Alt. Fiction Bursaries
Posted on 10th May 2010
ABOUT THE BURSARIES
Literature Northants will offer bursaries to three successful Northamptonshire residents to cover the price of their ticket (worth £25) plus travel expenses up to the value of £50. See below for details of how to apply.
ABOUT ALT. FICTION
Alt.Fiction, Derby’s international festival for alternative fiction, has been running successfully since 2006 as a one-day event focusing on the genres of science-fiction, fantasy and horror and featuring some of the top authors in the field such as Ramsey Campbell, Iain M Banks, Mike Carey and Harry Harrison. The fourth Alt.Fiction will take place in QUAD; Derby’s state-of-the-art multi-media venue. For full details see http://altfiction.co.uk/.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, send your CV, three short examples of your work (links to online work preferable) and a covering letter explaining why you should be awarded the bursary to Kate Wilkinson, Literature Development Officer: kwilkinson@northamptonshire.gov.uk. To be eligible for the bursaries you must be a Northamptonshire resident.
- PLEASE NOTE: only applications made by email will be accepted. Applications not containing the required information outlined above will be disregarded. ***
DEADLINE
Your application should be emailed to kwilkinson@northamptonshire.gov.uk by 12 noon on Monday 24th May 2010. Successful applicants will be notified in the week commencing 31st May. Unfortunately, we will not be able to notify unsuccessful applicants.
