OpportunityTitle: NEA Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing, FY2010
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Creative writers who meet the publication requirements that are listed below are eligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. See &quot;How to Prepare and Submit an Application&quot; for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be rejected without panel review.    An individual may submit only one application per year. Multiple applications will be deemed ineligible. You may not apply for a Creative Writing Fellowship and a Translation Project in the same year. (See Translation Projects for more information.)    You are not eligible to apply if you have received two or more Creative Writing or Translation Fellowships (in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, belles-lettres, or for translation) from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, you may not apply in Prose if you have received any Arts Endowment Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship on or after October 1, 2000 (FY 2001). You may not apply in Poetry if you have received any Arts Endowment Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship on or after October 1, 2001 (FY 2002).    Former grantees must have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received.    You are eligible to apply in Fiction if, between January 1, 2002, and March 5, 2009, you have had published:    At least five different short stories, works of short fiction, or excerpts from novels in two or more literary journals, anthologies, or publications which regularly include fiction as a portion of their format; or   A volume of short fiction or a collection of short stories; or   A novel or novella.   You are eligible to apply in Creative Nonfiction if, between January 1, 2002, and March 5, 2009, you have had published:     At least five different creative essays (such as personal essays, memoirs, etc.) in two or more literary journals, anthologies, or publications; or   A volume of creative nonfiction.
Description: NOTICE: The Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing application deadline has been extended to March 17, 2009. The deadline has been extended due to technical problems with Grants.gov, the federal government&apos;s online application system. A Prose fellowship must be scheduled to begin between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2011, and may extend up to two years. A Poetry fellowship must be scheduled to begin between January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012, and may extend up to two years.The application package for the March 4, 2010, poetry deadline will be posted in January 2010.Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry are available to published creative writers. Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.This program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose available in FY 2010 and fellowships in poetry available in FY 2011. Individuals may apply only once each year.Competition for fellowships is extremely rigorous. Potential applicants should consider carefully whether their work will be competitive at the national level.We Do Not Fund Individuals who previously have received two or more Creative Writing or Translation Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Individuals who have received any Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts within the past ten years. News reporting. Scholarly writing. (Writers who are engaged in scholarly work may wish to contact the National Endowment for the Humanities.) Work toward academic degrees. Notice: Application deadline has been extended to March 17, 2009.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: NEA Web Site Manager
GrantorContactText: NEA Web Manager
CloseDateExplanation: NOTICE: The Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing application deadline has been extended to March 17, 2009. The deadline has been extended due to technical problems with Grants.gov, the federal government&apos;s online application system.    For FY 2010/Fiction &amp; Creative Nonfiction    The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 5, 2009. The Arts Endowment will not accept late applications. Do not expect notification of awards and rejections before late December 2009. The Arts Endowment&#146;s support of a fellowship may begin any time between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2011, and extend for up to two years.