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Here are 28 grants and fellowships for writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, and for journalists, ranging from a few hundred dollars to $75,000. There are also some emergency grants for writers. They are either open for submissions now, or will open soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of these are open to all writers from around the world, while others have specific restrictions. I have noted deadlines and restrictions, when applicable, and when the information was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Olive B. O\u2019Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing — Working Class\nWriters Grant — Older Writers Grant — A. C. Bose Grant for South Asian\nSpeculative Literature International\nWriters Project US-Japan Creative Artists\nExchange Fellowships Scripps Fellowships for Environmental\nJournalism Edward\nR. Murrow Press Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts Hodson Trust \u2013 John Carter Brown Library Fellowship Cave\nCanem Residency The Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Fellowship <\/strong> Hugo\nHouse Writer-in-Residence Alpine Fellowship Prizes: Two prizes for creative writers — Writing Prize<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This international prize is awarded\nfor the best piece of writing on the theme of \u2018Forgiveness and Retribution\u2019 (up\nto 2,500 words in any genre), which is the theme of the 2020 Alpine Fellowship\nAnnual Symposium. The winner and two runners-up are invited to attend the\nFj\u00e4lln\u00e4s (Sweden) symposium. The award will be presented by poet John\nBurnside, who is also the head judge. Elizabeth So Fellowship Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry\nFellowships<\/strong> Authors League Fund American Society of\nJournalists and Authors: Writers Emergency Assistance Fund Writers\u2019 Trust of\nCanada: Woodcock Fund SFWA\nEmergency Medical Fund <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nis a fund created by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, to\nhelp SF\/fantasy writers pay for funds not covered by medical insurance. The\nfund is only to cover short-term medical expenses, for emergencies that\ninterfere with the ability to write. Author Bio:<\/strong> S. Kalekar is the\npseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of 182 Short Fiction Publishers.<\/a> She can be reached here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 28 grants and fellowships for writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, and for journalists, ranging from a few hundred dollars to $75,000. There are also some emergency grants for writers. They are either open for submissions now, or will open soon. Many of these are open to all writers from around the world,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7731,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729\/revisions\/7731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>This is for\nwriters of fiction or poetry completing their first book. It provides a stipend\nand office space. Each fellow teaches a creative writing workshop at Colgate\nUniversity each semester and gives a public reading of his or her work. Those\nwho have completed MFA, MA or PhD in creative writing and working on their\nfirst book are encouraged to apply.
\nValue: $42,745, travel expenses, health and life\ninsurance
\nDeadline: 15 February 2020
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nPEN America\u2019s Writers\u2019 Emergency Fund and Fund for Writers and Editors with\nHIV\/AIDS
\n<\/strong>This is\na small grants program for US-based writers or journalists. It is for\nprofessional\u2014published or produced\u2014writers in acute or unexpected financial\ncrisis. The Emergency Fund also administers\nthe Fund for Writers and Editors with HIV\/AIDS; grants up to $2,000 are made\ngiven to professional writers and editors who face serious financial\ndifficulties due to HIV or AIDS-related illness.
\nValue: Up to $2,000
\nDeadline:28 February 2020
\nOpen for: US writers
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nHemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center: Writer in Residence<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>The residency includes lodging at a loft\napartment in Piggott, Arkansas. The writer-in-residence will also have the\nopportunity to work in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on \u2018A\nFarewell to Arms\u2019<\/em>. The writer is expected to serve as mentor\nfor a week-long retreat for writers at the educational center. Candidates with\nan MA or MFA in a relevant field are preferred.
\nValue: $1,000
\nDeadline: 28 February 2020
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe\nMastheads Writers\u2019 Residency
\n<\/strong>Five writers across disciplines (poetry,\nfiction, non-fiction, translation, playwriting, comics, and more) are awarded\nresidencies. The residency runs for the month of July in Pittsfield,\nMassachusetts. The application includes a 10-page writing sample.
\nValue: $900
\nDeadline: 29 February 2020
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nFrank O\u2019Connor International Short Story Fellowship
\n<\/strong>This is for writers who want to\nwork on their manuscripts and who have experience in the coaching or teaching of\nother writers either through workshops and\/or mentoring inside or outside\na formal academic setting. Candidates must supply a literary CV, a\nletter explaining why they want to work in Cork, and a course outline\nfor a four morning short story masterclass aimed at writers who already\nhave periodical publication success.
\nValue: A\nmonthly stipend of \u20ac2,500, totalling \u20ac7,500, accommodation
\nDeadline: 29 February 2020
\nOpen for: Writers outside of Ireland of international standing; must have at least two\nfull-length works of fiction published, of which at least one must be a\nshort story collection
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSpeculative Literature Foundation: Three\ngrants
\n<\/strong>They are currently open for three grants. They also have some others which\nwill open for applications later in the year \u2013 here is an announcement of the changed\nschedule<\/a> for these grants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This international\nspeculative literature grant is for working class, blue-collar, poor, and\nhomeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative\nfiction. Writers are to send a work sample (up to 10 pages of poetry, 10 pages\nof drama, or 5,000 words of fiction or creative non-fiction), and a short\nstatement.
\nValue: $1,000
\nDeadline: 29 February 2020
\nOpen for: Writers from a working class background (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This is for a writer who is 50 years of age or older at the time of grant application, and is intended to assist such writers who are just starting to work at a professional level.\u00a0The writing application sample could be of poetry, fiction, drama, or creative non-fiction. A writing sample (up to 10 pages of poetry, 10 pages of drama, or 5,000 words of fiction or creative nonfiction \u2014 if sending a segment of a novel, novella, or novelette, include a one-page synopsis as well) is part of the application.
Value: $1,000
Deadline: 31 March 2020
Open for: All speculative fiction writers above 50
Details here<\/a>.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This grant is to a South\nAsian\/South Asian Diaspora writer developing speculative fiction. It supports\nadult fiction, but work that is also accessible to older children and teens\nwill be given preference in the jury process. The donors hope that this grant\nwill help develop work that will let young people imagine different worlds and\npossibilities. The application includes a fiction writing sample.
\nValue: $1,000
\nDeadline: 31 March 2020
\nOpen for: South Asian and South Asian Diaspora writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This is a fellowship\nwith residency to provide sanctuary and support for established creative\nwriters \u2013 fiction writers, playwrights, and poets \u2013 who are persecuted in their\nhome countries or are actively prevented from pursuing free expression in their\nliterary art. The Fellow will be a member of a supportive community at\nBrown University, Rhode Island. The fellowship will be accompanied by a\nseries of lectures, readings and other events that highlight the national\nartistic and political culture of the writer and address the global issues of\nhuman rights and free expression. Fellows can apply themselves or be\nnominated.
\nValue: A\nstipend, residency, relocation funds, and health benefits; aid for Visa and\nrelocation process
\nDeadline: 1 March 2020
\nOpen for: Persecuted established creative writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This grant\noffers artists, including writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and\nplaywrights, the opportunity to work in Japan. They invite leading contemporary and traditional\nartists from the US to apply for a unique collaborative artistic fellowship\ndesigned to highlight US-Japan artistic partnerships. Applicants must be professional creative\nartists (see guidelines for details about writers\u2019 publishing requirements)\nworking in their field. Proficiency in Japanese language is not required. Their\nguidelines say, \u201cArtists should have compelling reasons for their residency in\nJapan, and they should conduct preliminary research to identify contacts\nthere. The Commission encourages artists to consider collaboration with\nJapanese colleagues, as appropriate for the artistic field, and artists are\nfree to interact with artists anywhere in the country.\u201d
\nValue: $20,000 for three months; additional $4,000 a month up to five months
\nDeadline: 1 March for cover sheet, and 29 March 2020 for narrative application\nand work samples
\nOpen for: US Citizens or permanent residents
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>Five fellowships are\nawarded each year at the University of Boulder, Colorado. This is for journalists interested in deepening and broadening\ntheir knowledge of environmental issues. Applicants must have a minimum\nof five years full-time professional journalism experience and have completed\nan undergraduate degree. Applicants may include reporters, editors, producers,\nphotojournalists, documentarians, and feature writers. Both salaried staff and\nfull-time freelancers are welcome to apply. Prior experience in covering the\nenvironment is not required. They welcome applications\nfrom international applicants; however, the applicants must be authorized to\nwork in the US to be eligible for this position.
\nValue: $71,000
\nDeadline: 1 March 2020
\nOpen for: All journalists (see above)
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>Applicants\nmust have covered international news as a working journalist for print,\nbroadcast, or online media widely available in the United States, and must be\nUS citizens. The Fellow spends nine months\nfull-time in residence at the Council for Foreign Relations\u2019 headquarters in\nNew York. The program enables the Fellow to engage in sustained analysis and\nwriting, expand his or her intellectual and professional horizons, and\nextensively participate in CFR\u2019s active program of meetings and events.
\nValue:$75,000 and a modest travel grant
\nDeadline: 1 March 2020
\nOpen for: US citizens
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>These literature fellowships are for poetry,\nto buy creative writers time for writing. Applicants are to submit a poetry\nmanuscript of 7-10 pages and a list of their publications (see eligibility guidelines<\/a>). These grants alternate between poetry and prose\neach year; several grants are made at a time.
\nValue: $25,000
\nDeadline: 11 March 2020
\nOpen for: Published US poets
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This fellowship at Providence and\nChestertown supports work\nby academics, independent scholars and writers working on significant projects\nrelating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before\n1830. Candidates with a US history topic are strongly encouraged to concentrate\non the period prior to 1801. The fellowship is also open to filmmakers,\nnovelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that\ndraw on this period of history. Candidates are encouraged to consult the John\nCarter Brown Library\u2019s collections online prior to submitting an\napplication.
\nValue: $5,000\/month (total $20,000),\nhousing and university privileges
\nDeadline: 15 March 2020
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This is a residency for African\nAmerican poets at The Rose O\u2019Neill Literary House\nin Chestertown,\nMaryland. It provides poets with the uninterrupted time and space to focus\nsolely on their writing projects for a full month. The application includes a\n10-page poetry sample. The Fellow is awarded the use of a private,\nsingle-family residence for the entire month of June.
\nValue: $1,000
\nDeadline: 15 March 2020 (postmarked)
\nOpen for: African American poets
\nDetails here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each cycle,\u00a0Moment<\/em>\u2014with the help of an advisory board of journalists\u2014selects one DPIJI Fellow, who receives $5,000 to produce a story. Fellows work closely with\u00a0Moment<\/em>\u00a0editors and selected mentors to publish their completed project in\u00a0Moment<\/em>\u00a0as well as partner media outlets. The application includes writing samples \u2013 three stories from a print or digital publication, including at least one long-form story \u2013 and a brief description of the story you want to investigate and how familiar you are with the issue, among other things.
Value: $5,000
Deadline: 30 March 2020
Open for: Journalists aged 22-28
Details here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This residency in Seattle is for practicing,\npublished writers of prose and writing teachers who are experienced working\nwith writers of all levels in a traditional workshop setting, and on a\none-on-one basis as a mentor. They should have a specific artistic project\nthey are working on during their residency (e.g., developing a manuscript for\npublication) and should have a special interest in helping writers become\nbetter writers and fostering an appreciation of the craft. The application\nincludes a writing sample of 10 pages. Their guidelines also say, \u201cIf you do not\nmeet some of the eligibility requirements, but have demonstrated success in\nother categories, our panel will weigh the components of your application\naccordingly. \u201cValue:\n$500 per month for nine months, additional compensation for Hugo Classes
\nDeadline: 31 March 2020
\nOpen for: Published writers
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>Apart from themed\nWriting and Theatre prizes detailed below, they also have the Visual Arts Prize<\/a>,\nand the Academic Writing Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nValue: \u00a310,000,\n\u00a33,000, \u00a32,000
\nDeadline: 1 April 2020
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
\n
\n— Theatre Prize
\n<\/strong>This prize is awarded for the best play on the\ntheme of \u2018Forgiveness and Retribution\u2019 Aimed at encouraging\ntheatre writers at the start of their careers to explore and challenge\nphilosophical ideas using the dramatic form. Apart from the\ncash prize, the winner also gets a rehearsed reading at the Fellowship\u2019s annual\nSymposium to which they will be invited to attend. Runners up will be invited\nto attend the Fj\u00e4lln\u00e4s symposium to exhibit their work. To apply, applicants\nmust send: 1) A treatment of your idea in response to the theme; up to 500\nwords; 2) A sample of previous work of at least 10 pages; and 3) A 3-4 sample\npages of your proposed script or a 1-2 detailed page synopsis of your story.\nThe final piece must be 45 minutes in length and require no more than 4 actors.\n
\nValue: \u00a33,000
\nDeadline: 1 April 2020
\nOpen for: All playwrights
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe\nMarguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers
\n<\/strong>The three-month fellowships are to\nafford writers uninterrupted time to focus on their work at an apartment in\nCarson McCuller\u2019s childhood home in Columbus, Georgia, free from the\ndistractions of daily life and other professional responsibilities. A spouse or\ncompanion is welcome. The application includes a writing sample of up to 20\npages.
\nValue: $5,000
\nDeadline: 1 April 2020
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This\nfellowship offers Native American writers the time and solitude to help finish\na book that is already in progress. Writers must have a novel,\ncollection of stories or poems, a memoir, or other prose work (fiction,\nnon-fiction, or hybrid) in progress (30 pages minimum). The fellowship includes a month\u2019s stay at Missoula,\nMontana.
\nValue: $1,000 for food and travel
\nDeadline: 5 April 2020
\nOpen for: Native American writers
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n2020 ALTA Travel Fellowship
\n<\/strong>Each year, between four\nand six fellowships are awarded to emerging (unpublished or minimally\npublished) translators to help them pay for hotel and travel expenses to the\nannual American Literary Translators Association conference (November 11-14 ,\n2020 in Tucson, AZ). Among the fellowships is the Peter\nK. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellowship,<\/a> which is preferentially awarded to an emerging translator of color\nor a translator working from an underrepresented Diaspora or stateless\nlanguage. Also see their other\nawards<\/a> for published works, some of which do not\ncharge a submission fee.
\nValue: $1,000 each
\nDeadline: 20 April 2020
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWhiting Foundation: Creative Nonfiction Grant
\n<\/strong>Up to\neight grants will be awarded to US writers of creative non-fiction, for books\nunder contract by US publishers \u2013 the subjects are history,\ncultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, philosophy,\ncriticism, food or travel writing, graphic nonfiction, and personal essays,\namong other categories. It\nis intended for multiyear book projects requiring large amounts of deep and\nfocused research, thinking, and writing, after significant work has been\naccomplished. The work should be intended for general, not academic, audiences.\nOne of the application requirements is three sample chapters, or up to 25,000\nwords.
\nValue: $40,000
\nDeadline: 20 April 2020
\nOpen for: US writers with a contracted book
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>These fellowships are for young\npoets who are US residents or citizens. Application includes up to 10 pages of\npoetry.
\nApplication period: 1 March-30 April 2020
\nValue: Fellowships of $25,800 each
\nOpen for: US poets aged 21-31 years
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This emergency fund helps US-based writers,\nregardless of citizenship. It is for authors, dramatists, journalists, and\npoets. Recipients must be career writers with a substantial body of work in one\nof more of the following categories: 1) Book authors with at least one\ntitle published by an established traditional publisher. Authors with multiple titles are given priority; 2) Dramatists\nwhose full-length plays have been produced in mid-size or large theaters and\/or\npublished by established dramatic presses; 3) Journalists,\ncritics, essayists, short story writers, and poets with a substantial body of\nwork in periodicals with a national or broad circulation. Common\napplicants include: writers of any age in ill health, or supporting a dependent\nfamily member in ill health; writers facing overwhelming medical or dental\nexpenses; writers suffering financial crises unrelated to health, such as\nunexpected loss of income, temporary unemployment or underemployment, eviction\nproceedings, or similar; writers struggling after a natural disaster. Priority\nis given to sick and\/or older authors in need.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: Rolling
\nOpen for: US-based writers
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>The fund is for helping established freelance writers\nwho, because of advanced age, illness, disability, a natural disaster, or an\nextraordinary professional crisis are unable to work. Writers need not be members\nof ASJA, but must have credentials that would qualify them for an ASJA\nmembership. Writers need not live in the US.
\nValue:<\/strong>Unspecified
\nDeadline:<\/strong>Rolling
\nOpen\nfor:<\/strong>All established freelance writers
\nDetails\n<\/strong>here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This is a last-resource\nemergency resource for Canadian writers who face unforeseen financial crisis,\nwho are engaged in a book-length work. Eligible categories are fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry,\nplaywriting, or children\u2019s literature. The program is not intended to be a means of support for writers\nchallenged to earn an income. A crisis of some nature is necessary to be\nconsidered. Screenwriting,\nformulistic 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\nequivalent body of work
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: Rolling
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n