PEN’s Grants & Awards database is better than ever. With more than 1,500 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. With a new search engine, finding what you’re looking for is easy. Search by keyword, genre, organization, or deadline. Updated every month, Grants & Awards is assured to offer the most current listings online.

United States Institute of Peace
Academic Writing, Journalism
Deadline: September 8

The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace offers ten fellowships to outstanding scholars, practitioners … >> Complete Listing
 

Olivet College
Poetry
Deadline: September 10

The Sandburg-Auden-Stein Residency (doc) offers a poet-in-residency position from April 29 … >> Complete Listing 
 

MacDowell Colony 
Dramatic Writing (plays/screenplays), Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry 
Deadline: September 15

MacDowell Colony Fellowships support residences of up to eight weeks for writers and other artists to concentrate … >> Complete Listing
 

Anhinga Press, Levine Prize in Poetry
Poetry
Deadline: September 30

The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is an annual book contest, open to all poets … >> Complete Listing
 

Jewish Book Council
Academic Writing, Children's Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction
Deadline: September 30

The National Jewish Book Awards are given annually for published books … >> Complete Listing
 

UMass Press, Juniper Prize for Fiction
Fiction
Deadline: September 30

The Juniper Prize for Fiction offers $1,500 and publication by University of Massachusetts Press for an original manuscript … >> Complete Listing