Grants for Writers, Fellowships, Residencies, and Free Retreats, and Freelance Offers … Lots of great Opportunities for Authors. Don’t miss the deadlines.
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Like the Palm Springs Area?
Joshua Tree National Park Artist-in-Residence
1-room, dormitory-style apartment + small travel reimbursement
Choice of residency for the month of October 2018 or the month of April 2019
Applications must be sent by email to jotr_education@nps.gov
$45 fee, Deadline April 30
https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/supportyourpark/air.htm
Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio, Italy, Residencies
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers a unique opportunity for focused work on the tranquil shore of Lake Como for one month. The Center brings together leading artists, academics, practitioners, and also policymakers for up to one month, fostering cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue to shape thinking and catalyze action around the Foundation’s strategic goals.
*****The open application period for Academic Writing Residencies is now available, with a deadline of May 1, 2018. The next open call will begin October 1, with a deadline of December 1, for residencies in 2020.*****
The Rockefeller Foundation is attracting a greater number of geographically diverse, highly distinguished artists working in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the United States.
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/bellagio-center/residency-program/arts-literary-arts-residency/
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Great River Writers Retreat
Open to residents of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin writing in any genre. The winning writer will stay from Sept 4th through 10th, 2018 at the Benet Retreat House in Rock Island, Illinois and receive three meals a day, a travel stipend, and an invitation to give a reading in the Quad Cities. Deadline June 1
http://www.mwcqc.org/contests/writers-retreat/
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PlySpace Artist-in-Residence
It’s a new, immersive Artist-in-Residence program based in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie, Indiana. Residents are provided with personal living spaces with individual or shared bathrooms, and personal studio spaces. Residents receive a $500 stipend toward travel, paid upon completion of the program. Resident Fellows are eligible for additional project funding. Residents may stay between four and 12 weeks. Applicants should be dedicated practitioners in their field and able to work safely and independently for the entire residency period to which they are assigned. Applicants should not be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of application and must be over 21 years of age.
https://www.plyspace.org/
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Hypatia & Holly House
Near Shelton, WA, close to the Olympic National Forest. Women in the arts, academe, and entrepreneurship may apply for a 1-3 weeks residency
$20 fee. Application deadline May 15 (for January-March 2019)
http://hypatiainthewoods.org/apply/
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YEARLY opportunities:
Such as this one:
BBC Ntl. Short Story Award
Award of £15,000 for the winner
No entry fee!
http://bbc.in/2FQFxrS
More free Writer’s and Artists Residencies – Offered Every Year
http://content-on-demand.blogspot.ca/2018/01/free-writers-artists-residencies.html
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Don’t Miss These Lucrative Writing Contests:
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Spring Travel Writing Contest
The winner will receive $1,000
Stories can be fiction, nonfiction or essay, but please indicate which genre at the top of your manuscript. Entries should be between 800 and 5,000 words.
$20 Entry Fee – Deadline May 31
http://nowheremag.com/contests/
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Fiction Writing Award
Ghost stories, paranormal or supernatural theme are welcome. Story length between 1,500 – 10,000 words. Twice each year TGS will award $1,000 and publication to the winner of this short story competition
$20 Entry Fee, Deadline April 30
http://www.theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award
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4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize
Open for entries, offering writers a chance to win £1,000. Entries of up to 6,000 words. The prize is open to all black, Asian, and minority ethnic writers aged 18 or over who are living in the UK or Ireland. Deadline 1 June 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/apr/17/calling-all-bame-writers-entries-open-for-the-2018-prize
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William Falkner Writing Competition
Entries are accepted now in eight categories (see below): Novel, Novella, book-length Narrative Non-Fiction, Short Story, Essay, Poetry – unpublished work only. Novel/Book-length Fiction – Limit 100,000 words. Prize $7,500. Nonfiction Book Prize – Limit 75,000 words. Prize $2,000.
Entry Fee $10-$45. Deadline May 1
https://wordsandmusic.org/william-faulkner-wisdom-competition/competition-guidelines/
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Wundor Short Fiction Contest 2018
Whether it takes you one page or your manuscript is a little thicker, we would like to read it. Word count of your submission max. 45,000 words. The winner will receive £500.
Deadline 31 May 2018
http://www.wundoreditions.com/
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The Sunday Times Short Story Prize
It is the world’s richest short story competition, with the winner receiving £30,000 (US$40,000). Entries are expected to open at the end of June and close in late September 2018
https://shortstoryaward.co.uk/
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The Manchester Writing Competition
This is the UK’s biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country’s most successful writing school. The Competition was established by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy in 2008 and has awarded more than £155,000 to writers.
Each year two £10,000 (USD 16,000) prizes are awarded:
The Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for the best short story. Designed to encourage and celebrate new writing across the globe, the competition is open internationally to new and established writers.
Deadline Sept 14, 2018
http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/writingcompetition/
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John Steinbeck Award for Fiction
This award is for a work of fiction or non-fiction, up to 5,000 words
Applications from June 1 to Nov 1, 2018
https://www.reedmag.org/submit
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Disney Screenwriting Fellowship
For over 25 years, the Disney | ABC Writing Program has been lauded as one of the most successful writer programs in the entertainment industry. Applicants must be able to legally work in the United States and be at least 21 years of age.
Writers become employees of Disney│ABC Television Group and will be paid a yearly salary $50,000 plus any applicable benefits for which they are eligible in accordance with the then-current Company benefits.
https://disneyabctalentdevelopment.com/writing_program.html
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For Writers in GERMAN Language:
What’s called Fellowships or Writer’s Residency in Great Britain, USA or Canada has an equivalent in Germany: STADTSCHREIBER
“Stadtschreiber” sind Autoren, die für einige Monate kostenlos
in einem – oft historischen – Gebäude in Deutschland leben und arbeiten können. Dies ist auch mit einem monatlichen Stipend von tausend und mehr Euro verbunden.
Zudem ist es eine Möglichkeit, mittels Lesungen und durch persönliche Kontakte den Leserkreis zu erhöhen. Und natürlich auch mehr Bücher zu verkaufen. Eine kostenlose Werbung … da auch die regionalen Zeitungen oder der Rundfunk über den Autor und seine/ihre Bücher ausführlich berichten. Alles in Allem: eine Win-Win Situation! Hier einige Beispiele:
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5 Monate Aufenthaltsstipendium im Nordseebad Hamburg-Otterndorf
900 Euro monatlich plus kostenloses Wohnen im klassizistischen “Gartenhaus” am Süderwall
Bewerbungen bis 30.09.2018 (jährlich) – Mai bis September
http://www.literaturport.de/preise-stipendien/preisdetails/gartenhaus-am-suederwall-stipendium-otterndorf-stadtschreiber/
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Der Erfurter Stadtschreiber-Literaturpreis
Mit der Verleihung des symbolischen Amtes des Erfurter Stadtschreibers ist für 4 Monate Unterkunft & ein Stipendium verbunden
http://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/engagiert/kunst/stadtschreiber/index.html
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5 Monate Stipendium “Stadtschreiber in Rheinsberg”
Details in unserem Artikel:
https://ebookautoren.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/5-monate-stipendium-in-rheinsberg/
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Mainzer Stadtschreiber
Literaturpreis, dotiert mit 12.500 Euro, das Wohnrecht in der Stadtschreiberwohnung im Mainzer Gutenberg-Museum sowie die Produktion einer ZDF Dokumentation nach freier Themenwahl beinhaltet.
https://presseportal.zdf.de/pm/mainzer-stadtschreiber/
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Stadtschreiber in allen Variationen…
Manche beflügeln auch das literarische Leben eines Ortes …
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/Da-kommt-unser-Stadtschreiber-/story/11832449
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Good Luck and Have Fun Writing!
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