The Arkansas River “Dave” Fellowship

Given quarterly to a Southern-born limericist who lives in (word: not “on”—see our FAQ) the Arkansas River. Residents should reside underwater in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, or Arkansas. Should be named Dave (word: not “David”—see our FAQ). 

The George R. Herman Award 

The George R. Herman Society of Altoona, Pa., invitations fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and poets to ship thirty pages of labor that immediately honor the lifetime of George R. Herman, a Blair County resident. Please submit your George R. Herman–primarily based work by Might 25, 2015. Prize: $50,000. Entry price: $90. Decide: George R. Herman. 

Award for Excellence in Writing and Parenting

Looking for mother and father of a number of youngsters beneath the age of 5 who display excellence in each writing and parenting. Given yearly to nobody as a result of no person with youngsters that age is any good at both. 

Growing old Teen Grant

Growing old youngsters with 5 or extra years’ expertise within the artwork of reverse graffiti are welcome to use for 1st- ($1,500), 2nd- ($500), or Third-place ($300) prizes. Candidates ought to submit a resume, ten pictures of present work, and definitions of what they assume “growing older teen” and “reverse graffiti” imply. (We’re slightly fuzzy ourselves.) No person has received—or utilized for—this grant, and it’s an excellent factor as a result of we ran out of funding in 2006. 

Baltimore–Pittsburgh “Attention-grabbing” Grant 

The Metropolis of Pittsburgh awards $300 yearly to at least one fiction author who lives within the Baltimore-metro space however roots for groups from Pittsburgh—ideally as a result of “it’s an extended story, however my dad grew up in Pittsburgh, and . . .” Please present an outline of your allegiance to Pittsburgh groups within the “bio” part together with an creator picture (have to be carrying a #87 Sidney Crosby Penguins jersey and a mustard-yellow Willie Stargell–period Pirates hat). 

JoAnn Material Residency 

Awarded to anybody of any creative self-discipline (needn’t be materials) who can squat on the largely empty desk with a single piece of cobalt yarn and scary pair of orange scissors behind any going-out-of-business JoAnn location and pursue their artwork for so long as they will earlier than Brigitte passes by a 3rd time and asks in the event that they want any assist. Not out there presently as a result of someone’s already sitting there, however perhaps attempt the dressing room in T.J. Maxx? 

The One The place You Don’t Should Reside in a Sure State

This $1,500 / month grant might be awarded to a poet, memoirist, or fiction author from any state within the U.S. who exhibits your-level of competence in writing and doesn’t even essentially have any {qualifications} besides liking to jot down and speaking about different residencies they’ve been to. Candidates can simply type of ship us a unfastened electronic mail about wanting the award. Deadline: yesterday. 

The Don DeLillo Prize

Bored with restrictions on writers’ grants? The Antioch Basis of Washington, D.C., awards $150,000 yearly to a fiction author, nonfiction author, memoirist, playwright, or poet residing in america, Mexico, or Canada whose work—even loosely—displays the values and magnificence of award-winning creator Don DeLillo. Ship us 5 pages of any style written inside the final twenty years. No entry price. Should be Don DeLillo. 

The “Jack Kerouac Expertise” Residency 

Scraping the underside of the barrel? Bear in mind, your aunt Winnie nonetheless has that visitor room you may write in, like Sal Paradise in On the Highway. However in contrast to Paradise’s aunt (who was primarily based on Kerouac’s mother), Aunt Winnie is extremely fascinated with your writing—and, like, at all times house. Give it some thought, although. May very well be good, truly. Replace: She simply leased it to a grad scholar. 

The Hoboken “Your Condominium” Residency

You continue to have your residence, proper? And isn’t your residence a type of residency in itself? All it entails is you sitting in a chair or at a desk and making an attempt to jot down one thing. How is that totally different from “unemployment”? It isn’t! However hey, any residency’s higher than no residency, proper? 

MacDowell

I imply, you may apply . . . Anyone can apply . . .