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Alabama State Council on the Arts
201 Monroe St.
Montgomery  AL  36130
Literature fellowship offered every year, for previously published or unpublished work to set aside time to create and to improve skills. Two-year Alabama residency required. Guidelines available by emailing randy@arts.state.al.us
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
800 Brickell Ave., Suite 500
Miami  FL  33131
For high school seniors in dance, music, jazz, photography, theater, film & videos, visual art, voice, and writing. Applications available on website or by phone request. Individual awards range from $100-10,000 in an awards package totalling $900,000--$3 million in scholarship opportunities and the chance to be named Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
ARTSLINK PROJECTS AWARD YEAR ROUND None Up to $10,000
CEC Artslink
12 W. 31st St.
New York  NY  10001
Award designed to allow artists or authors to work in Europe, Russia or Eurasia along with local artists in that area on a collaborative project.
GEORGE BENNETT FELLOWSHIP Dec. 1 None $10,000
Phillips Exeter Academy
20 Main St.
Exeter  NH  03833-2460
Targeted for writers pursuing a career as a writer. While writers who have published a book in the past are not excluded, they prefer someone who has not. Winning author will spend one year as Resident Writer at the academy with room and board provided.
BUSH ARTIST FELLOWS PROGRAM Oct. 1 None $44,000
The Bush Foundation
E-900 First National Bank Bldg.
332 Minnesota St.
St. Paul  MN  55101
Up to fifteen awards are given to Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and western Wisconsin residents 25 years or older (students are not eligible) "to buy 12-18 months of time for the applicant to further his/her own work." All application categories rotate on a 2-year cycle. Publishing, performance, and/or option requirements for eligibility. Applications available August 2004.
The Chesterfield Writers Film Project
1158 26th St.
PMB 544
Santa Monica  CA  90403
Up to five fellowships awarded each year. Winning writers spend ten months workshopping with a professional screen writer and an executive from Paramount Studios.
One Financial Plaza
Hartford  CT  06103-2601
Any unpublished writing is eligible. Only Connecticut writers are eligible.
FELLOWSHIPS FOR CREATIVE WRITERS March 1 None $20,000
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Program
Nancy Hanks Center
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington  DC  20506-0001
Cash grants that allow creative writers to set aside time to finish projects, pay for travel or research and for general career advancement.
GAP (GRANTS FOR ARTIST PROJECTS) PROGRAM Last Friday in Feb. None $6,000
Artist Trust
1835 12th Ave.
Seattle  WA  98122
Six grants of $6,000 are made to authors pursuing a new work. Must be able to show a 5-year professional history. Other artistic grants of $1,400 available to artists in other media. Open to Washington State Residents only.
GEILFUSS, HUNTER & SMITH FELLOWSHIPS Quarterly None $500 to $3,000
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State St.
Madison  WI  53706-1482
Offered to authors with unpublished works dealing with the history of Wisconsin.
Illinois Art Council
100 W. Randolph, Suite 10-500
Chicago  IL  60601
Award offered twice a year to an Illinois resident in order to work on a project. Finalist in each competition receives $700.
Christopher Isherwood Foundation
Box 650
Montrose  AL  36559
Annual award to an author who has published a novel. Sometimes gives multiple awards in one year.
Wilkes University
English Department, Kirby Hall
Wilkes-Barre  PA  18766
Annual award for an unpublished novel, novella or short story collection that exemplifies the style of James Jones. Author may not have previously published a book-length work of fiction.
Kentucky Arts Council
Old Capitol Annex, 300 W. Broadway
Frankfort  KY  40601-1980
Award issued in even-numbered years to further the work of a writer who is a Kentucky resident.
PEW FELLOWSHIPS IN THE ARTS December None $50,000
230 S. Broad St., Suite 1003
Philadelphia  PA  19102
Offered each year to support an artist for up to two years so that they might dedicate themselves wholly to their work. Available only to residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania. Full time students do not qualify.