SFWA Awards 2023 Givers Fund Grants

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has awarded Givers Fund Grants to 29 organizations, activities, and programs for 2023 projects. Qualifying recipients include “any 501(c)(3) or similar organization… with a program related to the speculative fiction genres.” The grants ranged in value from $165 to $4,235 and were funded by donors to SFWA.

The 2023 recipients are:

  • All Types of Media Arts Convention (ATOMACON), for a convention
  • Alpha Workshop for Young Writers Inc., for a workshop
  • Arisia, Inc., for a convention
  • Association of Nigerian Authors, for a youth workshop
  • Baja Arizona Science Fiction Association for TusCon, a convention
  • Black Science Fiction Society, for an online community
  • Bubonicon Inc., for a convention
  • Cal State Fullerton Library Archives & Special Collections, for a state college library
  • Carl Brandon Society, for free books at a juvenile book fair
  • Cascade Writers, for a workshop
  • Clarion West, for a workshop
  • Daniel Marcus, for Story Hour, an online reading series
  • Dream Foundry, for an online community
  • If This Goes On (Don’t Panic), for a podcast
  • L.O.K.I.e.V. zur Forderung der Phantastik, for a convention
  • Multiverse Events LLC, for a convention
  • Narrate Conferences for Sirens Conference, a convention
  • Odyssey Charitable Trust, for a workshop
  • Red Ogre Review, for a small press
  • Sheridan High School Oregon, for a public school library
  • Society for the Furtherance & Study of Fantasy & Science Fiction, for WisCon, a convention
  • Space Cowboy Books, for a podcast
  • Speculative Literature Foundation,  for the Portolan Project, an open-source creative writing and literature resource
  • The Clarion Foundation, for the Clarion San Diego workshop
  • The DC Center for the LGBT Community, for a convention
  • Trustees of Dartmouth College, for the Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project
  • University of Kansas Center for Research, for the Ad Astra Institute for Science Fiction & the Speculative Imagination, for a workshop
  • University City Public Library, for a public library
  • University of Wyoming, for LaunchPad, a workshop

Applications are always open for these grants; the deadline to apply for 2024 awards is October 1, 2023. For more information about Givers Fund Grants and the 2023 recipients, see the SFWA website.


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