The annual $15,000 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence is open to rising African-American fiction writers across the United States. The book award, honors Louisiana’s revered storyteller, Ernest J. Gaines, and is now in its 15th year. It has become nationally recognized in its role of enhancing the visibilityMore
LiTFUSE, an annual weekend-long poets’ workshop held in Tieton, WA, is looking for an experienced arts administrator and lover of poetry to lead their team as the LiTFUSE Program Director starting in 2022. This is a paid, part-time, and primarily remote position. The successful candidate will also receive paid trainingMore
Summary The National Book Foundation is seeking an experienced communications and marketing professional to join a small, passionate team of book lovers who run year-round public and educational programs in addition to the annual National Book Awards. The Communications and Marketing Manager will report directly to the Foundation’s Executive DirectorMore
Summary Mass Poetry, a nonprofit arts organization with its headquarters in Boston, works to connect poets to the public and bring poetry into every day lives. It is looking for a manager and experienced educator with a passion for poetry, to oversee all of its programs with a special emphasisMore
The Moondancer fellowship is awarded by The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow (Eureka Springs, Arizona) to an author who expresses their love of nature and concern for the environment through their writing. This fellowship is open to poets, fiction writers, playwrights, essayists, columnists, memoirists, and screenwriters. Prior publication is notMore
The PEN/Heim Translation Fund awards grants of $2,000-$4,000 for writers who wish to translate international work into English. The Fund was established in the summer of 2003. Over the 16 years of its existence, it has given grants to nearly 200 translations from over 35 languages, including Armenian, Basque, Estonian, Farsi,More
PEN America has expanded its long-standing Writers’ Emergency Fund as part of efforts to support the literary community at a time when the health and livelihoods of so many are at risk. PEN America will distribute grants of $500 to $1,000 based on applications that demonstrate an inability to meetMore
The Norton Island Residency for Writers & Artists was founded in 2000 as a nonprofit under the leadership of the Eastern Frontier Educational Foundation and developed to create an ideal place for writers to write, artists to paint and sculpt, and musicians to compose. In 22 years, more than 500More
Actively working visual artists, writers, instrumentalists, and composers with at least two years of professional experience since graduation may apply. Residencies are from two to five weeks, however preference is given to applicants requesting residencies of three to five weeks. (If scheduling permits, shorter residencies will be considered.) A limitedMore
