Currently 18 active paid writing and translation grants, fellowships and residencies. 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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Fifth and final cohort of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship, awarding unrestricted support to writers with deep, sustained ties to Puerto Rico and its diaspora. ELIGIBILITY: emerging and established writers across fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, spoken word and playwriting, who demonstrate a sustained connection to Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Apply via the Flamboyan Arts Fund portal.
Special PEN Presents round in partnership with SALT, funding sample translations from South Asian languages to help unpublished works find English-language publishers. The scheme pays for the sample-translation work that is usually unpaid. ELIGIBILITY: individual literary translators at any career stage, working from source languages of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Apply via the English PEN PEN Presents page.
Eight-week fully funded residency at the Toji Cultural Centre in Wonju, South Korea, hosted by Wonju UNESCO City of Literature. ELIGIBILITY: one writer per cycle, nominated from a UNESCO City of Literature network (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Manchester, Edinburgh, Krakow, Reykjavik, Lillehammer, Iowa City, etc. - see the full UNESCO Creative Cities Network list); 5+ years writing experience required. Open to fiction, nonfiction and poetry. PROCESS: selection by 21 July 2026; residency runs 1 September - 31 October 2026. Apply through your local UNESCO City of Literature coordinator before 31 May 2026. Confirm the exact application route on the Wonju City of Literature site before applying.
Annual grant from the Whiting Foundation supporting writers completing 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 but before the final work is complete. Eligible categories include history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, science, philosophy, criticism, graphic nonfiction, and personal essays. Excluded: self-help, historical fiction, textbooks, books for a scholarly audience, books for young readers, and self-published projects. Hard eligibility constraint: project must be under contract with a publisher in Canada, the UK, or the US by 31 May 2026, with a fully executed contract uploaded; no extensions are granted for contracts not signed by both parties by the application 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/narrative approach, signed contract, 2-4 page resume, list of prior funding for the book, and a required letter of support from the publisher (plus optional letters of recommendation). Free to apply. Grantees announced December 2026 / January 2027.
Funded one-month sound studies writing residency in Amsterdam from Sonic Acts at De Ateliers / Woonhuis. This is a residency for sound-art practitioners and scholars who write about sound (sound studies, criticism, theory) - it is a writing residency, not a sound-production residency. ELIGIBILITY: EU-based artists, researchers and scholars with at least one prior publication in sound studies or sound-art writing.
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.
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.
Logan Nonfiction Program is a free hybrid residency for working long-form journalists, writers, podcasters and photojournalists pursuing a long-form non-fiction project (article, book, podcast, film). Two cycles per year: Fall 2026 cycle (residency October-December) deadline 15 June 2026; Spring 2027 cycle (residency February-April) deadline 15 October 2026. The residency is hybrid - residential at the Carey Institute for Global Good in upstate New York combined with virtual engagement. ELIGIBILITY: working journalists, writers, podcasters and photojournalists at any career stage; international applicants welcome.
PEN America's annual grants for in-progress book-length literary translations from any language into English. Up to 10 grants of USD 4,000 each. Preference for early-career translators and works from underrepresented languages and regions. Eligible genres include fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and drama. ELIGIBILITY: translators of any nationality; the project must be a translation of a book-length work into English; previous PEN/Heim recipients are eligible after a waiting period. No application fee. Apply by 15 June 2026 via PEN America's grants portal.
Tractor Beam's sixth issue, themed around water in soil, growth, land and ecosystems large and small, is open for submissions. Editors are seeking anti-apocalyptic visions that explore the future of water in farming and food production, island ecologies, hybrid sea-soil technologies, the people who move water and the people water moves, plus stories about drought, diaspora and what gets carried downstream. FORMAT: stories under 6,000 words; comics 12-16 panels. Submissions accepted via the call page on Tractor Beam's Substack.
Biannual works-in-progress grants from the Society of Authors. The Authors' Foundation supports writers contracted with a British publisher across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and scripts. The K Blundell Trust adds a parallel stream specifically for writers under 40 working on socially aware or politically engaged projects. Both schemes share the same two-round-a-year schedule: 1 February and 1 July deadlines. ELIGIBILITY: writers (UK or international) with a contract for the next book with a British publisher; for K Blundell, also under 40 and writing on a contemporary socially aware theme.
Project subsidies from the Nederlands Letterenfonds for advanced literary translators with a current publishing contract for a translation from or into Dutch. The next round closes 15 August 2026; decisions are made approximately four months after the deadline (December). ELIGIBILITY: literary translators with a substantial published portfolio and a contracted translation project; primary income must be below EUR 52,500.
Writers' residency at the Fondation Jan Michalski in Montricher, Switzerland (Jura foothills), one of the most generously funded literary residencies in Europe. Open to writers of all nationalities, languages, genres and career stages: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translation, hybrid forms. The residency provides a free stay of 2 weeks to 3 months in the foundation's distinctive treehouse-style writers' studios, plus all travel costs and a CHF 400/week stipend (approximately USD 475). ELIGIBILITY: international writers across all genres and career stages. Applications open 2 June 2026 and close 31 August 2026 for residencies in 2027. No application fee.
Annual writing scholarship from the Miles Morland Foundation for African-born writers working in English on a full-length book project (80,000+ words for fiction; equivalent for nonfiction). One of the largest single-author African writing grants. Application window opens 1 July 2026 and closes 22 September 2026; applications outside that window are not read. ELIGIBILITY: writers born in Africa, or with both parents born in Africa, writing in English; nationality is not the criterion. Existing publication record is helpful but not strictly required.
Translators' residency at Uebersetzerhaus Looren in Wernetshausen near Zurich. Looren offers a free residency for literary translators with a current contract, including six competitive CHF 4,000 stipend grants per year tied to one-month residencies. The Pro Helvetia residency programme (separately funded) has a 2026-10-15 deadline for 2027 stays. The James Joyce Scholarship and Looren Residency 2027 closes 2026-10-31. General free residencies are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. ELIGIBILITY: literary translators with substantial published work and a current translation contract; any language combination is welcome. Apply via the application page on looren.net. No application fee.
Development grants from the Nederlands Letterenfonds (Dutch Foundation for Literature) for starting and advanced Dutch literary creators - writers, illustrators and translators - to fund training, coaching, editorial support, or travel and research abroad linked to a literary project. EUR 500 to EUR 2,500 per grant. ELIGIBILITY: Dutch-language literary creators (Dutch or Flemish-speaking world); see funder's application page for full eligibility criteria. CYCLE: applications are reviewed on a ROLLING basis (the scheme has been open since February 2026 and there is no fixed deadline). No application fee.
Residency for literary translators of Dutch literature into any language, hosted by the Nederlands Letterenfonds at the Vertalershuis (Translators' House) in Amsterdam. Five private apartments, available for stays of 2 weeks to 2 months. Residents receive a EUR 1,000/month grant (approximately EUR 115/month deducted to cover utilities) on top of the accommodation. CYCLE: applications accepted on a ROLLING basis. ELIGIBILITY: literary translators on the Letterenfonds or Flanders Literature approved-translators list with a current publishing contract for a Dutch-to-foreign-language translation. Apply via the page linked below. No application fee.
Commissioned long-form writing at the intersection of design, technology, art and culture. Editorial themes: designing with AI as cultural and infrastructural system; responsive and adaptive materials; politics of platforms and creative-infrastructure governance; post-digital hybrid making; designing for collapse and continuity; creative research as practice. In-depth pieces only, no press releases or promotional copy.