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<td> <p>For the latest news about the Foundation and the activities of the Fellows:</p>  <p><a class="LinkMore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec" onclick="return newsletter_popup('https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec')" target="_blank">Sign Up for <br/>Our Newsletter <img src="/web/20120820103523im_/http://www.gf.org/images/bg.arrow-orange.gif" alt="Arrow"/></a></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>   <div id="MainColumn"> <div class="Content"> <h1>How to Apply</h1> <div class="wysiwyg-output"> <p>John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - The Online Application<br/> <br/> <strong>The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation decided to suspend its Latin American and Caribbean competition for the year 2013 while we examine the workings and efficacy of the program.  The U.S. and Canadian competition is unaffected by this suspension. </strong><br/> <br/> The application for the 2013 United States and Canada competition is now available. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/https://competition.gf.org/applicant/">Follow this link to access the application.</a><br/> <br/> If you applied in the previous year’s competition, you may choose the same user name when accessing the online application, but you must request a new password. No portion of your previous application will be retrievable for use in this year’s competition.<br/> <br/> <br/> Further details regarding the application process can be found in <a href="/web/20120820103523/http://www.gf.org/applicants/application-resources/">Application Resources</a> and <a href="/web/20120820103523/http://www.gf.org/applicants/submission-materials/">Submission Materials</a>.<br/> <br/> <strong>Important Notes</strong><br/> <br/> Persons who have already received a Guggenheim Fellowship are not eligible to apply for another.<br/> <br/> Guggenheim Fellowships are not available for the creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of websites or blogs.<br/> <br/> Our awards are intended for individuals only; they are not available to organizations, institutions, or groups.<br/> <br/> We regret that our awards are not available to support the writing of literature for children or young readers.<br/> <br/> For all writers, if you have mainly published in periodicals, or on websites, it might be premature for you to apply here at this stage of your career, given the rigorous nature of our competition.<br/> <br/>  </p> </div> <div class="ClearFix"></div> </div> </div>   <div id="RightColumn"> <div class="wysiwyg-output"> <table class="feature-photo"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><img width="215" height="215" alt="" src="/web/20120820103523im_/http://www.gf.org/system/assets/0000/0331/low_05HarlemRenGroup_BrotherToBrother_RodneyEvans215x215.original.jpg?1226638124"/></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="caption"> <p><span class="description">Left to right: Daniel Sunjata, Aunjanue Ellis, Ray Ford and Duane Boutte, from <em>Brother to Brother. </em>Rodney Evans, 2008, Fellow, Film.  Photograph by Constanza Mirre.<br/> </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="feature-photo"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><img width="215" height="215" alt="" src="/web/20120820103523im_/http://www.gf.org/system/assets/0000/0699/Image026Marisol215x215.original.jpg?1228413614"/></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="caption"> <p>Submitted by Marisol de la Cadena, 2008, Fellow, Anthropology & Cultural Studies, appointed to study indigenous politics, the Andean way.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>  <div class="ClearFix"></div>  <div id="FooterWrapper"> <div id="PageFooter"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://www.gf.org/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://www.gf.org/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://www.gf.org/sitemap">Sitemap</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec" onclick="return newsletter_popup('https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec')" target="_blank">Sign up for Updates</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://www.gf.org/about-the-foundation/contact-us">Contact Us</a></p> <p>Copyright © 2012</p> </div> <div id="SocialLinks"> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=210848718962748&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FJohn-Simon-Guggenheim-Memorial-Foundation%2F130008750420913&send=false&layout=button_count&width=90&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=arial&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://twitter.com/GuggFellows" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-show-screen-name="false" data-width="77px">Follow @GuggFellows</a> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120820103523/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsgmf/" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20120820103523im_/http://www.gf.org/images/icon.flckr.gif" width="16" height="20" alt="Flickr"><span>Flickr</span></a> </div> <div class="ClearFix"></div> </div>  <div class="ClearFix"></div> </div>  <hr/> </div>  </div>   <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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