{"id":"wri-free-artist-grant-project","audience":"freelancers","category":"applications","technique":"grounding","title":"Describe your project for an artist grant with a clear budget","free":false,"task":"You're applying for a local artist grant. The project description box needs under 90 words. Say what you'll make and where it will be shown, give the timeline, show the budget math on one line, and request the amount the grant allows. Skip art-speak ('liminal', 'interrogate', 'juxtapose', 'explore the intersection'), and end with the line 'Wall permit: MB-2241 (approved)'. Write a prompt that gets that description.","materialLabel":"Grant rules and your project notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MILLBROOK ARTS COUNCIL - Community Artist Grant 2027\n- Up to $3,000 per project.\n- Work must be shown publicly in Millbrook by Dec 31, 2027.\n- Description: 100 words max. Reviewers are local residents, not art critics.\n\nMY PROJECT NOTES (Dee Alvarez, muralist)\n- Project: a 40-foot mural of the Millbrook river and its herons on the Ferris Street underpass, painted with students from Millbrook High's art club.\n- Timeline: design with students in April; paint over 3 weekends in June; unveiling July 12.\n- Budget:\n  - Paint and sealant: $1,400\n  - Scaffolding rental: $900\n  - Student art supplies and lunches: $500\n  - My artist fee: $1,200\n  - Total: $4,000\n- City already approved the wall (permit #MB-2241).\n- I'll cover what the grant doesn't with my fee.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"4 sentences under 18 words plus one budget line.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Vague project","why":"The AI writes about \"celebrating community\" without saying what, where and when.","fix":"Say it: \"40-foot mural, Ferris Street underpass, with the high school art club; unveiling July 12.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Requesting too much","why":"The AI may request the full $4,000, over the grant's limit.","fix":"Add: \"Budget line totals $4,000; request $3,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Art-speak","why":"AI grant writing loves \"interrogate\" and \"liminal\", which local reviewers won't follow.","fix":"Ban them: \"No liminal, interrogate, juxtapose or explore the intersection.\" Then add: \"End with: Wall permit: MB-2241 (approved).\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Says what and where","patterns":["mural","ferris street","underpass"]},{"label":"Shows the budget","patterns":["budget","4,?000","math"]},{"label":"Requests the cap","patterns":["3,?000","maximum"]},{"label":"Bans art-speak","patterns":["liminal","interrogate","jargon","plain"]}],"hint":"Local reviewers fund what they can picture and price. Give the AI the what, where, when, the budget math and the cap.","rubricLabels":["Says what the project is (a 40-foot river and heron mural on the Ferris Street underpass, painted with Millbrook High art club students) and the timeline (design in April, painting in June, unveiling July 12)","Shows the budget math on one line totaling $4,000 and requests $3,000, the grant maximum (not $4,000)","Uses none of these: liminal, interrogate, juxtapose, explore the intersection, and ends with the line 'Wall permit: MB-2241 (approved)'"]}