Small Grants
Small Grants
I am requesting funding to attend The Loft's Wordsmith Conference to meet with potential agents.
Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Drew Digby: ARAC Executive Director; Holly Hackett-Rich: ARAC Grants Manager; Erin Turner: ARAC Operations Manager; Steve Wick: ARAC Office Coordinator.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
My ultimate goal for attending this conference is to find and agent, but a more immediate goal will be to give three well-prepared and confident pitches to potential agents and to walk away with at least five leads of other agents I can pitch after the conference. I also plan to network with other authors and collect at least five business cards from fellow attendees to follow up with and stay connected to. I'll be successful if I walk away from the conference with tangible changes that I can make to my pitch letter and query process. I’ll also consider myself successful if I collect at least 10 business cards of agents and professionals in the field that I can follow up with in the future.
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