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By S. Kalekar

<\/strong>These are grants\/fellowships\/residencies for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and journalism, which offer from a few hundred dollars to $93,000\/year. Many of them accept submissions from writers internationally. They are open now, or will open soon for applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horror Writers Association Scholarships
<\/strong>These scholarships offer various amounts for assisting authors in professional development as horror writers. There are various amounts and requirements. They have Diversity Grants<\/a>, which open on 1st<\/sup> August, worth $500 each, which \u201cwill be open to underrepresented, diverse people who have an interest in the horror writing genre, including, but not limited to writers, editors, reviewers, and library workers. \u2026 the Diversity Grants have adopted the broadest definition of the word diversity to include, but not limited to, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabled, and neurodiverse.\u201d There is also the Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Nonfiction Writing, the Dennis Etchison Young Writers Scholarship, and Young Adults Write Now endowment program for libraries. The funds can be used for various things like course fees, resources like textbooks and guides, subscriptions for appropriate periodicals, and registration fees for relevant literary festivals.
(The Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly scholarship<\/a>, worth $2,500, is for writers who identify as women, the Horror Writers Association scholarship<\/a>, worth $2,500, and the Dark Poetry Scholarship<\/a>, worth $1250, close on 1st<\/sup> August.)
Value: Various
Deadline: Varies
Open for: All writers
Details\u00a0here<\/a>.
(They also administer the Bram Stoker Awards for published works in various categories, which close end-November\/end-December \u2013 see guidelines<\/a>.
And, keep a lookout on the Speculative Literature Foundation<\/strong><\/a> website for upcoming grants; they usually open for the Working Class Writers Grant <\/strong>applications in September and the Gulliver Travel Research Grant<\/strong> in November; both grants pay $1,000 each.)
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The Republic: Black Atlantic Editorial Fellowship<\/strong>
This fellowship is from The Republic<\/a>: \u201ca magazine and platform of socio-economic and political commentary, criticism and cultural discourse, that explores the world as Nigerian.\u201d The fellowship is \u201ca six-month fellowship programme designed towards the commissioning, writing and curation of stories rooted in Blackness and the African experience. This fellowship will support five early- to mid-career editors, writers, researchers and\/or journalists based in the different regions of Africa\u2014West, East, Southern, North and Central. Fellows will receive mentorship, stipend and editorial support to commission original writing, produce original written content and curate local conversations around the most urgent themes shaping the African experience. Each fellow will propose a theme from one of The Republic\u2019s<\/em> eight focus areas\u2014including Art x Culture, Science x Technology, and Politics x Security\u2014and will be expected to develop a distinct editorial identity and perspective for their regional division.\u201d
Application is via a form on the website.
Value: $500\/month for 6 months, mentorship, other benefits
Deadline: 3 August 2025 (5 p.m. Lagos time)
Open for: Editors, journalists, curators or other storytelling practitioners who are based in Africa and have at least three years of professional experience
Details here<\/a>.

The Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Fellowships
<\/strong>This 10-month fellowship is an international opportunity. \u201cThe Al Accountability Fellowships seek to support journalists working on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments’ and corporations\u2019 uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.  \u2026  The Fellowship is designed for reporters from all beats, desks, and formats who want to broaden, deepen, and diversify reporting on artificial intelligence with an accountability lens. Journalists need to apply with a reporting project they wish to pursue during their Fellowship. \u2026 While we welcome projects on a broad range of issues, this year we are also placing special emphasis on certain topics. We are seeking to support at least two projects on transparency and governance in relation to AI<\/strong>. This includes projects that follow the money across borders; shed light on opaque and harmful AI supply chains; or report on legislation, business practices, and organizations that exacerbate the lack of accountability and transparency of AI systems.\u201d Also see their FAQ<\/a>.
Value: Up to $20,000
Deadline: 11 August 2025
Open for: Journalists worldwide
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
(Also see their AI Accountability Network<\/strong> here<\/a>; as well as all the Pulitzer Center\u2019s grants \/ fellowships<\/strong> here<\/a>.)

University of Melbourne: Peter Blazey Fellowship
<\/strong>This is an opportunity for Australian non-fiction writers working on a manuscript. It is awarded annually to further a work in progress for those writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life writing. The writer must have a publishing record which can include books, chapters, articles or any other written works including online that are not self-published. A writing sample from the work in progress is part of the application. One fellowship is awarded each year.
Value: Up to AUD20,000
Deadline: 11 August 2025
Open for: Australian writers
Details here<\/a>.

International Women\u2019s Media Foundation Grants
<\/strong>International Women\u2019s Media Foundation (IWMF) has several grants\/awards for women and non-binary journalists; some of them are open now, including the Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice in the Americas 2025<\/a> (deadline 15th<\/sup> August 2025, see the relevant category here<\/a>), and US-based Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender People<\/a> (rolling deadline).
Value: Varies
Deadline: Varies
Open for: Women and non-binary journalists
Details here<\/a>.
(Click on IWMF\u2019s Opportunities and Awards tabs on this page<\/a> for more.)

Fondation Jan Michalski Residencies for Writers
<\/strong>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. \u201cA 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.\u201d 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, not necessarily English or French. Fellowships can be from two weeks up to three months.
Value: Round-trip travel, CHF400 per week
Deadline: 27 August 2025 (17:00 CET time)
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

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Stiftung\u00a0K\u00fcnstlerdorf Sch\u00f6ppingen\u00a0Scholarship
<\/strong>These are for professionals various disciplines, including literature and art. Collectives can also apply.
Value: \u20ac1,500 per month (less rental and operational cost), residency at Sch\u00f6ppingen, Germany; up to \u20ac3,000 for collectives
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Guggenheim Fellowships
<\/strong>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. Also see their FAQ<\/a>.
Value: Varies
Application period: Will open for 2026 applications in August and the deadline will be in September, work samples to be uploaded in November \u2013 see timeline here<\/a>
Open for: US and Canadian citizens
Details here<\/a> (see various tabs on this page \u2013 overview, eligibility criteria, timeline, and selection process).
(And, applications will likely open later in the year for the Patrick Henry Fellowship <\/strong>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<\/strong>. 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 \u2014 a book, film, oral history archive, podcast series, museum exhibition, or similar work. The project should address the history and\/or legacy \u2013 broadly defined \u2013 of the U.S. founding era and\/or the nation\u2019s founding ideas. The award is $45,000, health benefits, book allowance, faculty privileges, and residency; details here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Surel\u2019s Place: An Artist in Residence Program
<\/strong>These are month-long residencies at Boise. \u201cThe program is open to professional visual, literary, and performance artists:  painters, writers, musicians, architects, filmmakers, and choreographers\u2026 any artist who needs a place to focus. However, because of the property\u2019s 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.\u201d 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.
Value: Residency, $100\/week + $300 travel stipend
Deadline: 1 September 2025 (For residences that occur during January-May of the following year)
Open for: All artists
Details here<\/a>.

Columbia Journalism School: J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards<\/strong> 
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 \u2013 they also have other awards, which charge entry fees.  
Value: $25,000 
Opens on: 3 September 2025 
Open for: Unspecified 
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants
<\/strong>Their regular grants are for articles by US journalists that break new ground and expose wrongdoing \u2013 such as corruption, malfeasance, or abuse of power \u2013 in the public and private sectors. FIJ encourages proposals written for ethnic media as well as those submitted by journalists of color. \u201cThe Fund provides grants for print and online articles, television and radio stories, documentaries, podcasts, and books.\u201d Also, \u201cforeign-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.\u201d
Value: Up to $10,000
Deadline: 8 September 2025
Open for:U.S.-based journalists or those working on a story with a strong U.S. angle
Details here<\/a>.
(And, Fund for Investigative Journalism<\/strong> is also accepting applications for \u201cseed\u201d grants<\/strong> for early reporting of $1,000 to $2,500, the deadline is 15 September 2025; journalists must be U.S.-based or working on a story with a strong U.S. angle; details here<\/a>.)

Princeton Arts Fellowship
<\/strong>This is for artists in many disciplines, including literary, 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. Writers do not have to be US citizens to apply. You can apply for this fellowship twice in a lifetime.
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: 9 September 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a>.

Princeton: Hodder Fellowship
<\/strong>Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, translators or other kinds of artists or humanists who have \u201cmuch more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts\u201d; they are selected more \u201cfor promise than for performance.\u201d  Most writers have had their first book published. The Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the \u201cstudious leisure\u201d 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellows have access to shared spaces on campus for the duration of their fellowship (see FAQ<\/a>, scroll down to Hodder Fellowship).
Value: $92,000, additional $5,000 for research expenses
Deadline: 9 September 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvard University: Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
<\/strong>These are for various disciplines, including creative arts \u2013 which include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, as well as journalism, and playwriting. Their guidelines also say, \u201cApplicants may apply as individuals or in a group of two to three people working on the same project. We seek diversity along many dimensions, including discipline, career stage, race and ethnicity, country of origin, gender and sexual orientation, and ideological perspective. Although our fellows come from many different backgrounds, they are united by their demonstrated excellence, collegiality, and creativity.\u201d 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.
Value: $78,000; additional funds for project expenses, and other things
Deadline: 11 September 2025
Open for: Published writers and journalists
Details here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and  here<\/a>.
(And journalists wanting to apply for the Nieman Fellowships<\/strong> at Harvard<\/strong> should keep an eye on their website<\/a>; applications will open later in the year. Fellows get $85,000 over a nine-month fellowship and other expenses, see their FAQ<\/a>. The deadlines to apply are 1 December for international journalists, and 31 January for U.S. journalists; there are also the Nieman Visiting Fellowships<\/a> for short-term research projects designed to advance journalism.)

Fulbright Scholarships
<\/strong>This is a program for US citizens. Their website says, \u201cThe Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world.<\/strong>\u201d 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. The opportunities range from a few months to a year. The awards for the 2025-26 cycle can be found here<\/a>.
Value: Various
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Open for: US Citizens
Details here<\/a>.

American Academy in Berlin Fellowship
<\/strong>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\u2014such as journalism, filmmaking, or public policy\u2014must have a significant record of publication or production. Writers of fiction and nonfiction 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; see the help centre here<\/a>.
Value: Round-trip airfare, $5,000 per month, residency near Berlin
Deadline: 22 September 2025
Open for: Those permanently based in the US
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.

Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship
<\/strong>This is for published fiction and non-fiction writers who were born in Africa or whose parents were born in Africa (see \u2018Do I need to prove my African birth place?\u2019 in FAQ<\/a>). 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, \u201cThe 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.\u201d And, \u201cScholars 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. \u2026 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.\u201d
Value: \u00a318,000 for fiction writers, possible additional funds for non-fiction writers, mentorship
Deadline: 22 September 2025 (see \u2018Important Dates\u2019 in the entry requirements here<\/a>.)
Open for: African writers
Details here<\/a> (entry requirements) and here<\/a> (application form).

New York Public Library: Cullman Centre Fellowship
<\/strong>This is for writers whose project draws on the collection housed in The New York Public Library\u2019s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Visual artists can also apply (see guidelines).
Value: $90,000 and residency
Deadline: 26 September 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>. 

Black Mountain Institute: Shearing Fellowship
<\/strong>This is a residential fellowship for emerging and distinguished writers who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press. Apart from the cash stipend, this fellowship includes: a semester-long letter of appointment; eligibility for health coverage; office space in the BMI offices on the campus of UNLV; free housing (fellows cover some utilities) in a unique and vibrant arts complex in the bustling district of downtown Las Vegas. While there are no formal teaching requirements, this is a working fellowship (see guidelines).
(They are associated with the International Cities of Refuge<\/a> network, which serves as an umbrella organization and information clearinghouse for local asylum programs worldwide, which has a great resources<\/a> page for artists at risk.)
Value: $46,500 over 9 months, residency
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Open for: Unspecified
Details here<\/a>.
(They also run the 117\u00b0 Residency<\/strong> \u2013 Summer 2025; applications will open November 10, 2025 and close on January 1, 2026; these grants of $10,000 are for two-month residencies for published writers, who are working on nonfiction, poetry, or hybrid project.
And, they operate the BMI-Kluge Fellowship<\/strong>; applications open February 2, 2026 and close at on March 22, 2026; this grant of $15,000 is for a three-month term for a writer whose book would directly benefit from access to the Library of Congress\u2019 collections.
They have the City of Asylum Fellowship <\/strong>too, for which there is no application process.
Details of all the fellowships are on the Black Mountain Institute website<\/a>.)

PEN America: US Writers Aid Initiative
<\/strong>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. The opportunity will likely appear on their Submittable closer to the date. Writers do not have to be PEN members to apply.
Value: Unspecified
Deadline:1 October 2025
Open for: US writers
Details here<\/a>.

The Camargo Fellowship
<\/strong>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 \u2013 see guidelines. Fellowships span 10 weeks.
Value: \u20ac350 per week (\u20ac3,500 for 10 weeks), basic coach class travel booked in advance for the fellow (see guidelines)
Deadline: 1 October 2025 (Webinar for interested participants on 9th<\/sup> September \u2013 see the notice on their Submittable).
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
(Camargo has several other programs, divided into various types<\/a>;  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<\/a>.)

Getty Scholars Program
<\/strong>These grants are for researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences, for established scholars and writers who have achieved distinction in their fields. Recipients can pursue their own projects free from academic obligations and make use of Getty collections. There are three-, six-, and nine-month residencies. The annual theme for this cycle is Provenance<\/strong>. Also see their FAQ<\/a>.
Value: $21,500-65,000, residency
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Open for: Established scholars and writers
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
(Also see the Getty African American Art History Initiative Fellowship<\/a>; the deadline for that, too, is 1st<\/sup> October 2025).

American Antiquarian Society: Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
<\/strong>These are fellowships for historical research by the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester, Massachusetts, for those who wish to produce \u201cimaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history.\u201d 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.
Value: $2,000, residency  
Deadline: 5 October 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The McGraw Business Journalism Fellowship
<\/strong>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\u00a0that take advantage of more than one storytelling form\u00a0to 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. They accept applications twice a year. 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<\/a>.
Value: Grants of up to $15,000
Deadline: 13 October 2025
Open for: Anyone with at least five years of experience in journalism
Details here<\/a>.

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
<\/strong>This is for a poet of American birth, who is willing to spend a year outside the continent of North America. While many recent winners have been published poets, there is no requirement that applicants have previously published their work. Applications have to be mailed. One of the requirements is a poetry sample.
Value: Approximately $76,000 adjusted for inflation; if there are two winners, each will receive the full amount
Deadline: 15 October 2025 (must be received by this date)
Open for: Poets of American birth (see guidelines)
Details here<\/a> (application instructions), here<\/a> (FAQ \u2013 includes link to application form), and here<\/a> (home page).

Journalismfund Grants: Investigation Grants for Environmental Journalism
<\/strong>This is an investigative journalism opportunity for European environmental affairs. Applicants must be \u201ccross-border teams\u00a0of\u00a0at least two\u00a0journalists and\/or news outlets can submit a proposal for a journalistic investigation about an issue that concerns the environment \u2014 environmental protection, destruction, biodiversity, impact of climate change on the nature, etc. The investigation proposal must concern cross-border environmental investigative journalism on European affairs \u2014 in or outside\u00a0Europe<\/a>. This means that the investigation has (also) to be of relevance for Europe. Next to investigations into environmental issues that transcend borders, this grant can also support comparative investigations into local environmental issues and policies between two or more countries, regions or cities.\u201d Only applicants who are legally residing in at least two different countries are permitted to receive funding. Successful applicants who need support in a specific aspect of the investigation can request a mentor.\u00a0The overall grant pool for each cycle is \u20ac400,000 and grants will be split between projects. According to their FAQ<\/a>, grants \u201ccould vary from e.g. \u20ac2,000 for smaller investigations to \u20ac20,000 or even more for very large investigations that involve newsrooms in many countries, require a lot of research and expenses, data access, legal screening, etc.,\u00a0and\u00a0yield a large series of publications.\u201d
Value: See above
Deadline: 16 October 2025
Open for: Journalists working on European environmental issues
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\u00a0
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Cave Canem: Derricotte\/Eady Prize
<\/strong>\u201cThe Derricotte\/Eady Prize, named after Cave Canem co-founders Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, spotlights chapbook-length manuscripts by Black poets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awarded to one poet annually, the Derricotte\/Eady Prize recipient receives a monetary prize, the publication of their manuscript through O, Miami Books, a residency at The Writer\u2019s Room at The Betsy Hotel-South Beach, and a featured reading at the O, Miami Festival in April.\u201d They will open for applications in the Fall.
Applications open: Fall 2025 (the Submittable<\/a> portal will be active for this category during the submission period)
Details here<\/a> (scroll down).
Cave Canem runs other prizes too, see here<\/a>; and they\u2019re currently open for local\/regional poetry workshops for Black poets in Minneapolis <\/strong>and New York City<\/strong>; see their Submittable<\/a> for details.)Jack Hazard Fellowship<\/strong>
Their website says, \u201cJack Hazard Fellows are fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir writers who teach full time in an accredited high school in the United States. We provide a $5,000 award that enables these creative writers who teach to focus on their writing for a summer.\u201d They will open for applications in Fall 2025.
Value: $5,000
Applications open: Fall 2025
Open for: Those teaching full time at an accredited school in the US (see guidelines)
Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Updike Tucson Casitas Fellowship
<\/strong>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 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here<\/a> (scroll down for the Tucson Casitas Fellowship \u2013 the page also has details of all grants, scholarships, and awards by the John Updike Society.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Jos\u00e9 State University:<\/strong> Center for Steinbeck Studies \u2013 The<\/strong> Steinbeck Fellows Program<\/strong>
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 2025 – 4 January 2026
Open for: Unspecified
Details here<\/a>.
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The Leon Levy Centre for Biography: Biography Fellowships <\/strong>\u00a0
These are four resident fellowships at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, to nonfiction writers working on biographies. preference in the award of fellowships is given to those who have not yet published a biography or received fellowships for the writing of a biography. They also welcome applications from published and accomplished writers who are undertaking their first biography. The Leon Levy Center for Biography does not award fellowships for memoirs, essays, plays, films, or fiction. One of the application requirements is a sample of the proposed biography, a maximum of 2,500 words. (Also see the Sloan Fellowship<\/a>, given annually to a writer working on a biography of a figure in the field of science or technology.)\u00a0
Value: $72,000, residency\u00a0
Deadline: 4 January 2026
Open for: Writers working on biographies\u00a0
Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
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Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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