Slice Literary Awarded $25,000 Grant From Amazon

Posted on August 13, 2011

Slice Literary, Inc. was awarded a $25,000 grant from Amazon. The grant support's Slice Literary's first writers' conference, which will take place at Booklyn College on September 16 and 17.

Slice says the grant will support the operating of the confernece and help fund scholarships for writing students from local creative writing programs to attend the conference for free. You can find out more about the conference here.

You can find a list of other conferences and organizations Amazon.com supports with grants here.


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