Artist Publishing Cohort

The Artist Publishing Cohort is a new initiative offering personalized support for eight artists with publishing projects in progress. Selected artists receive a $1,000 stipend, participate in a weekly writing workshop for feedback and support, and have access to all at Louis Place resources.

Participating artists receive:

• Financial support: A stipend of $1,000 to support their creative work—use it to offset childcare, research, rent, groceries, supplies, or anything else connected to life as an artist.
• Workshop: Participate in a bi-weekly workshop to share pages for feedback and accountability and identify opportunities and connections, facilitated by aLP staff.
• Practicums: In spring 2026, aLP will offer a second comprehensive Artist Publishing Practicum designed to demystify the pathway to publication for visual artists featuring a network of special guests.
• Resources: Benefit from monthly writing workshops by guest lecturers, our archive of past events, our prompt and resource libraries, our extended network of writers of all kinds, and all other aLP offerings.

Register for the Information Session on Tuesday, September 30th at 8pm EST here: https://atlouisplace.com/cohort-infosession

at Louis Place is a community for artists and writers. Through an accessible, collaborative online platform, at Louis Place is an ecosystem for artistic practice that values liberation, experimentation, cooperation, and shared leadership. Daily co-writing, weekly writing groups, monthly guest workshops, peer exchange, and other offerings connect participants to peers around the world. at Louis Place was created by and for writers marginalized by conventional writing communities, including Black, Indigenous, immigrant, disabled, and over-50 writers, as well as writers outside urban centers; it is open to everyone who shares our values.

Requirements

The Artist Publishing Cohort is right for:

• Visual artists, choreographers and performing artists, and other interdisciplinary artists over the age of 18 whose primary training and professional profile is outside of the field of creative writing
• Artists preparing a publishing project featuring their own creative work, such as a novel, memoir, monograph, or book of poems
• Artists looking for regular practical and creative support on their publishing project, who are self-directed, proactive, and able to take initiative to participate in the community’s full range of program offerings
• Artists who are willing and able to participate in a small group cohort for peer support and workshop, who are looking to build their work in fellowship with other artists and writers
• Artists preparing work for digital publication, self-publication, or traditional publication
• Artists with projects actively and urgently in progress and ready for support
• Artists who are eligible to work in the US

This particular program is not suited for:

• Academically-trained writers preparing academic manuscripts in any field
• Playwrights and other trained writers preparing projects for performance rather than publication
• Published authors with access to extensive writing networks
• Artists preparing print editions that won’t require an editorial process
• Artists preparing projects that will be distributed in editions less than 50
• Artists ineligible to work in the US

Application Instructions

Application deadline: October 24, 2025 at 11:59pm ET

Applicants notified: mid-December 2025

Program dates: January - May 2026

Register for the Information Session on Tuesday, September 30th at 8pm EST here: https://atlouisplace.com/cohort-infosession

Submit an application here: https://atlouisplace.com/cohort-application. The application requests biographical information, a CV, information about your project, and a work sample.