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Fellowship & Residency Calendar
Open calls for fiction and nonfiction writers — memoir, essay, and creative nonfiction included — by month. Tap any name to go straight to its application page.
Confirmed deadline
Expected — confirm on the site
July 2026
- Jul 1 Yaddo All genresResidency · Saratoga Springs, NY. Closes early if it hits 1,300 applications.
- Jul 15 Ucross All genresResidency · Wyoming. Spring 2027 session.
- Jul 31 Center for Fiction Fellowship FictionNYC-based emerging fiction writers (no published book). Opens Jul 1.
August 2026
- Aug 31 Hedgebrook All genresRetreat · Whidbey Island, WA. Women & gender-nonconforming writers. Fee-based ($4k–6k).
September 2026
- Sep 10 MacDowell All genresResidency · NH. Spring/Summer 2027. Opens Aug 15.
- ~Sep 10 Hodder Fellowship All genresFellowship · Princeton. Expected — opens July 2026.
- ~Sep 26 Cullman Center (NYPL) All genresFellowship · $90k, 9 months at NYPL. Research-based projects (incl. memoir, narrative nonfiction). Expected — opens June 2026.
- Sep 30 Vermont Studio Center All genresResidency · VT. Window opens Aug 15.
October 2026
- ~Oct Kenyon Review Fellowship All genresFellowship · Gambier, OH. Two-year, teaching. Recent MFA/PhD. Expected — opens fall 2026 (2027–29 cohort).
November 2026
Nothing due
December 2026
- ~Dec 1 Stegner Fellowship Fiction & poetryFellowship · Stanford. Expected — opens Sep 1.
- ~Dec 15 Fine Arts Work Center Fiction & poetryFellowship · Provincetown. Emerging writers only (memoir judged with fiction). Expected date.
January 2027
- Jan 1 Wisconsin Institute Fiction & poetryFellowship · Madison, WI. ~$42k. MFA/PhD, ≤1 book. Opens Nov 15.
- ~early Jan Steinbeck Fellowship Fiction & nonfictionFellowship · San José, CA. $15k, emerging. No poetry. Expected.
- Jan 31 VSC · Vermont Week All genresShort residency · VT. Opens Dec 15.
February 2027
- Feb 10 MacDowell All genresResidency · NH. Fall/Winter 2027–28. Opens Jan 15.
March 2027
- Mar 15 James Jones First Novel Fiction$12k for a first novel-in-progress; US writers who've never published a novel.
- Mar 31 Vermont Studio Center All genresResidency · VT. Window opens Feb 15.
- ~Mar 31 A Public Space All genresFellowship · emerging (no book contract). Expected — opens Mar 1.
- ~Mar 31 Silvers Foundation Grants NonfictionGrants for works-in-progress — criticism, essays, arts & cultural writing. No contract needed. Expected.
April 2027
Nothing due
May 2027
- ~May 31 Whiting Nonfiction Grant Nonfiction$40k for a book-in-progress (memoir, essay, biography, reportage, more). Requires a book under contract. Expected.
Dates not yet announced
On the radar, but the programs haven't posted their next dates. Check back when their portals open.
- Guggenheim Fellowship All genres— 2027 competition opens late summer 2026; the timeline is being revised, so the deadline posts when the portal opens. gf.org
- NEA Creative Writing Fellowships (Prose) Fiction & nonfiction— prose and poetry alternate years; the next prose cycle's dates aren't set yet. arts.gov
By nomination only
Major awards you can't apply to directly — they come by confidential nomination. Worth knowing they exist.
- Whiting Award — $50,000 for emerging writers across genres, including nonfiction.
- United States Artists Fellowships — $50,000 unrestricted, across disciplines.
