The Coalition for Community Writing actively works for antiracism and decoloniality in the academic fields, the community and government organizations, and the home communities of our members. Too often community-engaged scholars’ work is delegitimized or ignored, called service rather than scholarship, leading to isolation, lack of support and mentorship, and threats to security. This reality is heightened for BIPOC students and scholars. We denounce the long and ongoing legacy of white supremacy, settler colonialism, and violence against the intellectual ideas, bodies, and mental wellbeing of BIPOC students, colleagues, community partners, and loved ones.  

In response, the Coalition for Community Writing, in collaboration with the American Indian Caucus, the Asian/Asian American Caucus, the Black Caucus, the Latinx Caucus, and DBLAC, offers The Conference on Community Writing Emerging Scholars Award for BIPOC graduate students and faculty. We particularly welcome applications from graduate students, adjuncts, non-tenure track faculty, and faculty without other funding sources, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA people at community colleges, HBCUs, HSIs, and tribal colleges. If you are from one or from multiple/intersectional eligible group(s) and an emerging scholar, you are eligible to apply. No prior conference or presentation experience is necessary. 

This is a two-year award with free membership to the Coalition for Community Writing and ongoing mentorship and professional development opportunities as part of the award.

Criteria: The selection committee will consider Black, Latinx, Asian/Asian American, American Indian/Indigenous, and Pacific Islander faculty and graduate students, regardless of citizenship status. Applicants must be current graduate students, post-docs, or in their first five years as an adjunct or faculty member. 

2021-2023 Emerging Scholars: