Fellowship Application - Sample Work Guidelines

Instructions for Uploading Sample Work:

Support Materials

• All submitted work samples should have been completed within the past four (4) years. A note of explanation should accompany any work sample completed outside of this time frame.
• Any work done with a collaborator must be noted. Please describe your role with respect to the work. Please submit samples of critical reviews of your work, if available.

Scholars

• One scholarly paper or article that is at most 25 pages, including all footnotes, endnotes, and images.
• Upload a PDF file in manuscript format, double-spaced, and in an easily readable 10- or 12-point font. The file must be at most 10MB.

Artists - Film and Video

• Submit two different film or video samples. Work-in-progress is fine.
• Do not submit trailers as your work sample(s).
• The application should be submitted as a visual artwork if the applicant plans to produce a video work for a gallery installation and presentation.

Feature Length:

• For feature-length films exceeding five minutes, upload two 5-minute excerpts. Each file can be no more than 120 MB.
• In addition, if the entire work is available online through Vimeo or SoundCloud, please note the location (webpage/URL) in the application.

Screenwriters:

• Upload a PDF file of a full screenplay. The file can be at most 10 MB.
• Upload a PDF file of a one-page summary of the same screenplay.
• If available, upload a visual sample (less than 5 minutes) of the same project or another project. The file can be no more than 120 MB.

Artists - Musicians and Composers

Submit documentation of two works, at least one completed within the last four (4) years, with recording and score, as directed below.

Upload an audio recording of each work:

• One track per piece, movement, or excerpt (a maximum of five tracks per work).
• Please title the audio file to correspond with the score's title (and movement ).
• Audio files are limited to 30 MB in size

Special Note for Composers:

• Composers must also upload the submitted work's score as a PDF file.
• Please title the PDF of the score or lead sheet to correspond with the audio file title.
• Composers who do not use traditional scores must upload a PDF describing the transmission/performance.

Artists - Theater

Following the guidelines noted below, submit a sample of a completed work. Refrain from submitting works-in-progress.

• Directors: For a feature-length video that exceeds five minutes, upload two 5-minute excerpts. Each file can be at most 120 MB. In addition, if the entire work is available online through Vimeo or SoundCloud, please note the location (webpage/URL) in the application.
• Playwrights: Submit a section of a produced play, up to 15 pages total.
• Artists - Visual Artists
  • Upload eight digital images.
    • The preferred file size for all still images is less than 3MB each.
    • Only one artwork per image unless it is an installation view.
    • Two of the eight images may be detail shots, installation views (to show scale), or video, when appropriate.

Artists - Writers/Literature

• Submit a writing sample of completed work or work-in-progress.
• The title of the work should appear at the top of each paper in the uploaded file.
• Upload a PDF file in manuscript format, double-spaced, and in an easily readable 10- or 12-point font. The file must be at most 10MB.
  • Fiction writers: 15 pages minimum, 25 pages maximum
  • Nonfiction writers: 15 pages minimum, 25 pages maximum
  • Poets: 6-10 poems in ONE PDF document. Poets do not need to double-space their submissions. The total sample should be at most 15 pages.
  • Journalists: Submit 3 substantive published articles, up to 20 pages total.