Frank Waters Award
Funding Amount
$2,000
Deadline
Expected ~June
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- June 6, 2027
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: June
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: National award recognizing writers from across the United States
Focus Areas:
- Celebrates the namesake's love of the American West
- Given to writers who strive to foster literary excellence
- Recognition of the people, culture, and landscape of the American West and Southwest
- Significant body of work that celebrates the cultures, spirit, people, and/or landscape of the American West and Southwest
Eligibility: Writers with a significant body of work
Award Presentation: Presented annually at The Frank Waters and Golden Quill Literary Awards Luncheon, the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District's signature event
Background: Named after Frank Waters, who wrote more than 20 books including Pikes Peak: A Mining Saga (early history of Colorado Springs) and Midas of the Rockies (about Winfield Scott Stratton), as well as books about Native American issues. This is a nationally recognized award.
What Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 1
- Total given
- $167K
- Median grant
- $167K
- By dollars: Colorado 100%. Top recipient cities: Colorado Spring, CO.
Example grants
Pikes Peak Library District · Colorado Spring, CO
Mission
$167K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Creative writing
- History
- Humanities
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