Opportunity Information: Apply for 2020NEA03LFCW
The NEA Literature Fellowships: Poetry (FY 2021) opportunity is a discretionary federal grant program run by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that provides $25,000 fellowships to published creative writers working in poetry. The purpose of the fellowship is to give writers meaningful financial support so they can set aside dedicated time for writing and related professional development activities, including research, travel, and broader career advancement. Unlike project-based arts grants that fund specific public programs or organizational operations, this fellowship is aimed at directly supporting an individual writer's creative practice and the conditions that make sustained writing possible.
A key feature of this program is how applications are evaluated. The review process is anonymous, and the NEA states that the only criteria used to judge applications are the artistic excellence and artistic merit of the submitted manuscript. In practical terms, that means the work sample is central, and the program is designed to focus evaluators on the quality of the writing itself rather than on an applicant's reputation, institutional affiliations, or personal background.
The fellowship rotates by genre on a two-year cycle. For FY 2021, the open category is poetry, while prose fellowships (fiction and creative nonfiction) are scheduled for FY 2022, with separate guidelines expected to be released in January 2021. Applicants are limited in how often and how broadly they can apply: you may submit only one application for FY 2021 funding, and you may apply only once each year. Additionally, the guidelines include an important restriction for applicants who might also be considering translation funding: you cannot apply for both a Literature Fellowship under this poetry deadline and a Translation Project under the January 15, 2020 deadline.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed under funding opportunity number 2020NEA03LFCW, with CFDA number 45.024, and it is open to individuals (not organizations). The award ceiling is $25,000, reflecting the fixed fellowship amount. The original application closing date for this cycle is March 11, 2020, and the opportunity was created on November 20, 2019.Apply for 2020NEA03LFCW
- The National Endowment for the Arts in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NEA Literature Fellowships: Poetry, FY2021" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.024.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2019-11-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-03-11. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Individuals.
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