Currently 3 active writing and translation grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the US. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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The Upstream Creative Writers / Grassroots Journalism Residency invites creative writers, poets, storytellers and grassroots journalists to spend intentional time over nine months exploring Minnesota's parks, waterways, forests and natural places, and the people who care for them. The residency seeks writers who care about storytelling rooted in place, environment, community, stewardship and connection. SELECTED MINNESOTA ARTISTS RECEIVE: a USD 3,000 artist stipend; mileage reimbursement up to USD 500; a Minnesota State Parks Pass; mentorship and creative support; and the opportunity to publish and share their work statewide. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be a Minnesota resident, 18 years or older, with a residence in East Side St Paul; West Central Minnesota (Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin Counties); or the Iron Range, Minnesota (Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties). Applications open 8 June 2026; deadline 6 July 2026 by 11:59pm. Apply via the online JotForm.
The Ucross Fellowship for Native American Writers is a dedicated fellowship within Ucross Foundation's residency program, offering fully funded time and space to write on a working cattle ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains. The fellowship provides living accommodations, meals, and work space at no charge, with no application fee. One Fellowship winner is selected per session; all applicants also have the option of being considered for a general Ucross residency. ELIGIBILITY: open to Native American writers who are practicing contemporary writers currently producing work in one or more genres, including but not limited to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, playwriting, and hybrid forms; and who are enrolled members of a state-recognized or federally-recognized Tribe, Pueblo, Nation, Native Community, Political Entity, or Alaskan Native Village. The work sample and project description are the most significant features of the application. Unless the work is genuinely interdisciplinary (the genres interconnect), applicants are encouraged to apply in a single primary discipline and submit a work sample and project description emphasizing that discipline. Work-sample requirements: FICTION, 20 pages of double-spaced fiction (a novel excerpt, a story, several stories, or a combination); NONFICTION, 20 pages of double-spaced nonfiction; POETRY, 10 pages of poetry (may be single-spaced); PLAYWRITING, one complete play (production documentation may be included if relevant), noting the 20 pages for reviewers to read; SCREENWRITING, one complete screenplay (production documentation may be included if relevant), noting the 20 pages for reviewers to read. All writing samples should include your full name. The open call for the Spring 2027 session closes July 15, 2026 (apply by 11:59 p.m. MT). A separate Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists is also offered.
The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship annually supports nine early-career, New York City-based fiction writers at a pivotal point in their careers. Each fellow receives a 5,000 USD grant, dedicated space and time to write in the Writers Studio, personalized editorial mentorship, opportunities to meet literary agents, and community programming. Applicants must be current residents of one of the five boroughs and must remain in New York City for the entire fellowship year. An emerging writer is defined as someone who has not yet had a novel or short story collection published by a major or independent publisher and who is not currently under contract for a work of fiction; students enrolled in a degree-granting program during the fellowship year are not eligible. The 2027 fellowship application window opens July 1, 2026 and closes July 31, 2026.