Grants For Authors, Writers and Poets
Funding to support the literary arts.
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Grants For Authors/Writers
1. [NEW] Alan Andres Writer-in-Residence Program - For Emerging Children or Young Adult Writers
This opportunity provides an emerging children’s writer with the financial support, editorial assistance, and office space needed to complete one literary work for children or young adults. It should encourage the imagination of young readers and, in so doing, draw attention to the importance of authors and the essential role they perform in nurturing developing minds and furthering our culture. Applicants must live in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont) to be eligible.
The proposed literary project should be intended for children or young adult readers. All genres are welcome, including fiction, non-fiction, scripts, graphic novels, or poetry. Applicants should demonstrate active engagement as a writer, whether full or part-time, as an avocation or profession. The applicant should not have any prior professional book publications. (Self-published books, textbooks, works for hire, articles, and short stories published in an anthology do not count against this eligibility criterion.) A total stipend of $70,000, paid in monthly installments over one year, will be provided.
Deadline: June 5, 2026
2. [NEW] Alan Andres Picture Book Writer Fellowship - For Emerging Writers
This opportunity provides an emerging picture book writer for children with the financial support and editorial assistance needed to complete a work for children ages 0 to 10. It should encourage the imagination of young readers and, in so doing, draw attention to the importance of authors and the essential role they play in nurturing developing minds and furthering our culture.
Eligible projects may include fiction, non-fiction, memoir, or poetry. Graphic novels are not eligible. Applicants must live in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont). A $25,000 stipend, paid in monthly installments over one year, will be awarded.
Deadline: June 5, 2026
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