writer's grants

February 2, 2006 1:07 PM

Does anyone out there know of grants available for aspiring fiction writers?
posted by Sara Anne to Writing & Language (12 answers total)

A great source for contests, grants, conferences, places to publish, workshops, etc is the magazine Poets & Writers.

If you are looking for a grant to make time to write, you might consider going for an MFA, if you are able to - you'll get time, some mentoring, a 'community of peers', and some teaching experience. Many programs are funded, in that they will pay you to teach. Not the same as a grant, but it's one way to make time to write.

There are also plenty of places like this that you can apply to that will feed you and give you space while you write. Poets & Writers is a great place for finding other retreats.
posted by drobot at 1:16 PM on February 2, 2006 [1 favorite]

Best answer: while not an exact answer to your question, here are some blogs that might help you on your search for grants, contests, etc.:

--callingmarcel
--dumbfoundry
--the brand- new imprimatur seems great!

and i think i've posted other links to ask.mefi before. i just can't find them...
posted by ronv at 1:55 PM on February 2, 2006

Great links ronv, but the last two are (as far as I can tell) for poets.
posted by drobot at 1:59 PM on February 2, 2006

In the US or Canada?
posted by JJ86 at 2:05 PM on February 2, 2006

Response by poster: US
posted by Sara Anne at 2:10 PM on February 2, 2006

Best answer: The Creative Writers Opportunities List is a great place for this sort of information.
posted by BackwardsCity at 2:19 PM on February 2, 2006

I found this in the latest McSweeney's. This grant is only for works-in-progress.
posted by raddevon at 2:24 PM on February 2, 2006

raddevon: And only for women under the age of 32.
posted by xmutex at 3:11 PM on February 2, 2006

http://www.fundsforwriters.com/grants.htm has a short list.
posted by The corpse in the library at 3:45 PM on February 2, 2006

Oh, also writersmarket.com has a list of resources in their encyclopedia, under "Grants, directories of". You have to pay to have access to it, but it isn't much and it's tax-deductible if you're a professional writer (or at least that's what the nice man at H&R Block told me).
posted by The corpse in the library at 4:06 PM on February 2, 2006

oh sorry. force of habit. i hope the first helps, regardless.
posted by ronv at 5:59 PM on February 2, 2006

Best answer: PEN publishes a book called Grants and Awards for Writers that should be exactly what you're looking for.
posted by yankeefog at 1:48 AM on February 3, 2006