Short Description

at Louis Place is a community for artists and writers. Through an accessible, collaborative online platform, at Louis Place is an ecosystem for artistic practice that values liberation, experimentation, cooperation, and shared leadership. Daily co-writing, weekly writing groups, monthly guest workshops, peer exchange, and other offerings connect participants to peers around the world. at Louis Place was created by and for writers marginalized by conventional writing communities, including Black, Indigenous, immigrant, disabled, and over-50 writers, as well as writers outside urban centers; it is open to everyone who shares our values. 

Eligibility

  • Visual artists, choreographers and performing artists, and other interdisciplinary artists over the age of 18 whose primary training and professional profile is outside of the field of creative writing
  • Artists preparing a publishing project featuring their own creative work, such as a novel, memoir, monograph, or book of poems
  • Artists looking for regular practical and creative support on their publishing project, who are self-directed, proactive, and able to take initiative to participate in the community’s full range of program offerings
  • Artists who are willing and able to participate in a small group cohort for peer support and workshop, who are looking to build their work in fellowship with other artists and writers
  • Artists preparing work for digital publication, self-publication, or traditional publication
  • Artists with projects actively and urgently in progress and ready for support
  • Artists who are eligible to work in the US

Submission Requirements

  • CV
  • Project Title
  • Project Brief
  • Project Proposal
  • Tell us about your project. (2000 characters).
  • Timeline
  • Alignment
  • Work Sample
  • Work Sample Description

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

  • Financial support: A stipend of $1,000 to support their creative work—use it to offset childcare, research, rent, groceries, supplies, or anything else connected to life as an artist.
  • Workshop: Participate in a bi-weekly workshop to share pages for feedback and accountability and identify opportunities and connections, facilitated by aLP staff.
  • Practicums: In spring 2026, aLP will offer a second comprehensive Artist Publishing Practicum designed to demystify the pathway to publication for visual artists, featuring a network of special guests.
  • Resources: Benefit from monthly writing workshops by guest lecturers, our archive of past events, our prompt and resource libraries, our extended network of writers of all kinds, and all other aLP offerings.

Entry Fee

None

Location

United States

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 24 October 2025

Website Link: https://atlouisplace.com/cohort

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