Maine Arts Commission
Individual Artist Fellowship
Deadline: May 14, 2010
Web site: www.mainearts.com
E-mail address: donna.mcneil@maine.gov
A fellowship of $13,000 is awarded annually to a writer who is a resident of Maine. Poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are not enrolled as full-time students in a field related to literary arts are eligible.
Leeway Foundation
Transformation Awards
Deadline: May 15, 2010
Web site: www.leeway.org
E-mail address: info@leeway.org
Awards of $15,000 each are given annually by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who have been creating art for social change for five or more years.
Towson University
Prize for Literature
Deadline: June 15, 2010
Web site: www.towson.edu/english/index.asp
E-mail address: eduncan@towson.edu
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by a writer who has lived in Maryland for at least three years and is currently a resident.
Artist Trust
Grants for Artist Projects
Deadline: June 25, 2010
Web site: www.artisttrust.org/grants/GAP
E-mail address: info@artisttrust.org
Grants of up to $1,500 each are given annually to Washington State poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to support the development of new work.
Literary Arts
Oregon Literary Fellowships
Deadline: June 25, 2010
Web site: www.literary-arts.org
E-mail address: susan@literary-arts.org
Fellowships of $2,500 each are given annually to Oregon writers to initiate, develop, or complete literary projects in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Blue Mountain Center
Richard J. Margolis Award
Deadline: July 1, 2010
Web site: www.margolis.com/award
A stipend of $5,000 and a monthlong residency at the Blue Mountain Center, an artists colony in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, is given annually to a writer of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction with the exception of memoir) whose work recalls that of Richard J. Margolis, a journalist, essayist, and poet who wrote about those whose voices are seldom heard.
Bard College
Bard Fiction Prize
Deadline: July 15, 2010
Web site: www.bard.edu/bfp
E-mail address: bfp@bard.edu
A prize of $30,000 and a one-semester appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College is given annually to a U.S. fiction writer under the age of 40.
Individual Artist Fellowship
Deadline: May 14, 2010
Web site: www.mainearts.com
E-mail address: donna.mcneil@maine.gov
A fellowship of $13,000 is awarded annually to a writer who is a resident of Maine. Poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are not enrolled as full-time students in a field related to literary arts are eligible.
Leeway Foundation
Transformation Awards
Deadline: May 15, 2010
Web site: www.leeway.org
E-mail address: info@leeway.org
Awards of $15,000 each are given annually by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who have been creating art for social change for five or more years.
Towson University
Prize for Literature
Deadline: June 15, 2010
Web site: www.towson.edu/english/index.asp
E-mail address: eduncan@towson.edu
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by a writer who has lived in Maryland for at least three years and is currently a resident.
Artist Trust
Grants for Artist Projects
Deadline: June 25, 2010
Web site: www.artisttrust.org/grants/GAP
E-mail address: info@artisttrust.org
Grants of up to $1,500 each are given annually to Washington State poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to support the development of new work.
Literary Arts
Oregon Literary Fellowships
Deadline: June 25, 2010
Web site: www.literary-arts.org
E-mail address: susan@literary-arts.org
Fellowships of $2,500 each are given annually to Oregon writers to initiate, develop, or complete literary projects in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Blue Mountain Center
Richard J. Margolis Award
Deadline: July 1, 2010
Web site: www.margolis.com/award
A stipend of $5,000 and a monthlong residency at the Blue Mountain Center, an artists colony in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, is given annually to a writer of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction with the exception of memoir) whose work recalls that of Richard J. Margolis, a journalist, essayist, and poet who wrote about those whose voices are seldom heard.
Bard College
Bard Fiction Prize
Deadline: July 15, 2010
Web site: www.bard.edu/bfp
E-mail address: bfp@bard.edu
A prize of $30,000 and a one-semester appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College is given annually to a U.S. fiction writer under the age of 40.
