The Black Mountain Shearing Fellowship / How to Apply ($46,000 + more)
Applications are now open for the Black Mountain Shearing Fellowship. The Black Mountain Institute at UNLV champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, and community engagement. The institute makes space for meaningful collaborations and conversations; it understands service as vital. The institute also asks questions about access, the environment, and labor. It is based in Las Vegas–a place of hospitality in the middle of a desert. Between the manufactured and natural, urban and wide expanse, built and rebuilt, bounty and scarcity, it lives within narratives of destruction and preservation. From the brightest spot on the planet, the Black Mountain Institute amplifies writing and artistic expression to connect people to each other in the Las Vegas Valley, the Southwest, and beyond.
The Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts residential fellowships every academic year. Visiting fellows join a community of writers and scholars in a thriving literary scene in Las Vegas and on the campus of UNLV; they are supported by individuals and groups that share the commitment to bringing writers and the literary imagination into the heart of public life.
Eligibility For The Black Mountain Shearing Fellowship
This is a residential fellowship for emerging and distinguished writers who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press.
Requirements for The Black Mountain Shearing Fellowship
Applicants should submit:
- A one- to three-page personal statement, which includes: Their interest in being part of the Las Vegas literary community, a practical description of how you envision fulfilling their service hours and engaging the Las Vegas community, and finally, the writing project(s) they will work on while in residency.
- A writing sample (10 pages maximum, double-spaced, 12 pt. font).
- A résumé or CV.
Benefits
- Applicants will receive a compensation of $46,500 over a nine-month period.
- A nine-month-long letter of appointment.
- Eligibility for optional health coverage.
- Office space in the BMI offices on the campus of UNLV.
- Housing
- Recognition at BMI as a ‘Shearing’ fellow.
