{"id":5522,"date":"2018-08-14T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T18:02:20","slug":"35-grants-and-fellowships-for-writers-700000-in-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/35-grants-and-fellowships-for-writers-700000-in-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"35 Grants and Fellowships for Writers ($700,000+ In Awards)"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are grants, residencies and fellowships for writers, poets, playwrights and translators. The awards are for a variety of demographics, and for writers at various stages in their careers. Some of them are residencies at beautiful or vibrant locations, or both, and are meant to buy writers the space and time to write, free from their usual obligations. A few are meant to help writers in financial difficulties. The grants range from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. None of them charge an application fee. — S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creative Access: Residencies for Visual Artists & Writers with Spinal Cord Injury<\/strong>
\nThese are residencies for US\/Canada-based artists and writers with spinal cord injuries, specifically neurological and functional impairment due to traumatic SCI, spina bifida, degenerative disease primary to the spinal cord (transverse myelitis) or damage to the spinal cord due to tumors and surgery.
\n<\/em>Value: $1,000 stipend, residency, $250 room\/board, travel and caregiver support
\nDeadline: 20 August 2018
\nOpen for: US\/Canada-based writers with specific spinal cord injuries
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Red Bull Arts Detroit Visiting Writer Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is for engaging writers with Detroit\u2019s arts community. They will provide travel to Detroit, accommodations, and a stipend to develop a piece of art writing and a public program. The fellowship takes place over a two-month period and allows for two visits to Detroit, the first for research, and the second to present a public program such as a talk, a workshop, or a similar initiative.
\nValue: $2,000, hotel accommodation, transport
\nDeadline: 24 August 2018
\nOpen for: US citizens\/residents
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regional Arts Commission of St Louis: Artist Fellowships
\n<\/strong>These are for St. Louis-based artists of various disciplines, including writers.\u00a0They allow for more time and space to study, reflect, experiment, explore, practice, and create.\u00a0The grants are for seasoned, mid-career and emerging artists. Also see their Artist Support Grants<\/a>, for amounts of $500-3,000, with a deadline of 20 September 2018).
\nValue: $20,000
\nDeadline: 30 August 2018
\nOpen for: St. Louis artists
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Society of Authors: The Authors\u2019 Foundation Grants
\n<\/strong>These are for writers whose works of fiction, non-fiction or poetry have been commissioned by a British publisher, or those who have had at least one book published by a British publisher and there is a strong likelihood that the next work will be published in Britain. All applicants will also be automatically considered for several other specific grants covering various topics and genres (see guidelines).
\nValue: \u00a33,000-6,000
\nDeadline: 1 September 2018
\nOpen for: Writers having work commissioned by, or publication history with, a British publisher
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Society of Authors: K. Bludell Trust Award
\n<\/strong>These are grants for British authors under the age of 40 whose work aims to increase social awareness. The project can be fiction or non-fiction.
\nValue: Up to \u00a36,000
\nDeadline: 1 September 2018
\nOpen for: British writers under 40
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New York Public Library: Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program
\n<\/strong>This program has short-term and long-term fellowships for scholars writing on Africa and the African Diaspora. The short-term fellowships, for 1-3 months, are also open for creative writers \u2013 novelists, playwrights and poets. The program is intended for those needing extensive, on-site research with collections at the Schomburg Center, the pre-eminent repository for documentation on the history and cultures of peoples of African descent around the globe.
\nValue: $2,500 per month
\nOpens on: 1 September 2018
\nOpen for: Those writing on Africa or the African Diaspora
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Asian American Writers\u2019 Workshop: Margins Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is for emerging Asian American and\/or Muslim, Arab, or South Asian writers of poetry, fiction and non-fiction aged under 30, living in the New York City area. Writers must be able to demonstrate a financial need. While some publication record is preferred, the strength of the work is more important than its home. Unpublished writers will be given equal consideration with a strong writing sample.\u00a0Written submissions do not need to concern Asian American issues.
\nValue: $5,000, residency, mentorship
\nDeadline: 5 September 2018
\nOpen for: Young Asian-American (and\/or Muslim, Arab, or South Asian) writers in New York
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Foundation for Women\u2019s Artist Enrichment Grant
\n<\/strong>This is for feminist artists and arts organizations who create art for social change. Funding is provided for several activities \u2013 artistic development, residencies, exploration of new areas or techniques, or building a body of work. For writers, the application includes a writing sample. They also have an Arts Meets Activism<\/a> grant, which will open again next year.
\nValue:\u00a0<\/strong>$1,000-$7,500 (typically $2,000-4,000)
\nDeadline:<\/strong>\u00a07 September 2018
\nOpen for:<\/strong>\u00a0Kentucky-based artists and organizations
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Canada Council for the Arts\u2019 Explore and Create grants
\n<\/strong>This is a grant for Canadian artists, curators and writers. Activities supported are creative research, creation, and project development, including residencies. Their website says, \u201cThe Research and Creation component of Explore and Create<\/em> supports the initial stages of the creative process. Canadian artists, artistic groups and arts organizations can apply to develop and make creative works. Grants provide support for creative research, creation and project development. Individuals who are Deaf or who have disabilities, including those living with mental illness, and require accommodation at any stage of the application process may be eligible for additional assistance.\u201d There are two deadlines annually.
\nValue: Up to CAD25,000
\nDeadline: 12 September 2018
\nOpen for: Canadian writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harvard University: Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
\n<\/strong>The fellowships are for creative writing (fiction, non-fiction, poetry), journalism, playwriting and screenwriting, and other disciplines. It is for those who have shown \u201cexceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment\u201d in their fields. See information on the special themes and projects<\/a> (scroll down) for this round of applications.
\nValue: $77,500 plus an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses, and other funds; office\/studio space at Harvard University
\nDeadline: 13 September 2018
\nOpen for: All published writers (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wheaton Cultural Project Grants
\n<\/strong>They encourage proposals by African, Latino(a), Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) artists, arts organizations and communities in Montgomery County. Individual artists must partner with an organizational partner based in Montgomery County. The grants are for various disciplines, including the literary arts.
\nValue: $1,000-10,000
\nDeadline: 13 September 2018
\nOpen for: Montgomery County-based artists
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stiftung\u00a0K\u00fcnstlerdorf Sch\u00f6ppingen\u00a0Scholarship
\n<\/strong>These are for artists of various disciplines, including writers. They award about 10 scholarships in literature each year.
\nValue: \u20ac1,025 per month (less apartment, telephone and electricity costs), residency at Sch\u00f6ppingen, Germany
\nDeadline: 15 September 2017
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guggenheim Fellowships
\n<\/strong>These are for people \u201cwho have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.\u201d The fellowships are to buy them time to pursue their creative endeavours, including writing. No special conditions are attached. Writers (except playwrights) cannot submit manuscripts, only published work. See their submission materials list<\/a> for the work they need submitted, and what it is not appropriate to send.
\nValue: Amounts vary
\nDeadline: 17 September 2018; work samples by 15 November
\nOpen for: US\/Canada citizens
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Princeton University: Princeton Arts Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is for artists \u2013 including novelists, poets and playwrights \u2013 whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching.\u00a0There is a teaching duty attached for this two-year residency.
\nValue: $82,000\/year ($164,000 for two years), residency
\nDeadline: 18 September 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Princeton University: Hodder Fellowships
\n<\/strong>This is given to writers and artists of other disciplines who show exceptional promise. The fellows are selected \u201cmore for promise than performance\u201d. Most writers have had their first book published. This fellowship is to help them undertake significant new work. No formal teaching is involved.
\nValue: $82,000, residency
\nDeadline: 18 September 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lower Manhattan Creative Council: Creative Engagement Grants
\n<\/strong>These grants are for artists (including literary) and nonprofits for projects and activities that offer Manhattan communities diverse artistic\u00a0experiences. There must be a public component, and the activity must be in Manhattan. Artists can apply individually to access City funding or team up with organizations to access State funding.
\nValue: $750-8,000
\nDeadline: 18 September 2018
\nOpen for: Manhattan artists
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New York Public Library: Cullman Center Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is an international fellowship for scholars and creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets) whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The fellowship is awarded to 15 people annually.
\nValue: $70,000
\nDeadline: 28 September 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship
\n<\/strong>This is for writers born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in Africa. This is for writers of fiction. Writers of non-fiction can also apply, and receive additional funds at the discretion of the foundation panel. The guidelines ask writers to donate 20% of earnings from sales of what they have written in the scholarship period to the Miles Morland Foundation as a moral obligation, not a legally binding one.
\nValue: \u00a318,000, possible additional funds for writers of non-fiction
\nDeadline: 30 September 2018
\nOpen for: African writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Getty Scholar Grants
\n<\/strong>These are international grants for established scholars and writers who have achieved distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations and make use of Getty collections.
\nValue: $17,200-65,000, depending on residency period
\nDeadline: 1 October 2018
\nOpen for: Established scholars and writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PEN\/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship<\/h2>\n

This is for an author of children’s or young-adult fiction. The fellowship is for helping writers whose work is of high literary caliber and is designed to assist a writer at a crucial moment in his or her career to complete a book-length fiction work-in-progress. Applicants must have already published one work for children or young adults that was warmly received by literary critics, but whose work has not yet attracted a broad readership.
\nValue: $5,000
\nDeadline: 1 October 2018
\nOpen for: Published YA\/children\u2019s writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rockefeller Foundation: The Bellagio Center Arts & Literary Arts Residency
\n<\/strong>This residency is for artists of various disciplines, as well as fiction and non-fiction writers, playwrights and\u00a0poets \u201cwho share in the Foundation\u2019s mission of promoting the well-being of humankind and whose work is inspired by or relates to global or social issues.\u201d\u00a0They also accommodate writers\u2019 spouses or partners.
\nValue: Room and board at the Bellagio Center in Italy; a grant, if required, for travel expenses
\nOpens on: 1 October 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Delaware Artist Opportunity Grants
\n<\/strong>This is for Delaware-based artists, including writers, to \u201csupport unique professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists. Examples include: materials to complete work for a specific show or program; the cost to rent a facility for a performance; study with a master for a specified period of time. Evaluation criteria include: anticipated impact on the artist\u2019s work or career; financial feasibility and need; marketing plans; and uniqueness of the opportunity.\u201d There are quarterly deadlines. Applicants can request up to 80% of the opportunity cost.
\nValue: Up to $750
\nDeadline: 1 October 2018
\nOpen for: Delaware-based artists
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

American Academy in Berlin Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is for US-based established and emerging writers, journalists, professionals, scholars and artists of other disciplines who wish to engage in independent study. Writers must have published at least one book. Poets are chosen by nomination only. They also offer accommodation for families with children.
\nValue: $5,000\/month, residency near Berlin
\nDeadline: 5 October 2018
\nOpen for: People living in the US (US citizenship not required)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

American Antiquarian Society: Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
\n<\/strong>These are fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, including writers and children\u2019s writers, poets and journalists who wish to produce \u201cimaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history.\u201d
\nValue: $1,850 (room fee to be deducted if staying on campus), residency at Worcester, Massachusetts
\nDeadline: 5 October 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
\n<\/strong>This is for American born poet who is willing to spend a year outside the continent of North America. Their guidelines say, \u201cWhile many recent winners have been published poets, there is no requirement that applicants have previously published their work.\u201d
\nValue: Approximately $59,000, adjusted for inflation
\nDeadline: 15 October 2018
\nOpen for: American-born poets
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Public Space Fellowships
\n<\/strong>The aim of this fellowship is to seek out and support writers who embrace risk in their work and their own singular vision. This is for writers who have not yet published or been contracted to write a book-length work. International applicants are encouraged to apply. The fellows will receive six months of editorial support from A Public Space editors to prepare a piece for publication in the magazine, an honorarium, the opportunity to meet with members of the publishing community, including agents, editors, and published writers, and the opportunity to participate in a public reading and conversation in New York City with A Public Space editors and contributors. The Public Space is a literary, arts and culture magazine.
\nValue: $1,000, editorial support
\nApplication period: 15 September-15 October 2018
\nOpen for: Writers who have not published a book
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Camargo Core Program
\n<\/strong>This residency at Cassis, France is for artists (including writers and playwrights) and scholars\/thinkers, to think, create and connect. Applicants should have a publication and\/or grant track record.\u00a0They welcome spouses\/partners and dependent minor children.
\nValue: $250\/week, basic funds for travel (see guidelines)
\nDeadline: 17 October 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington College: Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is a full-time residential writing fellowship, for writing on American history and culture. Applicants should have a book currently in progress. Their guidelines say, \u201cThe project should address the history and\/or legacy \u2013 broadly defined \u2013 of the American Revolution and the nation\u2019s founding ideas. It might focus on the founding era itself, or on the myriad ways the questions that preoccupied the nation\u2019s founders have shaped America\u2019s later history. Work that contributes to ongoing national conversations about America\u2019s past and present, with the potential to reach a wide public, is particularly sought.\u201d
\nValue: $45,000, other allowances, residency
\nDeadline: 1 November 2018
\nOpen for: Published writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nNorth Carolina Arts Council: Artist Fellowships
\n<\/strong>These fellowships are for North Carolina artists of various disciplines, and in this funding cycle, also include writers. The fellowships support artists in their development and the creation of new work.
\n(Also see the Council\u2019s Regional Artist Project Grants<\/a> for amounts of $300-5,000. These grants have earlier deadlines, and they vary for various counties.)
\nValue: $10,000
\nDeadline: 1 November 2018
\nOpen for: North Carolina artists
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Haven Foundation Grants
\n<\/strong>This foundation, established by Stephen King, gives financial assistance to help established freelance artists and writers who have suffered disabilities or a career-threatening illness, accident, natural disaster or personal catastrophe.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 10 November 2018
\nOpen for: Legal US residents
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

National Endowment for the Arts: Translation Project Fellowship
\n<\/strong>These are for published translators. The fellowship is for the translation of works of\u00a0prose,\u00a0poetry,\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0drama<\/strong>\u00a0from other languages into English. They encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English translation. The proposed projects must be for creative translations of literary material into English.
\nValue:\u00a0<\/strong>$12,500 or $25,000
\nDeadline: 5 <\/strong>December 2018
\nOpen for: Published translators who are citizens or permanent residents of the US
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wellstone Center in the Redwoods Writing Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This short fellowship is in California, for emerging writers of fiction or creative non-fiction. Preference will be give to writers with at least one book published with a major publisher.
\nValue: Residency
\nDeadline: Rolling
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

American Society of Journalists and Authors: Writers Emergency Assistance Fund
\n<\/strong>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. Writers need not live in the US.
\nValue:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Unspecified
\nDeadline:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Rolling
\nOpen for:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>All established freelance writers
\nDetails <\/strong>here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Society of Authors: Contingency Funds
\n<\/strong>These grants are for contingencies, to help professional writers who need a boost. The grants are managed in confidence and can be for a variety of things. Their guidelines say, \u201cStruggling with the cost of a new boiler? Computer on its last legs? Project fallen through leaving you with a shortfall? Writing career affected by illness or a domestic situation? Have you thought about applying to us for help?\u201d<\/strong> Specific grants are available for poets and women journalists.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: Rolling
\nOpen for: Professional writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writers\u2019 Trust of Canada: Woodcock Fund
\n<\/strong>This is a last-resource emergency resource for Canadian writers who face unforeseen financial crisis, who are engaged in a book-length work. 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. Screenwriting, formulistic romance writing or journalism are not eligible.
\nValue: CAD2,000-10,000
\nDeadline: Rolling
\nOpen for: Canadian writers who have published at least two books, or an equivalent body of work
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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