AANM Writing Fellows

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We are excited to invite you to apply for the AANM Writing Fellows program, a creative writing fellowship opportunity for Dearborn/Detroit-area high school students. Applications are due by January 17, 2022. Up to 25 students will be selected for the program. No creative writing experience is necessary!

The program will take place on Thursday evenings at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) from February through June 2022. Please review the information below before filling out the application.

AANM Writing Fellows is a 5-month long program led by AANM focusing on poetry, fiction, script, and graphic novels/zine-making centered on sci-fi, speculative fiction, and futurism. The program will provide students with opportunities for self-expression, representation, agency, and collaboration with peers.

What you can expect from AANM Writing Fellows:
- A creative writing program led by a team of professional writers from metro Detroit
- Opportunities to build community with other youth writers
- Learn different ways to make art about/into the future through your own unique lens
- Ability to connect and learn from additional renowned national/international writers
- Development of enhanced performance and public speaking skills via a public performance/live reading
- Your work published in an anthology of work by all of the AANM Writing Fellows
- A Certificate of Completion and a $250 gift card upon full completion of the program
- A professional headshot (photo of yourself!)
- A great addition to your resume

Expectations of Participants:
- Attend each of the weekly sessions from February through June 2022
- Show up to each session on time
- Engage in the activities for each session
- Write and express your truth (and fictions), and be open to learning new ways to expand them and get them on
the page and beyond
- Provide your best completed writing (with the help of teaching artists) for the final AANM Writing Fellows
anthology
- Attend and present at a culminating public event at AANM in June 2022
- Share feedback with other youth participants to sharpen each other’s craft
- Share feedback with facilitators to ensure that programming can be improved

Please note that in order to qualify for AANM Writing Fellows, students are required to show proof of full vaccination, remain masked during sessions, and fill out a weekly health screening form upon check-in, per AANM policy.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please fill out the application below by January 17, 2022.

Primary Email Address: *

Secondary Email Address: *

First Name: *

Last Name: *

City of Residence: *

Phone Number: *

School: *

Grade: *

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Tell us about yourself. What are your interests? What are your dreams for your future? For the world? (In approx. 250 words) *

Why are you interested in participating in AANM Writing Fellows? What do you hope to gain? (In approx. 250 words) *

Optional: What works of writing or art have impacted you? Describe that impact. Could be a comic book, a film, a painting, a poem, a novel, anything. We just want to know a bit about our potential cohort, and what works of art have brought them closer to art. (250 words max)

COVID-19 Vaccination Status: *

Fully vaccinated (You have received all recommended doses of a COVID-19 vaccine that have been authorized by the FDA)

Not fully vaccinated

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Media Release *

I understand that AANM and/or its representatives will photograph and/or make video recordings of AANM Writing Fellows. I hereby authorize the Arab American National Museum to make, use, and maintain, without payment to or for benefit of myself, photographs, slides, or video tapes of (or taken by) myself for their records, public relations, and/or advertising.

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Commitment *

I understand that I am expected to attend each of the weekly sessions from February through June 2022.

I will show up to each session on time.

I will engage in the activities for each session.

I will write and express my truth (and fictions), and be open to learning new ways to expand them and get them on the page and beyond.

I will provide my best completed writing (with the help of teaching artists) for the final AANM Writing Fellows anthology.

I will attend and present at a culminating public event at AANM in June 2022.

I will share feedback with other youth participants to sharpen each other’s craft.

I will share feedback with facilitators to ensure that programming can be improved of the weekly sessions from February through June 2022.

Required

COVID Safety

I understand that I am required to show full proof of full vaccination, remain masked, and fill out a health screening form upon check-in in order to attend the weekly sessions. I will also abide by all CDC recommendations.

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