Deadline: December 17, 2023
Applications are open for the IWMF Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2024. The IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund will provide grants to journalists whose work embodies the spirit of Kim’s reporting.
The grant will fund women or non-binary reporters covering subculture, broadly defined, and what Kim liked to call “the undercurrents of rebellion.” Kim wanted more women to be out in the world, brushing up against life, and the Kim Wall Memorial Fund honors this legacy.
About Kim Wall
Kim Wall (1987-2017) was an award-winning journalist working in print, video, radio, and longform. She reported on gender, popular culture, identity and foreign policy from China, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Haiti, North Korea, India and the Marshall Islands. Her prose and films appeared in Harper’s Magazine, New York Times, Foreign Policy, Atlantic, TIME, Slate, Vice and Guardian. She was a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the London School of Economics. Through a 2016 Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories, Mansi Choksi and Kim reported on women’s roles in conflict in Sri Lanka. Kim Wall was killed on August 10, 2017 while reporting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Grant
- A $5,000 grant will be awarded to successful applicants.
Eligibility
- Affiliated or freelance women or nonbinary journalists with one (1) or more years of professional experience working in news media from anywhere in the world. Internships do not count toward professional experience.
- Applicants must have excellent written and verbal English skills in order to fully participate in and benefit from the program. However, reporting may be published in any language.
- Applicants must be able to show proof of interest from an editor or have a proven track record of publication in prominent media outlets.
- Grants will be awarded to cover reporting-related costs including travel, logistics, insurance, visa fees, professional stipends and payments for producers, translators, etc. The IWMF does not cover the cost of equipment purchase or rental and cannot support academic research or research for academic publication.
Application
The IWMF is accepting applications from November 6 to December 17, 2023, at 11:59 PM EST via Submittable. The IWMF cannot consider time-sensitive proposals. Applications will be reviewed in January and February 2024, and applicants will receive a response no later than the end of February 2024. Grantees will be publicly announced on Kim’s birthday, March 23.
For more information, visit IWMF Kim Wall Memorial Fund.
