Artist Initiative
ACHF Arts Access
Revise my collection of short stories, hire an editor to guide revisions, and submit the collection to literary agents for consideration. The grant will be used well if my manuscript is ready for agency submission and if the individual short stories, flash fiction, and prose poems are ready for submission to prominent literary journals for publication consideration. 2: Teach two workshops, and host three readings all of which will be thematically linked with the collection's exploration of time and memory. I will evaluate the community component—three readings and two craft workshops—by distributing class evaluations and tracking attendance at the workshops and readings.
I revised my collection of short stories; secured an agent; and have submitted stories to journals for publication consideration. The evaluation methods included regular self check-ins, a regular writing routine, and regular story submission to journals, and to my writing group for editorial feedback and guidance. Because my goal was one of generating content, I evaluated my progress by tracking how much progress I was making on my writing monthly. I found that self check-ins provided accountability and worked well for me. 2: My work reached new audiences through readings of my work and lectures on creative writing content that overlap with my manuscript's themes. My first goal was to participate in five public events over the grant year. This outcome was reached. To evaluate the success of the events, I distributed class evaluations and reviews were positive. The goals of reaching audiences and serving those audiences with meaningful creative writing content was met. In addition, the reading at The Fox Egg Gallery was a packed house. My work reached twice the audience I'd initially projected.
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