Press Release #5

SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES TRAVEL GRANT

SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION
PO Box 1693, Dubuque, IA 52004-1693

info@speculativeliterature.org - http://www.speculativeliterature.org/

For Immediate Release: July 14, 2004

SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES TRAVEL GRANT

The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is pleased to announce its first annual travel grant of $600, designed to assist writers (fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction) in their research. The grant is designed to help cover airfares, lodging and other expenses involved in a research trip.

The grant will be awarded by a committee of SLF staff members on the basis of interest and merit. The successful writer will be expected to produce a brief report of their research experience for possible public dissemination. For full details on how to apply for the grant, please see the SLF web site: http://www.speculativeliterature.org/Awards/SLFTravelGrant.php, or email travel@speculativeliterature.org. Applications must be received by September 30th 2005. SLF's activities are funded entirely by memberships, donations and fund-raising events. A number of established writers have kindly given their time for free at fund-raising events.

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Contact: Cheryl Morgan press@speculativeliterature.org

The Speculative Literature Foundation is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the interests of readers, writers, editors and publishers in the speculative literature community.

"Speculative literature" is a catch-all term meant to inclusively span the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging from hard and soft science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to folk and fairy tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern mythmaking -- any literature containing a fabulist or speculative element.

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