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WELCOME TO GRANTS & AWARDS
WELCOME TO GRANTS & AWARDS With more than 1,000 listings of domestic and foreign grants, literary awards, fellowships, and residencies*, Grants & Awards is the most comprehensive online database available to writers of all income brackets, at work in all genres, and at various levels of achievement. Finding what you’re looking for is easy. Simply search by keyword, genre, organization, or deadline. Updated every month, PEN's Grants & Awards is assured to offer the most current listings online. 
SAMPLE LISTINGS: September 2008

FICTION

Open City

The RRofihe Trophy offers $500, a trophy, and publication in Open City magazine for an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words). The author must not have been previously published in Open City. There is a $10 reading fee. Write to address above or see web site for more details.

Deadline: September 15


POETRY

Ohio State University Press, The Journal Award in Poetry

The Ohio State University Press/Award in Poetry selects one full-length manuscript each year for a $2,000 prize and publication by the Press. Entries must be at least 48 pages long; a $25 reading fee is required. Those submitting a manuscript and the fee receive a one-year subscription to The Journal, the literary magazine of Ohio State University. Submissions accepted in September only. Apply to Poetry Editor at above address.

Deadline: September 30


NONFICTION

Hunger Mountain, Creative Nonfiction Prize

The Creative Nonfiction Prize awards a first prize of $1,000 and publication in the Spring 2009 Issue of Hunger Mountain. Two honorable mentions receive $100 each. Entries must be original, written in English, and up to 10,000 words. There is a $15 reading fee, which includes a copy of the Spring 2009 Issue of Hunger Mountain.

Deadline: September 10


*Residencies refer to retreats, colonies, or other residences where writers may work undisturbed, and to which access is won by competitive application. Not listed as such are teacher-in-residence, playwriting-in-residence, or similar positions that entail academic responsibilities or oblige the writer to lead workshops, lectures, or residencies.

** We mention only Canadian awards for which U.S. writers may apply. Canadian nationals and landed immigrants should consult the informational booklets available from Writers Union of Canada, 24 Ryerson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2P3; www.writersunion.ca
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