1 Session: Saturday, February 7
2:00-4:00pm ET
Emily Dufton

Emily Dufton is a writer and drug historian based near Washington, DC. Her first book, Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America, traced fifty years of grassroots cannabis activism, from the 1960s to 2017. Her forthcoming book, Addiction, Inc.: Medication-Assisted Treatment and America’s Forgotten War on Drugs, traces the federal development, and subsequent commercialization, of the opioid addiction medication industry. It won a J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award in 2021, a Robert B. Silvers Work in Progress Award in 2022, and a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant in 2022, which helped to finance the writing. Dufton is here to show you how you can achieve the same.

The deadlines are coming. This spring, many of the leading grant-giving institutions in America and beyond will be looking for this year’s crop of winners. If you’re writing a book and need support, this money can transform your experience. Dedicated funds for travel and research, or to cover housing and childcare costs, can be the difference between finishing a manuscript and falling behind. But first, you have to convince these organizations that you’re the writer who deserves these funds.

This class will demystify the grant writing experience. We’ll walk through a typical grant application, discuss the many kinds of grants available, and practice transforming our books into successful pitches – which is harder than it looks. We’ll also discuss self-promotion, and the new landscape facing writers in the social media age. At the end, students should feel prepared to apply for a variety of grant opportunities. Plan for a brief lecture, workshop, and plenty of time for Q&A.

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