Stand-Out Fellowships for Artists & Writers
Fellowships offer the career-defining chance of institutionally-backed research, writing, and artistic endeavors. This week, we curated 5 of the top US fellowship programs for artists and writers that are currently accepting applications.
MDOCS Storytellers' Institute | Visiting Fellows
The MDOCS Visiting Fellows is a fully funded Fellowship for non-fiction artists and storytellers. For 1 month, fellows will have the chance to engage in a creative and intellectual community of non-fiction storytellers and artists on the Skidmore College campus in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Duration: 1 month
Rewards: $500 travel stipend, $2,500 honorarium, studio space, accommodation & exhibition.
Fine Arts Work Center | Visual Arts Fellowship
This fellowship offers a unique opportunity for emerging visual artists in the heart of the vibrant art community of Provincetown. 10 artists will be selected for the seven-month residency, in which artists will receive support to pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community of peers.
Location: Provincetown, MA, USA
Duration: 7 months
Rewards: $2,500 stipend, accommodation & studio space
Image: Fine Arts Work Center
Menil Drawing Institute | Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
The Menil Drawing Institute for pre-doctoral fellows is an open application for American and international scholars and artists. This open call provides the highest level of scholarship and makes possible rich, interdisciplinary, object-based conversations on the drawing medium’s history, theory, criticism, and practice.
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Duration: 9 months
Rewards: $3,000 monthly stipend, accommodation, office space & more
Image: Menil Drawing Institute
The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship
The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship is an annual award for young artists to produce extraordinary independent projects. Each year, the winning Fellow is chosen by a distinguished jury of artists, curators, gallerists, and established art professionals. In providing creative capital to young people, the Fellowship seeks to foster a positive educational and creative process that empowers them to be working artists for a summer.
Rewards: $10,000 including but not limited to materials, museum/gallery admission, and/or tuition for creative instruction.
The James Jones Literary Society | First Novel Fellowship
The James Jones First Novel Fellowship is an annual award of $10,000 for unpublished American authors. This open call allows writers to receive funding for their projects as well as publish their first novel. The Fellowship is co-sponsored by the James Jones Literary Society, in Creative Writing at Wilkes University.
Rewards: $10,000 in funding, $3,000 First runner up award & $2,000 second runner up
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