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Graphic with a border with various circles of refracted light in pastel yellow, green, blue, and pink. In the center black text: Disability Visibility Book Circle, Funds for Video Conference Book Events by Disabled Writers. Deadline: May 1, 2020, DisabilityVisibilityProject.com. On the lower right corner is a QR code<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Deadline: May 1, 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The coronavirus pandemic has changed everyone\u2019s lives. It is a privilege to have a book published and yet the pressure to promote can be incredibly difficult and inaccessible for many disabled writers at the best of times but especially now. <\/span><\/p>\n

With book tours and launches delayed or postponed, the Disability Visibility Book Circle<\/strong><\/a> is offering one-time grants of $1000 for 15 disabled writers in the US <\/span>who already have books published this year or plan to have books published in 2020 through June 30, 2021.<\/span> The express purpose of this money is for writers to organize their own book event via video conference. See this page for details and updates.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Alice Wong<\/a> is the organizer of Disability Visibility Book Circle, director of the Disability Visibility Project, and editor of <\/span>Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century<\/span><\/i><\/a>, published by Vintage Books and available June 30, 2020. For more: <\/span>https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/book\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sign up for <\/span>Alice\u2019s newsletter<\/span><\/a> for updates about the Disability Visibility Book Circle and <\/span>Disability Visibility.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Who is this for?<\/b><\/h4>\n

Disabled* writers in the United States who already have books published this year or plan to have books published in 2020 through June 30, 2021. This includes editors of anthologies or collected works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Priority will be given to disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) writers and writers publishing for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Books can include zines, chapbooks, graphic novels, novellas, anthologies, e-books, and audiobooks, etc. Not eligible: podcasts, art projects, articles, essays, blogs, guidebooks, handbooks, or other types of writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-published books are also welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n

*Disabled includes all kinds of people: chronically ill, sick, housebound, immunocompromised, D\/deaf, Mad, neurodivergent, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are some examples can I spend the money on?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n