words) describing how your work engages audiences and has a long-term impact
– A description of your proposed project (250 words)
– A description of your distribution, engagement, and impact plan (250 words)
– A plan to gather impact feedback (100 words)
– A timeline for your project
– A budget estimate
– Three topic ideas for sharing your learning with the CatchLight community
– 10-20 images
– Three professional references
– A short bio
– A copy of your curriculum vitae
Benefits of The CatchLight Visual Storytelling Fellowship
As a CatchLight Fellow, you will receive:
– A $30,000 award
– Potential access to additional funding through the CatchLight Impact Fund
– Paid travel and accommodations to the 2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit in San Francisco
– Personal development opportunities, including executive coaching
– Impact strategy and networking support from CatchLight staff and partners
– A community of like-minded Fellows and industry professionals
Some excellent short stories to enjoy online
Assessment Criteria
The CatchLight team will assess proposals based on how they employ and strengthen new methods and potential solutions to achieve one or more of the following target outcomes:
– Innovative Distribution: Testing a new distribution method of an existing project to effectively engage a specific audience through visuals.
– Community Activations: Testing how visual storytelling can be leveraged to engage specific audiences and/or address specific community information needs
– Field Sustainability: building systems and models that push the field of visual storytelling or media ecosystem forward.
Deadline
The application window for the CatchLight Visual Storytelling Fellowship is November 9 – December 14, 2024. Don’t miss this opportunity to take your visual storytelling to the next level and make a meaningful impact. Apply now!
