<p>Please complete this questionnaire prior to class, and bring it with you (or have it on your device).</p><p>Name: </p><p>When did you start your writing career in a “serious” sense (year)?</p><p>What genre(s) of writing do you do?</p><p> o Creative nonfiction</p><p> o Essays</p><p> o Fiction</p><p> o Journalism</p><p> o Poetry</p><p>List the literary journals, magazines, or newspapers (if any) in which you’ve had work published. </p><p>How often do you submit your work to publications or contests?</p><p> o weekly</p><p> o few times per month</p><p> o every few months</p><p> o few times per year</p><p> o haven’t done this yet—but I’ll get on it!</p><p>1 | P a g e G e t t h e G r a n t ! L . W a n z e r List the last 4 public reading events you’ve done, with dates (bookstore, community, panel, professional conference, LitQuake, or open mic readings).</p><p>Which professional development classes/workshops/webinars have you completed in the past 5 years?</p><p> o Center for Cultural Innovation’s (CCI) Business of Art workshop</p><p> o CCI’s Business of Art: Entrepreneurial Training for Artists Boot Camp</p><p> o CounterPULSE’s Boot Camp for Artists</p><p> o Foundation Center’s Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts class</p><p> o Foundation Center’s Proposal Writing Basics class</p><p> o Foundation Center’s Day for Individual Artists full-day seminars</p><p> o any class given by California Lawyers for the Arts</p><p> o Creative Capital’s Financial Literacy for Artists and/or Authentic Branding workshops</p><p> o Creative Capital’s Internet for Artists</p><p> o Gigi Rosenberg’s Give A Good Reading</p><p> o Gigi Rosenberg’s Fund Your Projects</p><p> o Session put on by local arts council</p><p> o Other ______</p><p>Which literary grants have you applied for in the past?</p><p> o Investing in Artists grant (Equipment or Artistic) from CCI</p><p>2 | P a g e G e t t h e G r a n t ! L . W a n z e r o SF Arts Commission’s Equity Grant</p><p> o Quick Grant from Creative Capacity Fund</p><p> o other Bay Area literature grant (for equipment, artist fee, time off for writing, etc.)</p><p> o other non-Bay Area literature grant</p><p> o haven’t applied for any yet</p><p>Which residencies have you applied for within the past 5 years? (If none, put N/A)</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>Did you receive one or more of these residencies? Yes Not yet </p><p>Have you been a nominee for, or been “short listed” for, a major grant/award opportunity such as The San Francisco Foundation, your </p><p>3 | P a g e G e t t h e G r a n t ! L . W a n z e r city or state’s Arts Commission, NEA, NEH, Fulbright, Writer’s Digest, a journal-sponsored writing competition? Please list.</p><p>How many literary events do you attend each year, on average? Which ones?</p><p> o local bookstore readings </p><p> o professional conferences (AWP, MLA, CEA, PCA, etc.)</p><p>Is there video of your readings on YouTube?</p><p>Do you have business cards for your literary career, listing you as “author,” “poet,” “essayist,” etc.?</p><p>IMPORTANT: Please bring with you to class:</p><p> a printed copy of your literary CV/resume</p><p> laptop computer, iPad, or tablet </p><p> be sure your LITERARY LinkedIn profile or Amazon author page is professional and up to date! We will review it (just as many grantmakers do)</p><p> your artist statement, if you have one</p><p> two program copies, tear sheets, reviews, or promotional pieces from events in which you’ve given a reading or sat on a panel (printed announcement from a print or online publication, brochures from your event, a poster, an article about you)</p><p>4 | P a g e G e t t h e G r a n t ! L . W a n z e r 5 | P a g e G e t t h e G r a n t ! L . W a n z e r</p>