Welcome to The Whole Utopianotes Catalog

Vol. 1, Issue 1; March 2024

The Whole Utopianotes Catalog is a modest experiment in resource-sharing. You’ll find sizable a monthly round-up of opportunities (grants, fellowships, residencies, calls for submission, jobs, and gigs), classifieds and other useful things. It doubles as the author newsletter for me, Adrian Shirk.

The name of the ‘catalog’ is a nod to the legendary Whole Earth Catalog as well as to a critical term that emerged while I was writing Heaven is a Place on Earth: Searching for an American Utopia: utopianotes (n): an ongoing, participatory record of things that, according to the laws of capital and conquest, shouldn’t have been able to happen or exist, but did anyway.

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ABOUT ADRIAN SHIRK
I’m an author, agent, teacher, and theatre artist. I have two books of creative nonfiction, And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy (women mystics and spiritual celebrities) and Heaven is a Place on Earth (odyssey through utopian experiments), both from Counterpoint Press. I work as a literary agent on select projects at Driftless, and I’m an ensemble member of theater company The Party. During my decade of teaching in the BFA Creative Writing Program at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, I’ve served as an advisor and mentor to dozens of emerging writers and artists. I live in the Catskills, at the experimental arts hub The Mutual Aid Society.

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Creative Capital Award
Multidisciplinary two-year fellowship
Deadline: April 4, 2024

NY4CA
The NY4CA Artist Advocates in Residence Program supports New York City artists who are engaged in advocacy. Residents are paid $500/month for five months and engage in cohort discussions in their fields of interest.
Deadline: March 1, 2024

USArtists International
Funds for US performances in international contexts and festivals
Deadline: March 27, 2024

Asian American Arts Alliance Fellowships
A4 is seeking Asian American artists in their early-career, younger than 30 years old, and seeking to make an impact on the Asian American community. Two $7500 stipends awarded in Dance and Theater
Deadline: March 25, 2024

Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
The Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers is offered during fall semester: a spacious private apartment inside Carson McCullers's childhood home and a stipend of $5,000.
Deadline: April 1, 2024

Tree of Life Grant Program
Tree of Life welcomes applications from artists of recognizable artistic merit, age 60 and over, who are permanent residents of the United States. 
Deadline: April 19, 2024

Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants will distribute a total of $300,000 in funding—up to $20,000 per project—to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.
Deadline: April 16, 2024

Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
This Fellowship supports artists working in Dance; Film, Video and Digital Production; Literature; Music; Technology Centered Arts; Theater/Performance/Spoken Word; and Visual Arts, who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens.
Deadline: April 15, 2024

Poetry Foundation
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
Five fellowships of $27,000 each are given annually to U.S. poets between the ages of 21 and 31.
Deadline: April 15, 2024

Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship
The second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship from the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum will provide $5,000 unrestricted awards to two emerging arts writers of color who cover theatre, dance, and/or performance art.
Deadline: March 18, 2024

Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grants
$40k grants for nonfiction books-in-progress and under contract
Deadline: April 23, 2024

Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice
Honoraria, resources, support for NYC artists of any discipline
Deadline: March 12, 2024

National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
$25,000 unrestricted fellowships in poetry
Deadline: March 13, 2024

Citizens Committee for New York
Neighborhood Business Grant and Community Leadership Grant
Deadline: March 1, 2024

Kala Fellowship
Artists producing innovative work in and across mediums including printmaking, photography, digital media, social practice, media installation, and book arts are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: March 15, 2024

Academy of American Poets
James Laughlin Award isa prize of $5,000 is given annually for a second book of poetry by a living poet to be published in the next calendar year.
Deadline: May 15, 2024

Onassis AiR
All participants in this program in Athens, Greece, receive a monthly artist’s fee of €1,300, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, and other resources to support their work.
Deadline: March 4, 2024

Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.
Deadline: Rolling

National Endowment for the Arts
Creative Writing Grants in Poetry
Deadline: March 13, 2024

Franklin Furnace Fund
Performance art grant
Deadline: April 21, 2024

Artist Displacement Prevention Grant
Vital Arts presents a critical initiative addressing artist displacement in the Bay Area. With a total funding of $30,000, this project will provide 12 need-based small grants of $2,500 each, prioritizing historically oppressed artists to alleviate the cost of housing.
Deadline: March 8, 2024

Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence in Narrative Nonfiction
Colby College’s Jennifer Jahrling Forese Residency is a semester-long opportunity for a writer to work on a new project while contributing to Colby’s thriving literary community.
Deadline: March 30, 2024

Jacki Apple Award in Performance and Artist Projects
One New York City-based artist working in performance art. $10,000 to fund projects in performance, media, exhibition, and/or publication.
Deadline: April 30, 2024

Decorative Arts Trust
Publishing grants for dissertations and first-time authors, structured to support publications tackling the broad context of the Americas and to encourage projects that advance diversity in the study of American decorative arts and material culture.
Deadlines: March 31, 2024

High Desert Museum
Waterston Desert Writing Prize
A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a work of nonfiction that recognizes “the vital role deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem and the human narrative.” 
Deadline: May 1, 2024

Pattie Layser Greater Yellowstone Creative Writing and Journalism Fellowship
$3500 Fellowship for creative engagement with Greater Yellowstone region 
Deadline: March 16, 2024

New Work Development Artist Residency
The School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University's New Work Development Artist Residency program incubates new works of art and includes a $10,000 stipend. 
Deadline: March 15, 2024

Jim Henson Foundation Artist Grant
The Jim Henson Foundation awards grants for the creation of innovative new works of contemporary puppet theater. There are three grants: workshop grants ($3,000), production grants ($7,000), and family grants ($4,000). Individual artists must apply through a fiscal sponsor.
Deadline: March 4, 2024 [Letter of Intent Deadline]

Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
Two prizes of $500 each are given annually to a poet and a fiction writer residing in the United States. Each winner also receives a monthlong residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Wyoming and will meet with writers, editors, publishers, and agents virtually or in person in New York City.
Deadline: March 1, 2024

Pillow Fort Arts Center
Residency types: In-Situ, Free Form and long-term (1 mo. minimum) work exchange for skilled carpenters. $500 stipends and paid work exchanges are available for all residency types. Room and partial board provided.
Deadline: February 29th, 2024 (TODAY)

Matthew Strother Center for The Examined Life 
Up to five individuals will spend 10 fully subsidized days in residence in a low-technology environment in Catskill, New York. Residents will participate in two hours of labor per day and take part in communal meals and activities.
Deadline: February 29, 2024 (TODAY)

Surel’s Place
The month-long residency at Surel's Place in Garden City, Idaho, is open to professional artists who need a place to focus. The program includes a $100/week living stipend and a $300 travel stipend.
Deadline: March 1, 2024

Emily Harvey Foundation
Residencies across many disciplines in Venice, Italy
Deadline March 9, 2024

Genspace
Three-month residencies across many disciplines
Deadline: March 1, 2024

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Awards residencies to established and emerging visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists for 2 to 8-week stays. Each resident receives a $175/week stipend, free housing, and a private studio.
Deadline: March 1, 2024

Experimental Projects Residency
The Institute for Electronic Arts' Experimental Projects Residencies for print and electronic media artists are supported with an artist stipend, travel funds, lodging, technology access, materials, and technical assistance.
New York
Deadline: March 11, 2024

Bogliasco Foundation
An American nonprofit with a program in Italy, the Bogliasco Foundation awards one-month fellowships to individuals of all ages and nationalities who are developing significant new work in the arts and humanities. Bogliasco, Italy.
Deadline: March 14, 2024

The Watermill Center on Long Island’s East End Artist Residency Program
Deadline: March 8, 2024

Replenish Residencies at A Studio in the Woods
The residency provides 1-2 week restorative visioning retreats to local BIPOC artists and culture bearers; the heart of New Orleans culture
Deadline March 13, 2024

BRIClab
BRIClab is a multidisciplinary residency program created to advance opportunities for New York City-based artists and media-makers, with tracks in Contemporary Art, Film + TV, and Video Art. The fee to apply is $6.
Deadline: March 14, 2024

Interlude Artist Residency
Artists with families are prioritized through the Interlude Artist Residency where visual artists (including performance, video, and audio work) can practice in an onsite studio while their families relax and play in the Hudson Valley. 
Deadline: March 4, 2024

Fire Island Artist Residency
Emerging LGBTQIA+ visual artists share a live/work space in Cherry Grove, New York, for four weeks of studio visits and lectures by leaders in contemporary art, scholarship, activism, and curation. The fee to apply is $40.
Deadline: April 1, 2024

The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
The Visiting Fellowship offers writers and researchers an opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month or longer while participating actively in the life of the American Library. A stipend, to be spent at the discretion of the Fellow, is designed to cover travel to Paris, accommodation, and expenses.
Deadline: April 1, 2024

Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency
This is a project-based residency for artists and researchers working in media arts, seeking resources, time, and support for ongoing projects or new work. Selected applicants receive $1,600 in artist fees and stipends. Buffalo, NY
Deadline: March 8, 2024

Visual Art Center of Richmond
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) invites three visual artists and one writer to apply for the organization’s 11-month residency, making new work which Richmond, VA
Deadline: April 1, 2024

Collide Copenhagen Residency
Artists and collectives from any country are invited to submit their proposals for a fully-funded two-month residency shared between CERN in Geneva and Copenhagen Contemporary.
Deadline: March 4, 2024

Alex Brown Foundation
Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this residency for emerging and established artists (of any discipline) includes studio and living space, a monthly expense allowance of $1,000, and more.
Deadline: March 15, 2024

Millay Arts Residencies
Annually from April through November, we host six-to-seven multidisciplinary artists for two-week to one-month stays at the historic estate of poet and activist Edna St. Vincent Millay. The residency includes a private bedroom and studio, chef-prepared communal suppers, and groceries.
Deadline: March 1, 2024

Writers at the Eyrie
A residency of two weeks or one month in November is offered to a poet, a fiction writer, or a nonfiction writer at a private apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: March 17, 2024

apexart
Deadline: March 1, 2024

The Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize
Deadline: February 29, 2024

Omnidawn Publishing First/Second Poetry Book Contest
February 29, 2024

Tupelo Press
Snowbound Chapbook Award

Printed Matter
Call for Submissions: Decolonization, Resistance & Solidarity

Allied Productions/Petit Versailles
Calls for submissions

Verse
Tomaž Šalamun Prize
Deadline: March 15, 2024

Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm
Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry
Deadline: March 31, 2024

Bellingham Review
Literary Awards
Deadline: March 15, 2024

Noemi Press Book Award
Deadline: May 1, 2024

YES! Magazine
Deadline: March 6; June 23

Women’s Studies Quarterly: No Estamos a La Intemperie
Deadline: March 15, 2024

No, Dear Magazine
Deadline: Various

Greenlight Books
Bookseller / Receiver
Brooklyn

Philosophical Research Society
Executive Director; Bookseller
LA

North Carolina Central University
Assistant Professor and Endowed Chair in Creative Writing

P&T Knitwear
Bookseller/Podcast Studio Specialist
NYC

Words Without Borders
2024-25 Editorial Fellow (by March 22, 2024)
Remote

UBC School of Creative Writing
Lecturer in Writing for Video Games

CityCast
Local News Editors / Reporters / Hosts
Multiple Cities

Center for Fiction
Writing Programs Manager
Brooklyn

Haystack School
Studio Assistants
Maine

Sisters in Cinema
Multiple open roles
Chicago

We Testify
Development Manager
Remote

Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Center Director
Wesleyan University

The Atlantic
Assistant Editor
DC

18th Street Arts Center
Curator of Artists Residencies (by March 4, 2024)
SF

WWE Network
Writer/Producer
CT

HubCity Books
Contract Poetry Editor
Remote

EVENTS

Proof by David Auburn | Produced by The Party
March 21, 22, 23 | 7:00p | 96 Main St, Stamford, NY 12167 | Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Proof is the story of an enigmatic young woman, Catherine, her manipulative sister, their brilliant father, and an unexpected suitor. They are all pieces of the puzzle in the search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof. Directed by: Marisa Caruso | Cast: Cary Hooper, Kristin McCalley, Rod Sauquillo & Adrian Shirk | Stage Manager: Usha Tagliaferro | Designer: Clayton Landiss 

The Party | 2024 Season fundraiser
Contribute a tax-deductible donation to an exciting new theater company

Segue Reading Series @ Artists Space | March 2, 2024: Charles North & Ron Padgett
Live at Artists’ Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley south of Canal between Lafayette & Broadway. 5:00p sharp. Also available to view on Zoom Webinar ID: 893 9594 7519         
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89395947519

Bluestockings Bookstore
Lino Block Printing Class (free!) Thursday, March 21 from 12:30 - 2:30pm

NEW RELEASES

Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts by Claire Donato
Collection of short fictions by legend of underground literature (Archway Editions)

Little Hidden Doors: A Guided Journal for Deep Dreamers by Naomi Sangreal
Psychotherapist and intuitive counselor Naomi Sangreal has crafted this exquisite dream journal, brimming with wisdom, prompts, and art that illuminate the mind’s amazing self-healing abilities (Sterling Ethos)

Live, Laugh, Leave by Amber Stewart-Louis and Jamie Stewart-Lewis
Follow this funny, whip-smart, devastating docu-project of Amber and Jamie as they immigrate from Nashville to Uruguay for

OFFERINGS

Dreamwork, oracle card readings & intuitive guidance | Naomi Sangreal
Books are open!

House-sitting in Legendary Lily Dale, NY
From Tiffany Hopkins: I'm looking for a person or two to stay at my cottage with my dog and cat in Lily Dale, NY (the world's largest community of Spiritualists) from 3/5-3/18 (give or take a few days). I just finished renovating the cottage, which has been passed down through women in my family since the early 1900s, so it's very fresh and has all the modern conveniences, like solar, a car charger, a dishwasher, and everything in between. I look for house and pet sitters pretty often and am working on developing it into a more formal residency through my organization Normalize Talking To The Dead (normalizetalkingtothedead.com), but for now the most important thing is finding someone who loves dogs and cats and wants to be in Lily Dale in Winter. Please visit this info page for my house and send me an email if you're interested, piff@nobox.us

Once-Monthly Acting Class - All Skill Levels | Stamford, NY - TBD
A once-monthly acting class for adults at all skill levels, with Kristin McCalley. Through hands-on scene work, individual and group exercises, this class will teach newcomers the basics of acting or allow studied actors a safe and consistent space to further develop and practice their craft. The curriculum is designed to foster an environment where participants can explore, experiment and play. Participants will be asked to commit to class only on a month-to-month basis. Time/place TBD. If you’re interested in joining, fill out this form

QUERIES

Looking for conference room / gathering space in Brooklyn
From Jim Hanas: I am interested in discovering conference room space that might be available for free or low cost for writing groups or other intellectual collaborations on nights or weekends, monthly, in South Brooklyn for 10 to 20 people. Contact jim.hanas@gmail.com