Today, we’re proud to announce the start of a program that we hope will become an important part of how Substack supports writers: The Substack Fellowship for Independent Writers. For this first batch of fellows, we have selected five writers who are already active on Substack to help them take their publications to the next level. As well as a stipend, the fellows will receive coaching and support in areas that will set them up for long-term success with the subscription publishing model. We will also host them for a summit in San Francisco.
This is amazing!! I love all of the picks so far and as a newsroom-turned-independent writer, this platform and its mission means the world. (I guess I should plug my newsletter, too, ha! foreignbodies.substack.com, a newsletter for immigrants/refugees living with mental illness or struggling to belong).
How exciting, and what a great way to support independent publishing. I have some questions for you about it:
1) What are the metrics you are using to know whether these 5 winners succeeded as a result of the stipend?
2) When will you know whether you will continue to do this and will the metrics be the same, or will you add to them?
3) How were these 5 chosen and if you do this again, will it be a similar process; ie, were these five chosen without them knowing they were under consideration, or did they apply?
Fellowships for independent writers? Complete with stipends, coaching, and support for publicity and social media strategy? Wow, Substack, I am thoroughly impressed. While some companies continue to dodge freelancers' invoices and exploit them with unpaid internships and all manner of disrespectful treatment, you step up to the plate with THIS. I've already thanked you many times for what you're doing for writers and readers alike, but now I must thank you once again, and even more wholeheartedly this time. Kudos! And congrats to the Substack fellows!
Congrats. May I be adopted by the selected 5?A sort of give back of what they receive. Anyway : those writing in a non English language will never be supported, I suppose.
This is super amazing. I hope to be part of the next batch too for "onstage.substack.com" publication.
Your team rocks guys. You've truly simplified creativity for writiers and podcasters.
This is amazing!! I love all of the picks so far and as a newsroom-turned-independent writer, this platform and its mission means the world. (I guess I should plug my newsletter, too, ha! foreignbodies.substack.com, a newsletter for immigrants/refugees living with mental illness or struggling to belong).
Thank you, always.
- Fiza
Hi, Hamish:
How exciting, and what a great way to support independent publishing. I have some questions for you about it:
1) What are the metrics you are using to know whether these 5 winners succeeded as a result of the stipend?
2) When will you know whether you will continue to do this and will the metrics be the same, or will you add to them?
3) How were these 5 chosen and if you do this again, will it be a similar process; ie, were these five chosen without them knowing they were under consideration, or did they apply?
Congratulations to these five women.
Thanks,
Whitney Fishburn
http://documental.substack.com
Fellowships for independent writers? Complete with stipends, coaching, and support for publicity and social media strategy? Wow, Substack, I am thoroughly impressed. While some companies continue to dodge freelancers' invoices and exploit them with unpaid internships and all manner of disrespectful treatment, you step up to the plate with THIS. I've already thanked you many times for what you're doing for writers and readers alike, but now I must thank you once again, and even more wholeheartedly this time. Kudos! And congrats to the Substack fellows!
Nice initiative. Truly, substack is the best I have come across.
👏 Awesome initiative.
Congrats. May I be adopted by the selected 5?A sort of give back of what they receive. Anyway : those writing in a non English language will never be supported, I suppose.