Deadline: December 15, 2023
Applications are open for the Michael Jacobs Travel Chronicle Scholarship 2024. In 2014, after the death of Michael Jacobs, the Gabo Foundation and the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias took the initiative to organize the Michael Jacobs Travel Chronicle Scholarship.
This year, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the English writer’s death, a new edition of the call is opened, which is funded by the Michael Jacobs Foundation for Travel Writing, a non-profit organization created by Michael’s widow and brother in order to honor his legacy and promote travel writing in Spain and Latin America.
Prize
- The winner gets a sum of $10,000 as an incentive to fund the research and writing of their article or book. The amount includes the taxes to be paid by the beneficiary and the convening institutions. The grant will be awarded as follows: half ($5,000) when the winner is announced and the second half ($5,000) when the project is finished and submitted to the publisher for publication.
- The winner will be invited to participate as a jury member of the next edition of the Michael Jacobs Travel Journalism Fellowship.
Eligibility
- Journalists or writers of any nationality may apply, as long as their work addresses travel journalism in Latin America or Spain in Spanish or English.
Requirements
- An autobiography of no more than 800 words (in Spanish or English) describing your experience as a travel journalist and your motivation for applying for the scholarship. Resumes or conventional resumes will not be considered.
- A detailed presentation of the project (article or book) including: project description, work schedule, and planned travel itinerary. The article or book must be written in Spanish or English. The project does not necessarily have to be finished, as the grant seeks to strengthen an ongoing project, but they must send at least a fragment of the work, since the jury must evaluate the author’s narrative capacity.
- A text published by the author in a print or digital medium. The candidate must have at least one article or book published at the time of submission.
Application
Only online registrations will be valid. Applications are open until Friday, December 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. (Colombian time).
For more information, visit Michael Jacobs Travel Chronicle Scholarship.
