OpportunityTitle: NEA Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing, FY 2011
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: A Poetry fellowship must be scheduled to begin between January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012, and may extend up to two years.    APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY  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 Poetry if, between January 1, 2003, and March 4, 2010, you have had published:    A volume of 48 or more pages of poetry; or   Twenty or more different poems or pages of poetry in five or more literary journals, anthologies, or publications which regularly include poetry as a portion of their format. Up to 16 poems may be in a single volume of poetry of fewer than 48 pages. This volume, however, may count as only one of the required five places of publication.   Applicants may use online publications to establish up to fifty percent of their eligibility, provided that such publications have competitive selection processes and stated editorial policies.    You must apply in a specific literary form (i.e., fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry). You must establish your eligibility in the form in which you apply. You must meet the eligibility requirements by the deadline date. No exceptions will be made to the eligibility requirements. The following may not be used to establish eligibility:    Pre-publication material, such as galleys, proofs, and advance reader&apos;s copies.   Self-publication including work that has appeared in a publication for which you are the editor, publisher, or staff.   Collaborative work.   Scholarly writing.   Instructional writing.   Journalism.   Book reviews.   Editorials/letters to the editor.   Interviews.   Student publications and publications which primarily print work by persons who are affiliated with a particular academic institution.   Vanity press publication. For the purposes of this category, a vanity press is defined as one that does any of the following: requires individual writers to pay for part or all of the publication costs; asks writers to buy or sell copies of the publication; publishes the work of anyone who subscribes to the publication or joins the organization through membership fees; publishes the work of anyone who buys an advertisement in the publication; publishes work without competitive selection; or publishes work without professional editing.
Description: A Poetry fellowship must be scheduled to begin between January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012, and may extend up to two years.GRANT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: NEA Web Manager
GrantorContactText: NEA Web Manager
CloseDateExplanation: The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 4, 2010. The Arts Endowment will not accept late applications. Do not expect notification of awards and rejections before late December 2010. The Arts Endowment&#146;s support of a fellowship may begin any time between January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012, and extend for up to two years.