Application Deadlines for these international or US-wide fellowships and grants are often in winter and early spring. They include generous living expenses for fellows, free workshops, residencies, travel expenses, sometimes even meals and other allowances.
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Writer’s Residency Genua Region, Italy
Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded to gifted individuals working in all the disciplines of the Arts of all nationalities, ages, races, religion or gender. Deadline Jan. 15, 2019
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Writers Residency MacDowell
“Freedom to Create” Peterborough, NH. Artists-in-residence receive room, board, and exclusive use of one of the 32 studios on the property for up to eight weeks.
Deadline Jan 15, 2019
https://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply-for-fellowship
http://206.130.115.251/apply.html
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O’Brien Fellows Marquette, Milwaukee, WI
9-month-Fellowship funded with a $65,000 salary stipend plus generous allotments for housing, reporting-related travel, and equipment.
Deadline February for international applicants
https://www.marquette.edu/obrien-fellowship/
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Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Lodging in Bucknell’s “Poets’ Cottage” and a stipend of $5,000. Location is Lewisburg, PA. For US residents only.
Deadline Feb. 1, 2019
https://www.bucknell.edu/script/stadlercenter/applications/RRCW/
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Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy
Fellowship for seasoned Canadian journalist awards $100,000 and a year to investigate a critical public policy issue in Toronto.
Deadline February 11, 2019
http://cjf-fjc.ca/awards/atkinson-fellowship-public-policy
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American Library in Paris – Visiting Fellowship
Stipend $5,000 for one-month-stay. Application
Deadline February 15, 2019
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Brown Foundation Fellowship Program in Southern France
To apply, go to the website of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston:
Deadline: February 15, 2019
https://core.slideroom.com/#/Login
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Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships!
$38,000 a year. 5-7 fellowships available each year for poets, fiction writers, and a playwright. Madison, WI.
Deadline February 27
https://creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships.html
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James Jones First Novel Fellowship
A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a novel-in-progress by a U.S. writer who has not published a novel. Entry Fee $33
Deadline March 1
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Scripps Environmental Fellowship
The fellowship runs for a year, from June 2019 – June 2020, pays $50,000 plus full benefits. The fellowship runs for a year, from June 2019 through June 2020 in Boulder, Colorado.
Deadline early March 2019
Mother Jones Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program
San Francisco or Washington DC. Fellows do hands-on research and fact-checking and have opportunities to pitch online and print content. Stipend $1,625-1,800/month.
Deadline March 31, 2019
https://www.motherjones.com/jobs/fellowships/
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Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship
Pays $45,000 plus health insurance, faculty privileges, and book allowance. 9-month residency at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. Candidates should be able to demonstrate significant progress on their history writing project prior to applying, and publication history.
Deadline early Fall
https://www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/fellowships/patrick-henry-writing-fellowship/index.php
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Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton
Open to writers and visual artists, the Hodder Fellowship invites fellows to pursue independent projects.
Deadline: Applications are generally due in mid-September
https://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/hodder-fellowship/
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Completed an MFA or Ph.D. in creative writing?
Apply for the Kenyon Review Fellowship in Gambier, Ohio. Fellows will receive a $35,150 as a yearly stipend, plus health benefits.
Deadline in early fall 2019
https://www.kenyonreview.org/programs/fellowship/
Minnesota Writers
McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers. The award is $25,000
Deadline November 14 of each year.
https://loft.org/awards/mcknight
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And if you missed any of these deadlines, mark your calendar for late fall 2019 and apply for next year’s residencies or fellowships:
New Orleans, Louisiana, Writers Residency
Free lodging plus $200 weekly stipend, airfare, breakfast, welcome dinner etc.
Deadline December
https://www.neworleanswritersresidency.org/application/
Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Fellowship
A lodge in Alaska, which is 180 miles from the nearest road, with fly-in access only. A historical landmark on the shores of Lake Clark National Park. Fellowship – No fee, all expenses related to room and board + travel stipend.
Deadline Dec 30 – $35 Entry Fee
http://chulitnalodge.com/artists
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Posen Society of Fellows Awards
Genre: Jewish-themed dissertation. Prize: $40,000 fellowship.
Deadline Dec 30
http://www.posenfoundation.co.il/en/plan/the-posen-society-of-fellows/
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Steinbeck Fellowship Program
One-year fellowships, each with a stipend of US$15,000 are open to writers of fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and biography.
Deadline December 30
http://www.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/fellows/steinbeckfellows_apply/
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International Nieman Fellowships
Journalists must have 5 years of full-time media experience under your belt to apply. A stipend of $65,000 over the 9 months you spend at Harvard, plus housing, childcare, and healthcare.
Deadline early January for US journalists
https://nieman.harvard.edu/fellowships/
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Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowships
Biography Fellowships Awards include writing space, full access to research facilities, research assistance and a stipend of $72,000.
Deadline January 6
http://llcb.ws.gc.cuny.edu/fellowships/
Good luck and always remember: Statistics show that chances to win a residency or fellowship is 1:4
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