Split This Rock is committed to diversity of all kinds. If a scholarship would help make your attendance possible, please apply!
Please note: A scholarship to the festival covers the registration fee only. Unfortunately, we do not have the funds to help with transportation or housing. Please check our spaceShare page for DC-area residents offering a room in their home or for carpooling possibilities: www.SpaceShare.com/splitthisrock.
Scholarships will be given based on economic need, with a particular emphasis on youth and seniors, poets and activists of color, poets and activists with disabilities, and poets and activists from other marginalized groups.
To apply, please write us a brief letter (no more than 250 words) telling us about yourself: your background, work, organizational affiliations, if any, etc. Describe your circumstances and why a scholarship would be helpful. We don’t need to see poems or a résumé. Please include full contact information: mailing address, phone, and email.
Send the letter to:
Scholarship Application
Split This Rock Poetry Festival
1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Please do not apply by email. For inquiries and questions only, contact info@splitthisrock.org.
Applications for scholarships will be approved on a rolling basis, with an absolute postmark deadline of February 20, 2010. Please apply early, as scholarships will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
You can also download this information as a flyer (Microsoft Word format).