For fellow Oregon writers, I’m happy along a wonderful grant opportunity for mid-career artists:
The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation has announced the 2025 application guidelines for the Spark Award for Oregon Artists. The Spark Award currently provides $25,000 in grant support to 60 mid-career working artists per year across various disciplines. Awards made in 2025 will focus on literary and media artists.
Applications for the Spark Award for Oregon Artists are open now through July 2, 2025.
Learn more about the Spark Award.
John is co-author, with Midge Raymond, of the Tasmanian mystery Devils Island. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead. Co-founder of Ashland Creek Press and editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program).
