Funds for Writers

Hi, friends! To find some ways to supplement my income and attain my writing goals, I recently began researching writing grants, research grants, and other sources of funds for writers. I will list some of these opportunities below. I hope they will be useful to you!  
 
1. Sign up for the free Funds for Writers e-zine at fundsforwriters.com. Funds for Writers offers writing tips, lists of upcoming contests and grant deadlines, writing positions available across the country, and more.  

 

2. The Elizabeth George Foundation offers grants to unpublished fiction writers, published or unpublished poets, emerging playwrights, and organizations benefiting disadvantaged youth. Elizabeth George is a fiction/mystery writer (see elizabethgeorgeonline.com). The application deadline for the first stage of the grant is June 15, 2008. 

  

To request guidelines, write to: Elizabeth George, Elizabeth George Foundation, P.O. Box 1429, Langley, WA 98260. 
 
3. The Puffin Foundation offers grants to emerging writers and artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography and literature. You may request an application beginning on September 1, 2007. The foundation will accept completed applications and proposals from October 1, 2007, to December 30, 2007, postmarked midnight.  
 
To receive an application packet, write to: Puffin Foundation, Ltd., 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 07666-4111.
 
4. The National Endowment for the Arts offers annual $25,000 Creative Writing Fellowships. The fellowships alternate between prose and poetry. The website is arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/Lit/How-G.g.html. Applications will be accepted online beginning on January 1, 2008, for the 2009 Poetry Fellowships. Applications will not be available until January 1, 2008, for the March 1, 2008, deadline. (You may need to wait to apply until the new funding number for 2009 is available.)
 
To contact the NEA by mail, write to: National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506-0001.
 
Please help spread the word about these excellent sources of funding for writers! Let me know if you know of other useful grants or fellowships for writers. Thank you!