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These are grants, fellowships, and residencies for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, and journalism. The awards are up to $93,000 per year ($186,000 for the two-year fellowship). They’re open now, or will soon open for applications. Many of these are open for international applications.
Journalismfund Grants
They have grants for journalists covering European affairs; one of the upcoming deadlines is for The Invisible Life Grant, which supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or news outlets investigating issues related to farm animal welfare and European interests, both within and beyond Europe; it is part of Journalismfund’s Environmental Investigative Journalism Grant programme; grant amounts can vary from €2,000 to €15,000; the deadline is 27 August 2026.
Another grant is the European Cross-border Grant programme; it “aims to address the shortage of independent journalism by providing grants to investigative journalism projects in Europe and encouraging cross-border collaboration with an expert approach.
(It) supports cross-border teams of professional journalists and/or (local and national) news outlets who have strong ideas for cross-border investigations and research on European topics.” Grant amounts can vary from €2,000 to €14,000 and more; the deadline is 1 October 2026.
Value: See above
Deadlines: See above
Open for: Journalists covering European affairs
Details here.
(Also see their grants for Dutch and French media; links on the main guidelines page.)
Fondation Jan Michalski Residencies for Writers
These are residencies at the foot of the Jura mountains in Montricher, Switzerland, and they are open to all types of writers engaged in literary creation. While they give priority to writers and translators, they are also open to any other discipline as long as writing is at the heart of the project. “A percentage of the residencies are dedicated to nature writing, a form of fiction or creative non-fiction that raises awareness of nature, prepares for a sustainable future, and helps to better understand socio-environmental interconnections and the impact of human actions on nature.” There are no age or nationality restrictions. Writers working on a project with a collaborator can apply in pairs. Applications can be in English or French. Excerpts from your writing, both current and previous, can be in any language.
Value: Round-trip travel, CHF400 per week
Deadline: 31 August 2026 (17:00 CET time)
Open for: All writers
Details here and here.
Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Scholarship
These are for professionals various disciplines, including literature and art. Collectives can also apply.
Value: €1,500 per month (less rental and operational cost) for individuals, residency at Schöppingen, Germany; up to €3,000 for collectives
Deadline: 31 August 2026
Open for: All writers
Details here and here
Surel’s Place: An Artist in Residence Program
These are month-long residencies at Boise. “The program is open to professional visual, literary, and performance artists: painters, writers, musicians, architects, filmmakers, and choreographers… any artist who needs a place to focus. However, because of the property’s limitations and proximity to neighbors, this is not a place that can accommodate loud or terribly messy processes, such as welding or blacksmithing. We favor artists whose work is technically advanced, unique, attractive (need not be pretty!), and conceptually valuable. Work that is predominantly conceptual, that must be explained in order to attract a viewer, may not be met with as much enthusiasm by our jurists. In addition, because we ask our residents to interact with the public through one workshop and one final event, we welcome artists who desire to connect with an audience in these ways.” While a spouse/partner can accompany the artist (see guidelines), they cannot accommodate children or pets. Please read their terms carefully, including commission on all sales emanating from your residency. They have two annual deadlines to apply, 1 March and 1 September. Writing samples are part of the literary applicants’ requirements (see guidelines).
Value: Residency, $100/week + $300 travel stipend
Deadline: 1 September 2026 (For residences that occur during January-May of the following year)
Open for: All artists
Details here.
Princeton Arts Fellowship
Their website says, “We are only accepting applications for the Program in Dance, Program in Theater and Music Theater, and the Department of Music for this cycle.”This is for artists in many disciplines, including playwriting, whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. This is a two-year program and there is a teaching duty attached. You do not have to be a US citizen to apply. For this cycle, eligible applicants are early career composers, conductors, musicians, choreographers, playwrights, designers, directors, and performance artists.
Value: $93,000 per year ($186,000 for the two-year fellowship), additional $7,000 per year for research and classroom expenses, residency at Princeton
Deadline: 8 September 2026
Open for: All playwrights
Details here.
Princeton: Hodder Fellowship
“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.
Columbia Journalism School: J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards
These awards are given for non-fiction works in progress which deal with a topic of American political or social concern, to aid their completion. Writers must already have a contract with a US-based publisher. One of the application requirements is 50-75 pages from the work in progress. There is no fee for the work-in-progress award. The prizes are run by Columbia Journalism School. The relevant category will open in their Submittable during the application period.
Value: $25,000
Opens on: 9 September 2026
Open for: Unspecified
Details here
(They have other awards as well, which charge entry fees.)
Harvard University: Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
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.
Guggenheim Fellowships
They will soon open for applications. 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
Application period: Opens for 2027 applications in August, 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).
Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants
Their regular grants are for articles by US journalists that break new ground and expose wrongdoing – such as corruption, malfeasance, or abuse of power – in the public and private sectors. FIJ encourages proposals written for ethnic media as well as those submitted by journalists of color. “The Fund provides grants for print and online articles, television and radio stories, documentaries, podcasts, and books.” Also, “foreign-based story proposals must come from US-based reporters or have a strong US angle involving American citizens, government, or business; all stories must be published in English, in a media outlet in the United States.”
Value: Up to $10,000
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Open for:U.S.-based journalists or those working on a story with a strong U.S. angle
Details here.
(And, Fund for Investigative Journalism is also accepting applications for “seed” grants for early reporting of $1,000 to $2,500, the deadline is 15 September 2026; journalists must be U.S.-based or working on a story with a strong U.S. angle. They’re open for follow-up grants as well. Details here.)
Fulbright Scholarships
This is a program for US citizens. They offer “more than 380 awards in more than 120 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research, and carry out professional projects around the world. … For the full list of our award offerings, visit the U.S. Scholars Awards Search. Location, activity type, and eligibility vary across awards. Some awards may be restricted to certain career profiles or disciplines. Awards range from a few months to a full year.” There are opportunities for higher education faculty and administrators, professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, and independent scholars outside of the academy. Applicants can opt for teaching, research, teaching/research, and professional projects in various countries. For professionals and artists, those who have had more than seven years’ experience are eligible to apply. For this cycle, “To commemorate Freedom 250, we are highlighting U.S. Scholar awards in American Studies” (see here).
Value: Various
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Open for: US Citizens
Details here.
(Also see Fulbright programs for non-US scholars, for opportunities in the US.)
Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship
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).
New York Public Library: Cullman Centre Fellowship
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.
American Academy in Berlin Fellowship
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.
Speculative Literature Foundation: Working Class Writers Grant
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.)
The Camargo Fellowship
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.)
Fund for Investigative Journalism: Alicia Patterson Fellowships
These can be for six months (paying $20,000) or 12 months (paying $40,000) for in-depth written reporting. “Reporting projects must be for print/online publication (i.e., written projects), and they must be U.S. focused. Fellows aren’t required to live in the U.S., but the reporting project must be focused on the U.S., for publication in U.S. outlets.
Reporting projects should be in-depth and investigative in nature, and can cover any topic of public interest.” They also say, “Freelancers are strongly encouraged to apply for the fellowship. Applicants who are on staff full-time at media outlets may apply, if they intend to take a leave from their job for the fellowship.”
Value: $20,000-40,000
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Open for: Journalists writing for US publications
Details here – see the relevant category
(They have other opportunities listed as well.)
Horror Writers Association: Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund for Non-fiction Writing
They have different scholarships to assist authors in professional development as horror writers. There are various amounts and requirements. They’re currently open for the Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund for Non-fiction Writing, “an endowed fund providing grants for research and writing nonfiction relating to horror and dark fantasy literature. … Membership in HWA is not a requirement. … This Scholarship Fund is NOT a general scholarship, but is intended to advance the writing of a specific nonfiction project related to the horror field.”
Value: Unspecified
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Open for: Those doing research/writing nonfiction relating to horror/dark fantasy literature
Details here.
(They have other scholarships/grants as well; Diversity Grants, worth $500 each, for “underrepresented, diverse people who have an interest in the horror writing genre, including, but not limited to writers, editors, reviewers, and library workers.” There is also the Dennis Etchison Young Writers Scholarship, and Young Adults Write Now endowment program for libraries, the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly scholarship, worth $2,500, is for writers who identify as women, the Horror Writers Association scholarship, worth $2,500, and the Dark Poetry Scholarship, worth $1250. They all have various application periods, most of which seem to have passed; see the links to all their grants/scholarships here. (They also administer the Bram Stoker Awards for published works in various categories, which close end-November/end-December – see guidelines.)
American Antiquarian Society: Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
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, 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. “The fellowships will provide the recipients with the opportunity for a period of uninterrupted research, reading, and collegial discussion at the Society, located in Worcester, Massachusetts.”
Value: $2,200, residency
Deadline: 5 October 2026 (see guidelines)
Open for: All writers
Details here and here.
PEN America: US Writers Aid Initiative
This is intended to assist fiction and non-fiction authors, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, translators, and journalists. To be eligible, applicants must be based in the United States, be professional writers, and be able to demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping them to address an emergency situation. They have various deadlines through the year; the next one is in October. Writers do not have to be PEN members to apply. Their submission portal will open during the application period.
Value: Unspecified
Application period:15 September to5 October 2025
Open for: US writers
Details here.
(– US writers should also keep a lookout for the Jack Hazard Fellowship, which is for writers of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and memoir who teach full time in an accredited high school in the United States. They provide a $5,000 award that enables these creative writers who teach to focus on their writing for a summer. Applications will open later this year for the 2027 fellowship.
— And, see the Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship for US poets.)
The McGraw Business Journalism Fellowship
The McGraw Fellowship provides editorial and financial support to journalists who need the time and resources to produce a significant investigative or enterprise story that provides fresh insight into an important business, financial or economic topic. They accept applications for text, photo, audio, or short-form video pieces, and they encourage proposals that take advantage of more than one storytelling form to create a multimedia package. This is not a residency Fellowship. All Fellows work from their own offices. It is open to anyone with at least five years professional experience in journalism (you do not have to be a business journalist to apply; many of their many of their previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education, environment, corporate accountability or inequality). Freelance journalists, as well as reporters and editors currently working at a news organization or a journalism non-profit, may apply. The application includes a story proposal. Generally, they do not accept book proposals. They consider proposals of interest to U.S. readers from both foreign and American journalists based abroad, as long as the work is published in English in a U.S.-based media outlet. The October deadline is for the Fall fellowship. They will also consider time-sensitive projects on a case-by-case basis outside of the deadline periods. Also see their FAQ. “Applicants must be US citizens/residents or pay taxes in the US. We are unable to support Fellows who are not subject to US income taxes.”
Value: Grants of up to $15,000
Deadline: 12 October 2026
Open for: US residents / citizens
Details here.
John Updike Tucson Casitas Fellowship
This is a cash award and a two-week residency at the Mission Hill Casitas in Tucson, Arizona. Writers with any type of literary project are welcome to apply, as are scholars working on Updike criticism. Multimedia projects will also be considered. A proposal and writing sample are part of the application (see guidelines).
Value: $1,000, residency
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Open for: All writers
Details here (scroll down for the Tucson Casitas Fellowship – the page also has details of all grants, scholarships, and awards by the John Updike Society.)
Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
This is for a poet of American birth, who is willing to spend a year outside the continent of North America. One of the requirements is a poetry sample (either up to 40 typed pages or a printed volume of your poetry and no more than 20 additional typed pages). Applications have to be mailed.
Value: Approximately $78,000 adjusted for inflation; if there are two winners, each will receive the full amount
Deadline: 15 October 2026 (must be received by this date)
Open for: Poets of American birth (see guidelines)
Details here.
Nieman Fellowships
These are for working journalists with at least five years of full-time media experience around the world, across media. Applications for the 2027-28 fellowships will open in October. Essays (see guidelines), professional profile, study proposal, and work samples are part of the application requirement. Also see their FAQ. These are nine-month fellowships at Harvard.
Value: $87,500 and other expenses
Application period: First week of October to 1 December 2026 for international journalists, and 31 January 2027 for U.S. journalists
Open for: Working journalists
Details here.
San José State University: Center for Steinbeck Studies – The Steinbeck Fellows Program
This awards writers of any age and background a $15,000 fellowship to finish a significant writing project, and will begin accepting submissions in September. Fellowships are offered in Creative Writing (excluding poetry) and Steinbeck Studies; Fellows may be appointed in many fields, including fiction, drama, creative non-fiction, and biography. The creative writing fellowship does not require that there be any direct connection between your work and Steinbeck’s. The emphasis of the program is on helping writers who have had some success but have not published extensively, and whose promising work would be aided by the financial support and sponsorship of the Center and the University’s creative writing program. Please note, award recipients will be required to reside within the counties of the San Francisco Bay Area or adjacent counties of the California central coast or central valley during most of the fellowship period.
Value: Up to 6 fellowships of $15,000 each
Application period: September 2026 – 4 January 2027
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
Patrick Henry Fellowship
This fellowship, from the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. It is for those working on American history and/or legacy. The residential fellowship supports work on the subject by both scholars and non-academics in many genres. Applicants should have a significant project currently in progress — a book, film, oral history archive, podcast series, museum exhibition, or similar work. The project should address the history and/or legacy – broadly defined – of the U.S. founding era and/or the nation’s founding ideas. “We encourage a broad reading of such terms as “founders” and “founding ideas.” Past fellowship topics have ranged as broadly as the early history of the slave trade, American religious minorities, and the LGBTQ rights movement.” Their website says, “Applications for the 2026-2027 Patrick Henry Fellowship are closed and will reopen for the 2027-2028 academic year.”
Value: $45,000, health benefits, book allowance, faculty privileges, and residency
Deadline: Unspecified
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
International Women’s Media Foundation Grants
International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has several grants/awards for women and non-binary journalists; some of them are open now, including the Fault Lines Reporting Fund (supports journalists reporting on the forces driving racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and other forms of intolerance promoting hate in the United States; awards $2,500-10,000; apply here), and Fund for Indigenous Journalists – Indigenous Journalists and Allies Reporting on MMIP/WG2T for US journalists (rolling deadline, apply in the relevant category here).
Value: Varies
Deadline: Varies
Open for: Women and non-binary journalists
Details here.
(Click on IWMF’s Opportunities and Awards tabs on this page for more.)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Emergency Medical Fund
This is a fund created by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), to help SF/fantasy writers pay for funds not covered by medical insurance. The fund is only to cover short-term medical expenses, for emergencies that interfere with the ability to write.
Value: Unspecified
Deadline: Ongoing
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
Grand Plan Grants
“Grand Plan is for people of colour, aged over 18, living in the UK, looking to make a leap with their creative practice. In particular, we try to support projects and people that might not easily find funding elsewhere. Our grants can cover: the cost of equipment, courses, your time, materials, travel, or whatever you / your project needs.” Value: £1,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Open for: People of colour in the UK
Details here.
Royal Literary Fund
The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) helps authors in the UK/Ireland from the following categories:fiction and non-fiction, biography, poetry, children’s and YA fiction, essays, short stories, playwriting, scriptwriting, translation, ghostwriting and graphic novels. They have three types of grants: Back-to-Work grants for writers who have experienced a temporary setback; Stability & Recovery grants for writers whose ability to work has been impacted; and Literary Contribution grants which provide long-term support for established writers who are no longer able to work. Please see the various categories for eligibility and other requirement details of each grant.
Value: Unspecified
Deadline: Ongoing
Open for: Published writers who are UK/Ireland citizens or residents
Details here.
Authors League Fund
This emergency fund helps US-based writers, regardless of citizenship status or nationality, and American writers living abroad. It is for authors, dramatists, journalists, critics, short story writers, and poets. Recipients must be career writers with a substantial body of work in one of more of the following categories: 1) Book authors with at least one title published by an established traditional publisher. Authors with multiple titles are given priority; 2) Dramatists whose full-length plays have been produced in mid-size or large theaters and/or published by established dramatic presses; 3) Journalists, critics, essayists, short story writers, and poets with a substantial body of work in periodicals with a national or broad circulation. Common circumstances include: major income loss; illness, or supporting a dependent family member in ill health; overwhelming medical or dental bills; imminent eviction and other forms of housing insecurity; struggling after a natural disaster. “We help writers at all stages of life, but priority is given to mid- and late-career writers, older writers, and those with medical needs.” They paused submissions on 14th August, and will reopen on 8th September 2026; submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.
Value: Unspecified
Deadline: Reopening 8th September 2026, open on an ongoing basis
Open for: US-based writers and American writers living abroad
Details here.
American Society of Journalists and Authors: Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
The fund is for helping established freelance writers who, because of advanced age, illness, disability, a natural disaster, or an extraordinary professional crisis are unable to work. Writers need not be members of ASJA, but must have credentials that would qualify them for an ASJA membership. One of the application requirements is a completed W-9 form.
Value:Unspecified
Deadline:Ongoing
Open for:Established freelance writers
Details here.
Writers’ Trust of Canada: Woodcock Fund
This is a last-resource emergency resource for Canadian writers who face unforeseen financial crisis, who are actively working on a literary project. Eligible categories are fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, playwriting, or children’s literature. The program is not intended to be a means of support for writers challenged to earn an income. A crisis of some nature is necessary to be considered. The program does not support screenwriting, journalism, academic works, educational or technical texts, travel guides or other service-focused texts, or formulaic romance writing.
Value: CAD2,000-12,000
Deadline: Rolling
Open for: Canadian citizens who have published at least two books, or an equivalent body of work
Details here and here
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.