Tin House Workshop
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Hi family, hi friends, hi queer family, hi everyone,
I've got some good news and some bad. The good, first : I was accepted into the prestigious Tin House writing workshop this summer in creative non-fiction. The even better : I was selected to be in a workshop lead by Kiese Laymon. Kiese has been one of my favorite writers for years; we worked together briefy at Vassar and he has been a huge supporter of my writing. We've never had the opportunity to sit and work together. I've learned so much by reading his work, but I haven't had the time I want to sit and learn within in shared space.
Now, the bad : I was a finalist for a full scholarship, but wasn't ultimately selected. I'm bummed (but I really hope the $$$ went to some dope POC writers). Although my financial life has stabilized in the last few months (thanks to subsidized housing and support from a fellowship), I have a few years of being a poorly paid graduate student and post-doc in the most expensive city in the country to make up for. I really can't go this alone.
I know that there are a million of these things, and I know that I am not more deserving of your dollars than any other cause (actually, I'm probably less deserving). But I know my community and family supports and lifts me up when I need help. I've never had formal training as a writer. My experience at the Lambda Literary retreat with Randall Kenan broke me up and open. Two years later, and with mentorship from one of my writing heros, I am ready to sit and focus for a week on this part of my work. To focus on my writing.
The cost of the retreat / room / board is over $1800 and the rest of the money (if I reach that goal) will cover airfare to and from Portland, Oregon.
Any amount of help helps. Thank you!
Joseph Osmundson is a writer and scientist from rural Washington State. He is an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow in Systems Biology at NYU. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The LA Review of Books, Gawker, The Rumpus, Salon, and The Feminist Wire, where he is an Associate Editor. www.josephosmundson.com
I've got some good news and some bad. The good, first : I was accepted into the prestigious Tin House writing workshop this summer in creative non-fiction. The even better : I was selected to be in a workshop lead by Kiese Laymon. Kiese has been one of my favorite writers for years; we worked together briefy at Vassar and he has been a huge supporter of my writing. We've never had the opportunity to sit and work together. I've learned so much by reading his work, but I haven't had the time I want to sit and learn within in shared space.
Now, the bad : I was a finalist for a full scholarship, but wasn't ultimately selected. I'm bummed (but I really hope the $$$ went to some dope POC writers). Although my financial life has stabilized in the last few months (thanks to subsidized housing and support from a fellowship), I have a few years of being a poorly paid graduate student and post-doc in the most expensive city in the country to make up for. I really can't go this alone.
I know that there are a million of these things, and I know that I am not more deserving of your dollars than any other cause (actually, I'm probably less deserving). But I know my community and family supports and lifts me up when I need help. I've never had formal training as a writer. My experience at the Lambda Literary retreat with Randall Kenan broke me up and open. Two years later, and with mentorship from one of my writing heros, I am ready to sit and focus for a week on this part of my work. To focus on my writing.
The cost of the retreat / room / board is over $1800 and the rest of the money (if I reach that goal) will cover airfare to and from Portland, Oregon.
Any amount of help helps. Thank you!
Joseph Osmundson is a writer and scientist from rural Washington State. He is an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow in Systems Biology at NYU. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The LA Review of Books, Gawker, The Rumpus, Salon, and The Feminist Wire, where he is an Associate Editor. www.josephosmundson.com
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Joe Osmundson
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New York, NY