SCBWI

Society of
Children's Book Writers
and Illustrators

SCBWI Disability Fund

 

Disability Fund

 

Thanks to generous donations from our SCBWI members, faculty, staff, and board members from around the globe, we have been able to create the SCBWI Disability Fund for you! Funds may be used for anything that makes it easier for our disabled members to create children’s literature, including, but not limited to: accessibility needs, funds for an aid, SCBWI memberships, and registration to SCBWI events. Please share this link liberally as this is for members and nonmembers alike (for nonmembers funds may be used towards a membership and conference registration). Your application will remain anonymous unless you choose to share.

 

Due to the volume of applications we have received, we are currently pausing from accepting new ones. Please continue to check back here for updates.

 

 

Borrowed from the We Need Diverse Books clarification of disability, “we subscribe to a broad definition of disability, which includes but is not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses (this may also include addiction). Furthermore, we subscribe to a social model of disability, which presents disability as created by barriers in the social environment, due to lack of equal access, stereotyping, and other forms of marginalization.”

 

We invite you to peruse and suggest additions to our disability resources page.

 

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NAME*

EMAIL ADDRESS*

ADDRESS*

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CITY*

STATE OR TERRITORY (US)

STATE OR TERRITORY (OUTSIDE US)

POSTAL CODE*

COUNTRY*

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF SCBWI?*YesNo

IF A MEMBER, FOR HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A MEMBER OF SCBWI?

IF A MEMBER, WHAT IS YOUR SCBWI REGION?

WILL THIS GRANT FUND YOUR SCBWI MEMBERSHIP JOIN/RENEWAL?*YesNo

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR REASON FOR APPLYING*

PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HOW YOUR SITUATION IS RESTRICTING OR PREVENTING YOUR WRITING/ILLUSTRATION/TRANSLATION WORK*

HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSISTED BY THE SCBWI EMERGENCY FUND OR DISABILITY FUND? IF SO, WHEN?*

AMOUNT REQUESTED*

PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HOW SCBWI DISABILITY FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE YOUR WRITING/ILLUSTRATION/TRANSLATION WORK DURING THIS TIME*