Burnett Wins 2024 Gulliver Travel Grant

Writer Emma Burnett has won the 2024 Gulliver Travel Grant, given by the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) “to assist writers of speculative literature (in fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction) in their research.” The $1,000 grant is intended to cover airfare, lodging, or other travel expenses.

Burnett’s winning work was the short story “Amaranth”.

LuLu Johnson, Shawnna Thomas, and Nasser Yousefi were shortlisted for the grant.

Applications for the Gulliver Travel Grant open in November of each year. For more information, how to apply, and SLF’s other grant programs, see the SLF website.

Past winners can be found in previous Locus coverage of the Gulliver Travel Grant.

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