FSG Writer's Fellowship

FSG Writer's Fellowship is sponsored by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG). This fellowship gives an emerging writer from an underrepresented community additional resources to build a life around writing—including funding, editorial guidance, and support.

Hit enter to search or ESC to close Launched in 2021, the FSG Writer’s Fellowship is an annual program designed to give an emerging writer from an underrepresented community additional resources to build a life around writing—including $15,000 in funding, editorial guidance, and support from the FSG community.

The Fellowship celebrates the spirit of the FSG list and its commitment to invention, curiosity, and extending the limits of literature.

Announcing the 2027 Fellowship Program The application period began on June 3, 2026, and will now end at 11:59 PM EST on July 13, 2026 The five finalists will be interviewed in November 2026 The winner will be announced in December 2026 The Fellowship will run from January 4, 2027 to December 18, 2027 $15,000 paid over two installments: half paid at the start of the Fellowship program, half paid in June 2027 Mentorship with an FSG house author Guidance from two in-house editors, who will offer line edits and structural feedback on the fellow’s work throughout the year Opportunities for meet-and-greets with representatives from other departments—e.g. Publicity/Marketing, Art, Subsidiary Rights, and Managing Editorial—to discuss their areas of expertise, answer questions, and help build a broader understanding of the publishing business Support with networking beyond FSG The Fellow and finalists will also receive a collection of FSG classics.

The Fellow agrees to offer to FSG the Fellow’s first book-length work before submitting to, or soliciting offers from, any other publisher. The applicant must not have published a book-length work in any genre, have a book under contract, or be negotiating a contract either in the United States or abroad by the time the Fellowship begins.

Having published short poetry chapbooks will not exclude an applicant from eligibility Applicants must submit in only one category (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) The applicant must be a U.S. Permanent Resident (green card) or U.S. Citizen There are no experience, degree credentials, or location requirements.

This fellowship will take place remotely The applicant should be writing for an adult audience in the English language The applicant must be over 18 years of age The applicant cannot be an employee or family member of an employee of FSG or any other Macmillan affiliate The applicant may not use generative AI or work from AI-generated text for their samples and statements A sample of work—fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—aimed at an adult audience For fiction and nonfiction, the sample must be between 40 and 50 double-spaced pages For poetry, the sample must be between 8 and 12 pages The sample can include previously published work and does not need to be from a single section of the work A Statement of Purpose of no more than 500 words Please note: The applicant’s name and/or contact information must not be listed on the writing sample or the Statement of Purpose—this includes within the uploaded file name.

The FSG community will conduct the first review of applications and select twenty semifinalists for consideration by the judges. The Fellow will be chosen by FSG from among five finalists selected by the judges. The first two stages of the selection process will be anonymous.

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