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This $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a young Albertan writer who shows extraordinary talent in an eligible literary genre and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.
You must be enrolled in an eligible training program to receive this scholarship.
Eligible writing programs that will be accepted for assessment of educational or training merit are the following:
Graduate programs or their equivalent are ineligible for consideration.
For the purposes of this scholarship program, eligible creative writing submissions that will be accepted for assessment of artistic merit are the following:
*Literary non-fiction is a form of non-fiction that uses inventive or literary techniques to produce work factually true and artistically elegant. Eligible works of literary non-fiction are the following written in a personal, identifiable voice:
**A comic book/graphic novel script is a text-only excerpt from a projected book-length narrative that will use a combination of words and sequential art in experimental or traditional comic format.
We only accept applications through Grant Administration Tracking and Evaluation (GATE) online application system.
We must receive your online application through GATE no later than 11:59 pm Mountain Time on the deadline date, unless the deadline falls on a statutory holiday or a weekend when it will be extended until the next working day. Please give the system time to process your application so that we receive notification of your submission before the deadline falls.
Please note:
We do not accept separate applications for the same project.
First-time applicants will require a GATE username and password. Email us at registrationafa@gov.ab.ca to obtain your GATE login information at least five business days prior to the application deadline.
Please include:
Your GATE user name and password will be sent to the email address provided.
If an applicant is under the age of 18 years at the time of application, a parent or legal guardian mus e-sign the Applicant Agreement in GATE as the designate for the scholarship.
As the designate, you are responsible for:
Your GATE application will include online forms to complete and attachments you must upload to your application.
Please note that applicants may be asked for additional information to determine eligibility or any other program requirements.
The GATE attachment section indicates that not all attachments are required for submission. This is because they are only required for certain types of project or scholarship applications.
Please submit the following attachments:
This funding is administered at the discretion of the AFA board.
Staff convene an expert panel to consider all eligible scholarship applications submitted to each deadline. The expert panel assesses the merit of each application both on its own terms and in relation to all other applications received for a given deadline.
Assessment of a scholarship application is based on the following general criteria:
All expert panel recommendations are reviewed by the AFA board and all decisions are final. Funding is not assured for any application.
Learn more about expert panels and how the AFA adjudicates funding requests for all programs.
Grant recommendations are made to the AFA board of directors. Successful recipients will be notified upon board approval, generally between four to six months from the application deadline.
All applicants, successful and unsuccessful, will be notified of the outcome. No expert panel comments will be provided.
Within 60 days of the award date, you must provide confirmation of enrollment to the eligible training program identified in your application via email to the Literary Arts Development Consultant .
No other reporting requirements are associated with this scholarship.
The Dr. MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship program was created by the Government of Alberta to provide a legacy for noted author and former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Dr. Grant MacEwan. In addition to his extensive public service, Dr. MacEwan wrote more than fifty books on subjects that included nature, folklore, agriculture, politics, environment, literature, history and the people of Alberta.
For assistance with this scholarship application, please call the AFA at 780-427-9968 during regular business hours or email the Arts Development Consultant listed below. Toll-free calls can be made by first dialing 310.0000.
10708-105 Ave,
Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5H 0A1
780-427-9968
(toll-free within Alberta by first dialing 310-0000)