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Branding Criteria

We expect applications to draw on literature—in all its flexible and inclusive forms—as the main inspiration or as a significant part of your application. This can include other art forms such as theatre, music, visual arts, and dance but literature should be a core element of your project or event. We emphasise quality and ambition alongside inclusivity and imaginative approaches.

For the time being, we can only accept applications from organisations whose work will benefit audiences in Devon.

Your first step should be to contact us at hello@exetercityofliterature.com to set up a meeting or phone call to briefly discuss your application. We are a very small staff, so please expect an initial response time of up to 1 week.

Your application must:

• Be submitted as a Word, PDF, or PowerPoint document.

• Outline your project or event, its main aims, the date(s) it’ll take place, and your intended audience (200 words max).

• Explain how your project or event delivers on our vision, mission, and values. Please also describe your organisation’s or project’s tangible commitment to diversity and inclusion, i.e. how the event will be accessible to people with mixed abilities, how you will engage diverse partners and audiences, how you will remove financial barriers to entry etc. (400 words max).

• Provide detail on the current status of your project or event: do you have the required funding, are venue and partners confirmed, do you have a communications plan, and so on (200 words max).

We will assess your application against the criteria laid out above and get back to you within 2 weeks.