These are for various disciplines, including creative arts – which include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, as well as journalism, and playwriting. “We welcome applications proposing innovative work that confronts pressing social, scientific, and policy issues and seeks to engage audiences beyond academia. Reflecting Radcliffe's unique history and institutional legacy, we welcome—but do not limit eligibility to—proposals that focus on women, gender, and society or draw on the Schlesinger Library’s rich collections.

We also invite proposals relevant to the Institute’s multiyear focus area, which for 2024–2029 is academic freedom and connecting across difference.” Application is via their submission portal. The fellowship pays $78,000, and an additional $5,000 for project expenses; fellows also get an office at Harvard University, additional funds for moving expenses, childcare and housing, etc. The deadline for some disciplines, including creative arts, is in September. See the eligible disciplines for this cycle here.
Value: $78,000; additional funds for project expenses, and other things
Deadline: 10 September 2026 (for humanities, social sciences, creative arts, and non-fiction and journalism)
Open for: Published writers and journalists
Details here.
 

These awards are for works that evoke the American South. For fiction and non-fiction, the awards are for published/soon-to-be-published books (see guidelines); for poetry, send a poem of up to 60 lines. Poems should evoke the US South. “Books must be published during the submission year and cannot be self-published. Advanced reader copies or proofs for books that will be published in October, November or December of 2026 are eligible.” And, “Winners also receive an expenses-paid trip to Oxford, Miss., where we celebrate the winning writers as part of the Oxford Conference for the Book.”
Value: $12,000 for prose; $3,000 for poetry
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
 

This is for US-based people (including collaborators) who wish to engage in independent study (generally, for an academic semester). Academy fellows are established and emerging scholars, writers, and professionals who wish to engage in independent study. Applicants working in most other fields—such as journalism, filmmaking, or public policy—must have a significant record of publication or production. Writers of fiction and non-fiction must have published at least one book with a reputable press at the time of application (composers, artists, and poets are by invitation only). Candidates should explain how their projects will benefit from a residency in Berlin, but they need not be working on German topics. Past recipients have included historians, economists, filmmakers, art historians, journalists, legal scholars, musicologists, public-policy experts, former government officials, NGO leaders, and writers. Most accommodations are also suitable for couples; they also offer accommodations for a limited number of families with children. You have to sign into SlideRoom to apply.
Value: Round-trip airfare, $5,000 per month, residency near Berlin
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Open for: Those permanently based in the US
Details here and here.

The Guggenheim Fellowships are for US and Canadian citizens in various disciplines, including literature, who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. No special conditions are attached to the fellowships.
Value: Varies
Deadline: 15 September, work samples to be uploaded by 29 September 2026 – see timeline here – scroll down
Open for: US and Canadian citizens
Details here (see various tabs on this page – eligibility, how to apply, application timeline, selection process, and FAQ).
 

One Story: Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship: They will soon open for applications. This international fellowship is for an early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an advanced degree program – see guidelines. “We are seeking writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. This means writing that centers, celebrates, or reclaims being marginalized through the lens of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, illness, disability, trauma, migration, displacement, dispossession, or imprisonment.” Apart from the $2,000 stipend and tuition to attend One Story’s week-long summer writers’ conference, it offers free tuition for all One Story online classes and programming; a full manuscript review & consultation with One Story Executive Editor Hannah Tinti (story collection or novel in progress up to 150 pages/35,000 words). A fiction writing sample of 3,000-5,000 words is part of the submission requirement. The application period is 8th September to 13th October 2026; this category will open in their Submittable during the application period. Details here.
And, One Story will open for fiction submissions in the fall; their One Teen Story Contest for teenagers will open in the fall, as well.

These are fellowships for historical research by the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester, Massachusetts, for those who wish to produce “imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history.” Typically, two Hearst Foundations Fellowships and two Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship projects may include (but are not limited to) historical novels, poetry, podcasts, documentary films, TV programs, radio broadcasts, plays, screenplays, illustration and other graphic arts, magazine or newspaper articles, and non-fiction works of history for a general audience, either for adults or for children.
Value: $2,400, residency  
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Open for: All writers
Details here and here.

They offer grants / scholarships for horror writers, some of which are open now. Most of them specify how these funds may be used, and require a writing sample as part of the application process – see their detailed individual guidelines for more information.
-- Their Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship is for horror writers who identify as women; “Each Scholarship is worth $2500, which may be spent on approved writing education over the two years following the granting of the scholarship.” And, their Horror Writers Association Scholarship, also worth $2,500, is for all horror writers. Apply for these two scholarships here.
-- Their Diversity Grants, worth $500 each, are for “underrepresented, diverse people who have an interest in the horror writing genre, including, but not limited to writers, editors, reviewers, and library workers.” Apply here.
-- The Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund for Non-fiction Writing is “an endowed fund providing grants for research and writing nonfiction relating to horror and dark fantasy literature. The Fund will provide grants annually (the amount is flexible).” Apply here.
-- The Dennis Etchison Young Writers scholarship, which awards $500, “will be open to students in grades 10-12 (or the equivalent, if home schooled), with an interest in writing horror/dark fiction.” Apply here.
-- The Dark Poetry Scholarship, worth $1250, is “for anyone with an interest in writing horror/dark fantasy poetry”. Apply here.
Value: Varies
Deadline: 2 October 2026
Open for: Horror writers
Details here (links to individual grants/scholarships) and here (Submittable)
(HWA also organizes Bram Stoker Awards, the deadlines for which are in November and December. See the relevant categories here.
And, submissions are also open for HWA’s Young Adults Write Now fund, which “will provide up to five (5) endowments of $250 each per year for selected libraries to establish new, or support ongoing, writing programs. The program is currently open to United States libraries”.)
 

This is their flagship program; a residency at Cassis, France is for artists (including writers, playwrights and translators) and scholars/thinkers, to think, create and connect. Applicants should have a publication and/or grant track record. Teams of up to 3 people can apply. They also welcome spouses/partners and dependent minor children – see guidelines. Fellowships span 10 weeks. They also say, “Please note that this year's call will be the last to take place through an open public call. 
Beginning in July 2027, the Camargo Foundation will implement a new selection process that will no longer be based on a  public open call. This change is the result of a long process of  collective reflection. If you are considering applying for a residency in Fall 2027 or Spring 2028, we encourage you to do so through the  current open call.”
Value: €350 per week (€3,500 for 10 weeks), basic coach class travel booked in advance for the fellow (see guidelines)
Deadline: 1 October 2026 (Webinar for interested participants on 3rd September – see the notice on their Submittable)
Open for: All writers
Details here, here, and here
(Camargo has several other programs, divided into various types;  Stopovers, Incubators, Horizons, In the Long Run, and Impromptus; click on them to see the various programs they offer under each category. Their open calls are here.)
 

They want a short story on any theme; they are reading submissions for their 73rd contest. Stories should ideally be up to 3,000 words, though those up to 4,000 words are considered. Readers of the magazine are interested in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theater, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Their newsletter subscribers include publishers, artists, musicians, and fellow writers. Their guidelines say, “While your writing should appeal to a reader with these interests and in these creative professions, all story themes are considered.”
Value: $150
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Open for: All writers
Details here.
 

They are open for various grants through the year for speculative literature, which “spans the breadth of fantastic writing, encompassing literature ranging from hard science fiction to epic fantasy, including ghost stories, horror, folk and fairy tales, slipstream, magical realism, and more. Any piece of literature containing a fabulist or speculative element would fall under our aegis.” One of their upcoming grants is the Working Class Writers Grant, an international grant for “speculative fiction writers who are working class, blue-collar, financially disadvantaged, or homeless, who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers which make it hard to access the writing world. Such lack of access might include an inability to purchase a computer, books, and tuition, or to attend conventions or workshops. Often, these writers, many of whom work more than one job, have less time to write. …  Unlike our other grants, you may choose to receive this grant anonymously or pseudonymously.” A cover letter and writing sample are part of the application requirement. The form will be available during the submission period.
Value: $1,000
Application period: 1st to 30th September 2026
Open for: Working class writers of speculative fiction (see guidelines)
Details here.
(They have other grants as well; the Gulliver Travel Research Grant, which opens in November annually and pays $1,000; the A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature, which opens in January each year and pays $1,500; you can see all the Speculative Literature Foundation grants here.)
 

This is for writers whose project draws on the collection housed in The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Visual artists can also apply (see guidelines). “The Library expects Fellows to work at the Cullman Center five days a week, Monday through Friday, for the duration of the Fellowship term, which runs from September through May. Successful candidates will need to work primarily at the Schwarzman Building rather than at other divisions of the Library.” New users have to register on their portal to apply.
Value: $90,000 and residency
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Open for: All writers
Details here. 
 

This is for published fiction and non-fiction writers who were born in Africa or whose parents were born in Africa (see ‘Do I need to prove my African birth place?’ in FAQ). The money is paid monthly over a course of a year. For non-fiction writers, additional funds can be made available, and given over a period of 18 months. A published writing sample is part of the application (see guidelines). One of the scholarship requirements is, writers have to submit 10,000 words of writing every month (see guidelines). They also say, “The Foundation will not review or comment on the monthly submissions as they come in. However, each Scholar will be offered the opportunity to be mentored by an established author or publisher. In most cases the mentorship will begin after the book has been finished and the Scholarship period has ended.” And, “Scholars are also asked to donate to the MMF 20% of whatever they subsequently receive from the book they write during the period of their Scholarship. … These funds will be used to support other promising writers. The 20% return obligation should be considered a debt of honour rather than a legally binding obligation.”
Value: £18,000 for fiction writers, possible additional funds for non-fiction writers, mentorship
Deadline: 22 September 2026 (see ‘Important Dates’ in the entry requirements here.)
Open for: African writers
Details here (entry requirements) and here (application form).

The American-Scandinavian Foundation annually awards translation prizes for outstanding translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose written by a 20th- or 21st-century Nordic author. The Nadia Christensen Prize recognizes an outstanding translation of a literary text from a Nordic language into English; the Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award recognizes a distinguished effort by an emerging translator whose literary translations from a Nordic language have not previously been published. There is also the Wigeland Prize (this is for the best translation by a Norwegian), the Inger and Jens Bruun Translation Prize, which recognizes the best Danish translation, and the Turið  Sigurðardóttir Translation Prize, which honors the best translation from a work of Faroese or Icelandic literature into English. The application includes 25-50 pages of prose or 15-25 pages of poetry.
Value: $5,000 (Nadia Christensen Prize); $2,000 (Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award); $2,000 (Wigeland Prize); $2,000 (The Inger and Jens Bruun Translation Prize); $2,000 (Turið  Sigurðardóttir Translation Prize)
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Open for: Unspecified
Details here and here.
 

“We are only accepting applications for the Program in Dance, Program in Theater and Music Theater, Program in Visual Arts, and the Department of Music for this cycle.” Potential Hodder Fellows are artists (including playwrights) or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.”  The Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work. There are no formal teaching duties attached. Fellows have access to shared spaces on campus at Princeton, for the duration of their fellowship.
One does not have to be a US citizen to apply for this fellowship. A Hodder Fellow must be based in the U.S. during the Fellowship, and Fellows have access to shared spaces on campus for the duration of their fellowship (see FAQ, scroll down to Hodder Fellowship).
Value: $93,000, additional $5,000 for research expenses
Deadline: 8 September 2026
Open for: All playwrights
Details here.

They publish work “that addresses the human experiences, realities, and consequences of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art.” They accept non-fiction of up to 4,000 words (interviews, essays, and narrative non-fiction), fiction (including flash and excerpts), poetry, translations, and art. All works will be considered for online and print.
They’re also reading submissions for two special features: The America Feature (non-fiction, fiction, poetry, art – “for a special feature on America that documents, illustrates, or addresses geopolitical violence in the United States”), and The Iran Feature (translations – “Consequence Forum invites previously unpublished translations from Farsi into English that examine the manifold human, cultural, psychological, or historical consequences of war in Iran”), apart from unthemed work. See their Duosuma for details on these features. Pay is $30-50 for print prose, $40 for online prose, and $20-30 for poetry. The deadline is 15th October 2026. Details here and here

They want “work about how we seek out, discover, and grasp onto connection. Into the woods. Across a line. Beneath the ocean. Along a seam. Into the branches of an alternate present or the crevasse of an alternate future. Across the rifts between one another. And then, once we find one other, the myths we make. We’re excited to see as many interpretations of this broad theme as there are stars in the night sky. We’re open to work of all genres, with a particular fondness for anything that moves beyond realism in form or content or spirit.” And, “We’ll happily consider fiction and CNF in all prose forms—prose poetry, micro, flash, and beyond”. Do not send lineated poetry. They will open for submissions on 20th June and close on 20th July 2025, or when they hit their submission cap, whichever is earlier. Do not send work outside of the reading period.
Opens on: 20th June 2025 (see guidelines)
Length: Up to 3,000 words for prose
Pay: $50
Details here.

This is a new magazine, and they’re currently reading submissions for issue 3 – fiction, essays, and they publish 1-2 poems per issue, as well. For fiction, they say, “we want the uncertain, the tensile, the weird. death kit is unplotted.” Book and film reviews are unpaid.
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 2,000 words for prose
Pay: £50 for stories, £25 for essays and poems
Details here.

This UK-based magazine accepts fiction and poetry. They are open for submissions for Issue VII “on any theme. All work must be completely free of violence in order to be accepted.”
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 3,000 words for short fiction, up to 500 words for flash fiction, up to 42 lines for poetry
Pay: £50 for short stories, £30 for flash fiction, £20 for poetry
Details here (scroll down).
(And, an Ireland-based magazine that is open now is Channel, “a literary magazine born out of the climate crisis, publishing poetry and prose with an environmentalist perspective.” Fiction and poetry are open till 30th June 2025, and non-fiction is open on an ongoing basis. They pay €35-250. Details here.)

Interzone is a Europe-based magazine that accepts fantastika of up to 17,500 words. And, “Translations are accepted, even if the story has been published previously in a language other than English – please include the name of the translator.”
Deadline: Open now
Length: Up to 17,500 words
Pay: EUR1.5¢/word
Details here.

This magazine publishes hardcore crime fiction. They will open a very short submission window soon. “There will be two submission windows per year in which writers will have 24 hours to send in their work.” Their next submission window is 1st July 2025. Do not send work outside of this date.
Opens and closes on: 1st July 2025 (see guidelines)
Length: 2,000-3,500 words
Pay: $50
Details here.

They accept fee-free submissions of flash prose (Black and Indigenous authors can also submit longer prose fee-free – see guidelines), poetry, and art. “We are drawn to beautiful language, resonant images, and we crave narrative.” They read throughout the year, with cut-off dates for issues.
Deadline: 30 June 2025 (for the Autumn issue)
Length: Up to 1,000 words for flash prose, up to 3 poems
Pay: $120
Details here and here.

They’re open for a special dark fantasy and psychological thriller flash fiction call, for “prose that is troubling, that explores our darkest fears. We're not quite sure we're ready for this to be honest, but that's part of the appeal. We are looking for literary prose. We do not want to weather gratuitous violence or cruelty, but we do--or at least we think we do--want to feel fright, unease, a racing heart. If you are a writer of stories that do this, this call is for you. Think Shirley Jackson. Our usual guidelines apply. … Please indicate that your submission is for the Dark Fantasy and Psychological thriller submissions call.” 
Apart from this call, they’re also open for unthemed flash narratives – fiction, non-fiction, and hybrid (between fiction and non-fiction). They also accept reviews of flash collections, essays on craft, and articles on teaching flash for their blog; these are unpaid. Submissions are fee-free until 30th June; after that, there will be a charge for submissions through the rest of the reading period.
Deadline: 30 June 2025 for fee-free submissions
Length: Up to 1,000 words
Pay: $300 for dark fantasy and psychological thriller fiction; $100 for general submissions ($150 with audio)
Details here and here (they have various categories in Submittable, please be sure to submit in the correct one)

“Chthonic Matter is a quarterly offering of tales from the darkside. Its contents range in tone from the quiet horror of Shirley Jackson to the bleak stylings of Thomas Ligotti — and everything in between.” And, “All stories selected during this reading period will be published in one of the four issues expected to appear in 2026.”
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Length: Up to 5,000 words
Pay: $10 per 1,000 words
Details here.

This Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, non-fiction, experimental/hybrid work, interviews, reviews, poetry, and poetry in translation. They accept a limited number of fee-free submissions every month, and read year-round. If a particular genre is closed, it will reopen on the 1st of the following month.
Deadline: 25 June 2025, or until filled
Length: Varies
Pay: CAD150 for fiction; CAD200/essay; CAD100/interview or review; CAD50/poem, capped at CAD100; CAD50+/experimental or hybrid work, at an increasing scale depending on the nature of the piece
Details here and here.

Electric Lit will open on 23rd June for fiction submissions of 2,000-10,000 words for its Recommended Reading section. They will close when they read a submission cap, or on 6th July, whichever is earlier.
Opens on: 23rd June 2025 (see guidelines)
Length: 2,000-10,000 words
Pay: $300
Details here.