Chapbook Proposal
Proponent: AshleyC
NEAR account for payment: ashleyc.near
Project duration: 30 days (August 7th to September 7th)
Requested amount: 450 USD in NEAR
Project name: Portraits of 21st Century Canada
Objectives:
To create a collection of poetry and prose descriptions of life in six Canadian provinces. The collection will focus on the social issues facing communities in cities and rural towns - with a focus on poverty, ageism, racism, the decline in industry in rural areas, the burgeoning use of opioids, and the resiliency of citizens in the face of dramatic and devastating social change.
The collection will focus on Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.
Description:
This project would fund the creation of an NFT chapbook published with original photography on the Writer’s Guild mintbase store with revenue and royalties split with 25% of each going to the Writer’s Guild and 75% to myself.
Project timeline:
August 7th - 21st: Creating the material and revise existing material.
August 21st to 28th: Creating an outline for the chapbook in Adobe Indesign and pairing texts with images.
August 28th to September 7th: Editing.
September 7th: Minting the NFT chapbook and posting the final report.
Budget
350 USD in DAI to fund the creative process of writing and compiling prose pieces from notes taken during two months of travel.
100 USD in DAI for working on the visual layout, creating files for mint and minting process
TOTAL: 450 USD in DAI
Final deliveries:
- One Chapbook minted as an NFT on the Writer’s Guild store on mintbase, with 25% of royalties to the Writer’s Guild DAO and 75% to myself.