Writing Women in introducing seed grants for women breaking and making new worlds together. This fund is a solidarity response to cis and trans women putting their lives, bodies, and energies into the fight for safer, more caring futures. We owe so much to the women before us whose rage and anger paved our paths. Today across countries in South Asia we are witness to youth and student movements, and the outpour of fresh rage against old injustices.

We want to support the different ways in which you are translating the rage in your bodies to make new paths. These are small scale funds that we hope to grow in time so we continue to seed rage driven good work. To extend the depth and reach of this work we are thrilled to collaborate with the School of Instituting Otherwise as a partner to expand the scope of our review, mentorship and engagement opportunities for selected projects.  

Details: 

• Three (3) grants of $1,000 usd are available to cis and trans women, and non-binary people. 
• Grants are open to individuals or groups of feminist writers, artists, organizers and activists, across South Asia.
• Funds can support a range of activities from collective writing projects, zine anthologies, hosting people for gatherings, campaigns, collective photo, art or video works, and more
• The timeline of the grant is for one (1) year from December 2026-2027

Who is this for: 

• Individuals or groups of feminist writers, artists, organizers and activists, across South Asia who are channeling anger to organize, build more caring spaces, and challenge the status quo 
• Those who live by feminist values of justice, critique, love, and accountability 

What happens if your application is successful: 

• Up to $1,000 usd will be available to support your work
• Your work will be featured on writing women’s platforms and potentially on partner spaces 
• Virtual gatherings with mentors from Writing Women, the School of Instituting Otherwise and others doing similar work
• Opportunities to support future grant-making as a mentor 

We recognize the women doing this work are at risk and we support components of the fund being used for safety and support measures. If your application is successful we can talk through what this might look like for you. 

Apply through the link here, or email us at people@writingwomen.co if you have questions not addressed by the write-up here. We are slow to respond but will get there.  

The application is open till October 30 2026, If your application is successful you will hear from us by December 01 2026.