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Find similar grantsCreative Writing Fellowship is sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA awards grants to individual artists as literary fellowships, specifically for published creative writers in a 2-year cycle of alternating prose and poetry.
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You can search by year, name, or fellowship type (creative writing or translation). We also have sections where you can find out more information about some of the fellows. You canmeet some of the fellows who received creative writing awards from 2001 to the present.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Individual published creative writers. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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