Submission period for Speculative Literature Foundation 2025 Working Class Writers

Grant opens Sept. 1, 2025

September 2025 - The Speculative Literature Foundation will be accepting applications for the

2025 Working Class Writers Grant from September 1 through September 30, 2025.

Since 2013, the $1,000 Working Class Writers Grant has been awarded annually to speculative

fiction writers who are working class, blue-collar, financially disadvantaged, or homeless, who

have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers which

make it hard to access the writing world. Such lack of access might include an inability to

purchase a computer, books, and tuition, or to attend conventions or workshops. Often, these

writers, many of whom work more than one job, have less time to write. The SLF seeks to bring

more of these marginalized voices into speculative fiction.

For more information and to apply, visit speculativeliterature.org/grants. Grant applications are

open to all: you do not need to be a member of SLF to apply for or receive a grant.

The Speculative Literature Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting

literary quality in speculative fiction by encouraging promising new writers, assisting established

writers, facilitating the work of quality magazines and small presses in the genre, and

developing a greater public appreciation of speculative fiction. For more information, visit

speculativeliterature.org.

The Speculative Literature Foundation is partially funded by the Oak Park Area Arts Council, in

partnership with the Village of Oak Park and the Illinois Arts Council; the Oak Park River Forest

Community Foundation; and The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.