EMERGENCY FUNDS
How do emergency funds differ from other sources of financial aid?
Emergency funds aid writers in severe temporary financial difficulties. Some funds give outright grants, others make interest-free loans. For support for anything other than a genuine emergency, turn to Fellowships and Grants.
THE AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND
31 East 32nd St, 7th Floor; New York, NY 10016; (212) 268-1208,
FAX 564-8363; staff@authorsleaguefund.org
Isabel Howe, Administrator
Open to: playwrights. Type of assistance: interest-free loan to dramatists and book authors; request should be limited to immmediate needs. Guidelines: published or produced working professional; must demonstrate real need. Application procedure: application and supporting materials. Notification: 1 month.
CARNEGIE FUND FOR AUTHORS
1 Old Country Rd, Suite 113; Carle Place, NY 11514
Open to: playwrights. Type of assistance: emergency grant. Guidelines: playwright who has had at least 1 play or collection of plays published commercially in book form (anthologies excluded); emergency that has placed applicant in substantial verifiable financial need. Application procedure: write for application.
THE DRAMATISTS GUILD FUND
1501 Broadway, Suite 701; New York, NY 10036; (212) 391-8384,
FAX 944-0420
Susan Drury, Administrator
Open to: playwrights, composers, librettists, lyricists. Type of assistance: grants to not-for-profit theatres producing contemporary American work; request should be limited to immediate needs. Guidelines: published or produced working professional; must demonstrate real need. Application procedure: application and supporting materials. Notification: 1 month.
MARY MASON MEMORIAL LEMONADE FUND
Open to: playwrights, translators, lyricists, librettists, composers. Type of assistance: grants up to $1000. Guidelines: resident of San Francisco Bay Area who has worked professionally or vocationally in theatre with minimum 2 years experience within the last 5 years who is diagnosed with terminal or life-threatening illness; monies cannot be used for hospital expenses. Application procedure: call or email for application. Notification: 1 month. (See Theatre Bay Area in Membership and Service Organizations.)
PEN FUND FOR WRITERS & EDITORS WITH AIDS
PEN American Center; 588 Broadway, Suite 303; New York, NY 10012;
(212) 334-1660, FAX 334-2181;
www.pen.orgOpen to: professional playwrights, translators, librettists, screenwriters, radio writers. Type of assistance: grant up to $2000. Guidelines: emergency assistance for published and/or produced writer who is HIV-positive and having financial difficulties. Application procedure: documentation of financial emergency, resume and application; see website for information and application. Notification: 2 months.
PEN WRITERS FUND
PEN American Center; 588 Broadway, Suite 303; New York, NY 10012;
(212) 334-1660, ext 101, FAX 334-2181;
www.pen.orgOpen to: professional playwrights, translators, librettists, screenwriters, radio writers. Type of assistance: grant up to $2000. Guidelines: emergency assistance for published and/or produced writer having financial difficulties. Application procedure: work sample, documentation of financial emergency, resume and application; see website for information and application. Notification: 2 months.