2023 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 May 22, 2023. Up to 20 students will be selected for the program. No writing experience is required but interest and enthusiasm is necessary!

The program will take place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1-3 pm at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) from June through August 2023, kicking off on June 20. Please review the information below before filling out the application.

AANM Writing Fellows is a 3-month long program led by AANM focusing on poetry and fiction centered on cultivation, land, and nature. 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
Furthering your connection with nature and the land around you.
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 sessions from June through August 2023
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 August 2023
Share feedback with other youth participants to sharpen each other’s craft
Share feedback with facilitators to ensure that programming can be improved

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please fill out the application below by May 22, 2023.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Fatima Al-Rasool (fal-rasool@accesscommunity.org).

Primary Email Address: *

Please do not use a school email address - we are not always able to email you there if your school blocks outside organizations.

Secondary Email Address: *

First Name: *

Last Name: *

What are your pronouns? *

She/her/hers

He/him/his

They/them/theirs

Other:

City of Residence: *

Phone Number: *

School: *

Grade: *

9th

10th

11th

12th

Have you participated in the Writing Fellows program before?

Yes

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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)

Please let us know of any accessibility needs you have.

Parent + Emergency Contact

Name of parent: *

Parent email address: *

Parent phone number: *

Please list an emergency contact:

Emergency contact phone number:

Acknowledgements

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 June through August 2023.

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 August 2023.

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 June through August 2023.

I will actively participate in each session and treat my teachers and peers with respect. We are all responsible for creating a nurturing and supportive environment.

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