Apply for an RNA Access Grant - Romantic Novelists' Association

Your details

These are collected for contact purposes and will be used at the final stage to monitor if the individual has recently received an access grant, or has been subject to suspension or removal from the RNA.

Given name – first name*

Given name – surname*

Email address*

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Contact number*

Demographic

These are distributed anonymously for demographic monitoring reasons; they are not included as part of the decision process. By giving us this information you are consenting to us collecting it only to be used for demographic monitoring purposes to assess the impact of these grants on the demographical breakdown of people using RNA activities. This anonymous questionnaire has been complied in consideration of the Equalities Act 2010, based on questions and categories used in the UK Census 2021, with the principles of GDPR in mind to obtain the least amount of information required for monitoring purposes.

Date of birth*

Do you have a registered disability?*

Yes

Have you had gender reassignment?*

Yes

What is your sex?*

Male

Female

What is your sexual orientation?*

Straight/Heterosexual

Gay or Lesbian

Bisexual

Other

How would you describe your race / ethnicity?*

Need and appropriateness

Information in this section will be seen by the panel to assess need and appropriateness of awarding an access grant.

What activity / service of the RNA would you like the access grant for, and for what amount of money?*

Using between 100–200 words please can you describe why you would find this access grant useful for your writing career?*

Can you confirm that you can provide evidence of your financial hardship at Stage 2, if your application is provisionally accepted? This includes evidence of you being in receipt of government means-tested benefits such as PIP, universal credit, unemployment benefits, or sickness benefits, or the equivalent in your jurisdiction.*

Yes

Evidence

Please provide evidence of your commitment to writing romantic fiction, as defined below by uploading the following:

i. 5,000-10,000 word sample of your romantic fiction
ii. A synopsis of your whole story

The content must reflect the RNA definition of romance:
Romantic fiction is a broad genre. The samples should have an exploration of romantic love as an overarching theme of the story. Eligible stories can therefore range from a romance novel that focuses primarily on the developing relationship between two or more protagonists to novels that tackle a number of different themes but have a love story as one of their prime elements.

Please upload your file*

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, odt, Max. file size: 64 MB.