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Thank you for attending my presentation on Grants & Other Funding Opportunities for Writers & Artists. I hope it was helpful. I’d love to hear about your experiences — and hopefully, your successes — as you navigate these waters.  As promised here are my favorite resources that I check periodically for creative opportunities. I will update this page when I discover new lists or programs that impress me. So please check back regularly. By the way, this is a “hidden” page, in that it isn’t referenced within this website’s menu or structure. I share it only with clients and workshop attendees. So please be sure to save (bookmark) the page address in your browser. I also post interesting opportunities for artists and writers on Facebook (Sally Wiener Grotta) and Twitter (@SallyWGrotta). Many of those that I post on social media won’t appear on this page, because they’re individual programs that may or may not be repeated annually.  Don’t forget to check your […]

Sally Wiener Grotta's speaking schedule for the 80th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago (Worldcon or Chicon 8)

Samuel Delany talks with Sally Wiener Grotta about the history of how the word "black" replaced "Negro" and "colored," & why he says that spelling "black" w a capital B is racist. Includes anecdotes about W.E.B DuBois, the Delany sisters (Chip's renowned activist aunts), Ursula K. LeGuin, Mercedes Lackey, and more.

Walking past a homeless person who may or may not need medical attention, I couldn't do nothing, but my options were limited. What would you have done?

I recently spent an evening of wonder and reflection in the company of several rare printed books in Hebrew from the 15th century. Each was a personality and story, bound by hand and laden with transmitted memory. (A personal essay)

While preparing to be a reader at Philadelphia's Bloomsday 2022 celebration of James Joyce's "Ulysses," I discovered the raucous joy of Joyce's dialog and characters. "Ulysses" may be a literary masterpiece, but it's more suited for reading aloud with friends than the hushed atmosphere of a college library.

As the current covid surge retreats, personal choices are becoming messier and more complex, as I try to balance facts and logic with emotions, needs and moral obligations. And when will hugs be the norm again?

Time is woven into the fabric of the universe, but calendars are human constructs, our attempt to exert a sense of control over nature. So what is New Year's Eve? What is January 1st? For that matter, what is June 12th or 5:18 PM? Why do these abstract concepts define our lives?

Every year, I become intrigued by the concept of a "new" year, of a calendar that we as humans have imposed on nature, on the ongoing circling of planets and stars. Where is the beginning and end in a circle? Here's my new year's poem for 2022. It's about calendars and mercury and human touch.

As we move forward into the year 2022, with the unrelenting rollercoaster of crises that was 2020 and 2021 are at our backs, unbidden thoughts about a rearview mirror and of Janus (the god often used to represent the new year) help me begin to form a plan on how I can welcome and even embrace whatever adventures the new year may bring.