Announcing NABS 2024 Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship Application

The National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) is proud to announce the 3rd Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship to honor, celebrate, and support Black storytellers residing in the Appalachian counties (as designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission) of Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. This is a partnership between the National Association of Black Storytellers and Mid Atlantic Arts and South Arts. The Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship will be administered by the National Association of Black Storytellers.

The NABS Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship is funded in part by Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions Program and South Arts as part of the In These Mountains, Central Appalachian Folk Arts and Culture initiative.

NABS 2024 Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowships will provide six (6) $5,000 awards (with limited restrictions) to support experienced practitioners and culture bearers with opportunities to examine, research, develop, perform, and/or document the Black Appalachian storytelling tradition. One fellowship will be awarded to represent each of the six eligible states. 

Fellows will receive funds for travel to the “In the Tradition…” 42nd Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference, October 24-27, 2024 in Buffalo, New York at the Embassy Suites Buffalo, 200 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY and for travel and lodging to present at the "43rd" Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in Atlanta, GA in 2025.

Fellows will also receive membership to the National Association of Black Storytellers from September, 2024- December, 2025.

We are extremely excited about this opportunity and look forward to your applications!!

For questions contact: [email protected].

COMPLETE APPLICATION HERE:

Deadline: August 22, 2024

Generously funded and made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts and South Arts.