Grants for Creative Writing

Last updated August 10, 2026

There are currently 279 active grants for creative writing in Grantable's free grants database, drawn from foundation sources and updated daily.

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Type	Grant	Funder	Deadline ▲	Amount
Foundation	Emerging Traditional Artists Program Grant	South Arts Inc	Rolling	$5K
Foundation	Creative County Initiative Last Mile Fund Grant	Essex County Community Foundation Inc	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Saltonstall Residency Program Grant	Constance Saltonstall Foundation For	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection (Fiction) Grant	Pen American Center Inc	Rolling	$25K
Foundation	Smith Literary Scholarship Grant	The Community Foundation of Eastern	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Vossler Prize	Caxton Club	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Spokane Arts Grant Awards (SAGA)	Spokane Arts Fund	Rolling	$33K – $67K
Foundation	Sustainable Arts Foundation: Residency Grant	Sustainable Arts Foundation	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Kevin Koch Writing Prize	Loras College	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Sundance Graton Collab Artists	Sundance Institute	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Vahé & Lucie Awards	Tumo Foundation	Rolling	$1M – $1.5M
Foundation	Cullman Center Fellowship Grant	The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations	Rolling	$90K
Foundation	Emergency Grants	The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Amy Clampitt Poet Residency Program Grant	Berkshire Taconic Community	Rolling	$4K
Foundation	Bobette Bibo Gugliotta Memorial Scholarship for Creative Writing Grant	Silicon Valley Community Foundation	Rolling	Up to $1K
Foundation	Richard E. Cytowic Nonfiction Fellowship Grant	Virginia Center for the Creative Arts	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	AICEF: Cultural Grant	American Indonesian Cultural And	Rolling	$1K – $5K
Foundation	Amazon Literary Partnership Grant: UK	Amazon, Inc.	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	The Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship Grant	Fine Arts Work Center In	Rolling	$3K
Foundation	Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide Grant	4Culture	Rolling	$54K
Foundation	Lawrence A. Sanders Scholarship Fund for Creative Writing Grant	Community Foundation for Palm Beach And	Rolling	Varies
Foundation	Moving Image Fund: Pre-Production & Early Development Funding Grant	The Lef Foundation	Rolling	$5K
Foundation	The Arthur and Lila Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Researchers Grant	The Newberry Library	Rolling	$3K
Foundation	Kathryn Lodge Mhatre Creative Writing Scholarship Grant	Community Foundation of Ncw	Rolling	Varies

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About grants for creative writing

Grants for creative writing support fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction through fellowships, residencies, and project funding. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Writing Fellowships award funds to published writers in prose and poetry on an alternating-year cycle, judged anonymously on artistic merit. State arts councils, literary foundations, and writing organizations provide additional fellowships, awards, and residency support for writers at all career stages.

Frequently Asked Questions

What grants are available for creative writers?

Creative writers can apply for fellowships and grants that provide time and resources for writing, research, travel, and career development. The NEA Creative Writing Fellowships support published writers in prose and poetry, and state arts councils, literary nonprofits, and private foundations offer additional fellowships, project grants, and residencies for fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Who funds individual writers?

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is a leading federal source of fellowships for individual creative writers, awarding support based on the artistic excellence of a writing sample. State arts agencies, regional arts organizations, university programs, and private literary foundations also fund writers directly through fellowships, prizes, and residencies.

Do I need to be published to apply for writing fellowships?

Many competitive fellowships, including the NEA Creative Writing Fellowships, require a record of publication to demonstrate that an applicant is a working writer. That said, opportunities exist for writers at all stages, including emerging-writer awards, residencies, and project grants with lighter eligibility requirements, so it is worth checking each program's guidelines carefully.

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