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NAME:The Grant Desk - Writers\, US
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UID:pen-america-literary-grants-2027@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260616
SUMMARY:Deadline: PEN America Literary Grants 2027
DESCRIPTION:PEN America's suite of literary grants and fellowships supporti
 ng individual writers and works in progress across genres (fiction\, nonfi
 ction\, poetry\, oral history and more)\, each with its own focus and crit
 eria. ELIGIBILITY: varies by grant\; generally US-based writers\, with sev
 eral open to writers and translators at different career stages. Distinct 
 from the PEN/Heim Translation Fund and PEN Presents. Review individual gra
 nt criteria and apply via the PEN America literary grants page.\n\nOrganis
 ation: PEN America\nLocation: United States (US-based writers)\nAward: Var
 ies by grant (e.g. PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History\, PEN/Ph
 yllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship)\, generally in the $5\,000 to $10\
 ,000+ range. No application fee.\nDuration: Project / works-in-progress su
 pport\n\nMore: https://pen.org/literary-grants/
URL:https://pen.org/literary-grants/
LOCATION:United States (US-based writers)
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UID:letras-boricuas-fellowship-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523
SUMMARY:Deadline: Letras Boricuas Fellowship 2026 (5th and final cohort)
DESCRIPTION:Fifth and final cohort of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship\, awar
 ding unrestricted support to writers with deep\, sustained ties to Puerto 
 Rico and its diaspora. ELIGIBILITY: emerging and established writers acros
 s fiction\, creative nonfiction\, poetry\, spoken word and playwriting\, w
 ho demonstrate a sustained connection to Puerto Rico and its diaspora. App
 ly via the Flamboyan Arts Fund portal.\n\nOrganisation: Flamboyan Arts Fun
 d\, in partnership with the Mellon Foundation\nLocation: Puerto Rico and i
 ts diaspora (remote\; writers with sustained ties to Puerto Rico)\nAward: 
 $25\,000 unrestricted award to each of 24 fellows. No application fee.\nDu
 ration: One-off unrestricted fellowship\n\nMore: https://flamboyanfoundati
 on.org/beca-letras-boricuas/
URL:https://flamboyanfoundation.org/beca-letras-boricuas/
LOCATION:Puerto Rico and its diaspora (remote\; writers with sustained ties
  to Puerto Rico)
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UID:kate-medina-fellowship-nypl-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260616
SUMMARY:Deadline: Kate Medina Fellowship for Literary Narrative Nonfiction 
 2026 (NYPL)
DESCRIPTION:Fellowship from the New York Public Library and Random House fo
 r writers of literary narrative nonfiction whose projects engage NYPL's ar
 chival and special collections. ELIGIBILITY: writers of narrative nonficti
 on with a project requiring on-site access to the collections at the Steph
 en A. Schwarzman Building in New York. Apply via the NYPL fellowships page
 .\n\nOrganisation: New York Public Library\, in partnership with Random Ho
 use\nLocation: New York City\, USA (on-site research at the NYPL Schwarzma
 n Building)\nAward: $30\,000 stipend for four continuous months of researc
 h (September 2026 to March 2027). No application fee.\nDuration: Four cont
 inuous months of research\n\nMore: https://www.nypl.org/about/fellowships-
 institutes/kate-medina-fellowship-literary-narrative-nonfiction
URL:https://www.nypl.org/about/fellowships-institutes/kate-medina-fellowshi
 p-literary-narrative-nonfiction
LOCATION:New York City\, USA (on-site research at the NYPL Schwarzman Build
 ing)
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UID:whiting-nonfiction-grant-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io
DTSTAMP:20260520T194426Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
SUMMARY:Deadline: Whiting Foundation: Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progres
 s 2026
DESCRIPTION:Annual grant from the Whiting Foundation supporting writers com
 pleting deeply researched\, imaginatively composed book-length nonfiction 
 for a general adult readership. Ten grants of $40\,000 each\, intended for
  the mid-process stage of multiyear projects after substantial progress bu
 t before the final work is complete. Eligible categories include history\,
  cultural or political reportage\, biography\, memoir\, science\, philosop
 hy\, criticism\, graphic nonfiction\, and personal essays. Excluded: self-
 help\, historical fiction\, textbooks\, books for a scholarly audience\, b
 ooks for young readers\, and self-published projects. Hard eligibility con
 straint: project must be under contract with a publisher in Canada\, the U
 K\, or the US by 31 May 2026\, with a fully executed contract uploaded\; n
 o extensions are granted for contracts not signed by both parties by the a
 pplication deadline. Application includes the original proposal\, up to 15
 \,000 words from the draft\, statement of work yet to be completed\, plan 
 for use of funds\, three written responses on premise/research methods/nar
 rative approach\, signed contract\, 2-4 page resume\, list of prior fundin
 g for the book\, and a required letter of support from the publisher (plus
  optional letters of recommendation). Free to apply. Grantees announced De
 cember 2026 / January 2027.\n\nOrganisation: Whiting Foundation\nLocation:
  Canada\, UK\, or US (project must be under contract with a publisher in o
 ne of these three countries)\nAward: $40\,000 to each of ten writers ($400
 \,000 total).\nDuration: Per project (mid-process stage of a multiyear boo
 k project)\n\nMore: https://www.whiting.org/writers/nonfiction-grant-for-w
 orks-in-progress/about
URL:https://www.whiting.org/writers/nonfiction-grant-for-works-in-progress/
 about
LOCATION:Canada\, UK\, or US (project must be under contract with a publish
 er in one of these three countries)
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