NEA National Heritage Nomination Form

NEA National Heritage Fellowships Nomination Form

To make a nomination, simply enter the information requested below, then click the Submit button.

A nominee must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

Because this is a Web form, it does not have all of the features of a word processing program (i.e., you cannot format your text with bold or italics, and you cannot use the spelling check feature). Use quotation marks or capital letters to set off titles of works or productions. We suggest that you create all text using your preferred word processing program and then copy it into the boxes provided.

Nominee Information

Enter the name of the individual or group you would like to nominate:

*Nominations may be for an individual or for a group of individuals (e.g., a duo, but not an incorporated organization).

First Name

Last Name

Group

If known, please provide contact information for this individual or group:

Street Address 1

Street Address 2

City

State

Zip

Telephone Numbers:
Day	Evening
Email Address

Next, use the boxes below to tell us about your nominee.

Briefly describe the nominee's art form, number of years
practicing, and contributions to the folk and traditional
arts. For the Bess Lomax Hawes Award – briefly describe
how this individual has fostered excellence, vitality,
and public appreciation of traditional arts and artists.

(Maximum 375 characters/approximately 75 words)

Provide biographical information about your nominee(s),
citing major public appearances, exhibitions, published
works, etc. You may also provide references and links to
recent articles written about the nominee(s), if any.

(Maximum 2500 characters/approximately 500 words)

To complete your nomination, use the following boxes to attach the materials outlined in the guidelines. Each attachment size limit is 1 MB (megabyte). (See the guidelines for instructions.) Alternatively, you may email these items to folk@arts.gov or mail in hard copies along with your work samples.

Attachment 1 – Nomination Statement

Attachment 2 – Work Sample Index

Attachment 3 – List of Support Letters or Support Letters in one document no larger than 1MB.

Attachment 4 – Additional Information About the Nominee(s)

Nominator Information:

Please provide contact information for yourself.

First Name

Last Name

Organization (if applicable)

Street Address 1

Street Address 2

City

State

Zip

Telephone Numbers:
Day	Evening

Email Address

If you have any questions, please contact:
Cheryl T Schiele, Folk & Traditional Arts Specialist
E-Mail: schielec@arts.gov
(202) 682-5587