Writing and Translation Grants in the US

Currently 3 active writing and translation grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the US. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Every entry is funded, no exposure-only calls. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.

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1. Alan Andres Writing Fellowships 2026-2027 (Boston Public Library)

   Associates of the Boston Public Library · Boston / New England, United States · Deadline: 05 Jun 2026 · Award: Two fellowships (apply to only one): Writer-in-Residence: $70,000 stipend plus $2,500 editorial support and a year-long office residency at the Boston Public Library. Picture Book Writer Fellowship: $25,000 stipend plus $2,500 editorial support. No application fee.

   The Associates of the Boston Public Library offer the Alan Andres Writing Fellowships for emerging New England writers, funded by an anonymous donor committed to writers earning a living wage. Applicants may apply to only one fellowship; winners are chosen through a blind judging process. (1) ALAN ANDRES WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE (22nd year): a year-long residency (October 2026 to September 2027) with an office at the Boston Public Library, a $70,000 stipend, and $2,500 for editorial support, to complete a manuscript for children or young adults (fiction, nonfiction, plays, poetry, or graphic novels); apply at www.writer-in-residence.org. (2) ALAN ANDRES PICTURE BOOK WRITER FELLOWSHIP (formerly the Illustrated Children's Book Fellowship, 2nd year): a $25,000 stipend plus $2,500 for editorial support to complete a manuscript for young readers (fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or poetry for ages 0-2 board books or ages 3-8 picture books and early readers); apply at www.associatesbpl.org/picturebook. ELIGIBILITY: emerging New England writers. Applications close June 5, 2026.

2. PEN America Literary Grants 2027

   PEN America · United States (US-based writers) · Deadline: 15 Jun 2026 · Award: Varies by grant (e.g. PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History, PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship), generally in the $5,000 to $10,000+ range. No application fee.

   PEN America's suite of literary grants and fellowships supporting individual writers and works in progress across genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, oral history and more), each with its own focus and criteria. ELIGIBILITY: varies by grant; generally US-based writers, with several open to writers and translators at different career stages. Distinct from the PEN/Heim Translation Fund and PEN Presents. Review individual grant criteria and apply via the PEN America literary grants page.

3. Kate Medina Fellowship for Literary Narrative Nonfiction 2026 (NYPL)

   New York Public Library, in partnership with Random House · New York City, USA (on-site research at the NYPL Schwarzman Building) · Deadline: 15 Jun 2026 · Award: $30,000 stipend for four continuous months of research (September 2026 to March 2027). No application fee.

   Fellowship from the New York Public Library and Random House for writers of literary narrative nonfiction whose projects engage NYPL's archival and special collections. ELIGIBILITY: writers of narrative nonfiction with a project requiring on-site access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in New York. Apply via the NYPL fellowships page.