Prism Comics' Queer Press Grant 2012 is Accepting Submissions! Deadline is October 1st!posted August 10th, 2012 by Prism Comics Staff
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Prism Comics is accepting submissions for this year's Queer Press Grant (QPG)! The QPG is the only grant today that is specifically awarded to independent comic book creators. The grant was established by Prism to assist in the publication and promotion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) comics.
"The Queer Press Grant is a significant resource to help promote LGBT themes in independent comics, and to support up-and-coming cartoonists bringing their projects into the world. Every year, the QPG gives both financial support and extra publicity to a worthy recipient," says Justin Hall, Prism's Talent Relations Chair.
The submission deadline for the QPG is October 1st, 2012, with the recipient announced during San Francisco's Alternative Press Expo (APE) taking place from October 13-14th. Because of APE happening later this year, Prism was able to push the standard QPG deadline back by a month. Applicants can submit online now at
prismcomics.org/grant.
Queer Press Grant now accepting submissionsAugust 10, 2012 @ 10:00 AM by Kevin Melrose
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/08/queer-press-grant-now-accepting-submissions/Prism Comics, the nonprofit group that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creators and comics, has opened submissions for this year's Queer Press Grant.
The grant is awarded to writers/artists or teams working on comic books, comic strips, webcomics or graphic novels with significant LGBT characters and themes. Creators don't need to be LGBT to apply; entries are judged by the Prism board and past recipients based first on artistic merit, and then financial need, proposal presentation and the work's contributions to the LGBT community.
