Deadline: 10-Mar-22
Applications are now open for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowships program that offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
The NEA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and fostering mutual support for the diverse beliefs and values of all individuals and groups.
The program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. For FY 2023, which is covered by these guidelines, fellowships in poetry are available. Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) will be offered in FY 2024 and guidelines will be available in January 2023. You may apply only once each year.
Funding Information
- Amount: $25,000
What they do not fund?
- Individuals who previously have received two or more Literature Fellowships (in poetry or prose) or Translation Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Individuals who have received any Literature Fellowship (in poetry or prose) or Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts on or after January 1, 2014.
- News reporting.
- Scholarly writing. (Writers who are engaged in scholarly work may wish to contact the National Endowment for the Humanities.)
- Work toward academic degrees.
Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible to apply in Poetry if you:
- Are a Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States.
- Have not received two or more Fellowships (in poetry, prose, or translation) from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Have not received any National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship (in poetry or prose) or Translation Fellowship on or after January 1, 2014 (FY 2014).
- Have had published, between January 1, 2015, and March 10, 2022:
- A Volume of 48 or more pages of poetry; or
- 20 or more individual poems or pages of poetry that appear in at least five literary journals, anthologies, or publications which regularly include poetry as a portion of their format. Up to 16 pages of poetry may be from a single volume of poetry that is fewer than 48 pages (e.g. a chapbook). This volume may count as only one of the required five places of publication. For online publications, a page of poetry is considered to be 20 lines or less.
- Work must have been published for the first time time between these dates, not only reprinted or reissued in another format during this period, and by a publisher that has a competitive selection and stated editorial policy, and that offers marketing, distribution, and professional editing.
- You may use digital, audio, or online publications to establish eligibility, provided that the publisher has a competitive selection process and stated editorial policy. If the online publication or website no longer exists, you must provide, pon request, sufficient evidence that your work once appeared online. If sufficient evidence cannot be provided, the online publication will not be eligible.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336924