Fellowships
Opportunity: Bard Fiction Prize
Host: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Length: Six Months
Genre: Fiction
Compensation: $3,000
Activities: Lectures, Consultations
Restriction: Published Book Required
Deadline: July 15
Reference: http://www.bard.edu/bfp/
Opportunity: Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Host: Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Length: Four months
Genre: Prose or Poetry
Compensation: $4,000
Activities: Editing, Reading, no teaching
Deadline: February 1
Reference: Philip Roth Residence
Opportunity: Steinbeck Fellows Program
Host: Center for Steinbeck Studies, in San Jose, California
Length: One Year
Genre: literary scholarship, fiction, drama, education, science, media
Compensation: $10,000
Activities: Reading
Restriction: Must reside (or relocate to) San Jose, CA area
Deadline: January 3
Reference: Steinbeck Fellows
Opportunity: Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship
Host: Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia
Length: One Year
Genre: Poetry, Fiction
Activities: 2-1 teaching load
Compensation: $30,000
Restriction: MFA/Ph.D in last five years, with CW teaching experience
Deadline: November 16
Reference: Emory Fellowships
Opportunity: Tickner Writing Fellowship
Host: Gilman School, in Baltimore, Maryland
Length: One year
Genre: Poetry, Prose
Compensation: $30,000 + benefits
Activities: Directs reading series, Teaches 1 section of CW, Advises lit magazine,
consultations with students
Restriction: Candidates often have published books (not explicitly required)
Deadline: December 9
Reference: Writing Fellowship Program
Opportunity: The Kenyon Review Fellowship
Host: Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio
Length: Two years
Genre: Poetry, Prose
Compensation: $32,500/year, plus benefits
Activities: Teach 1 class/year, 15hs/week advising, summer teaching,
Restriction: Must have completed MFA or PhD at time of application
Deadline: October 1
Reference: Kenyon Review Fellowship
Contacts: Tory Weber (webert@kenyon.edu)
Opportunity: Olive B. O'Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing
Host: Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York
Length: One academic year in residence
Genre: Nonfiction
Compensation: $37,500 + health, benefits and travel
Activities: 1-1 teaching load and public reading
Restriction: Book project underway
Deadline: January 15
Reference: Creative Writing Fellowships
Opportunity: Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency
Host: PEN Northwest, in Elmira, Oregon
Length: 7 months
Genre: Poetry, Prose
Compensation: $5,000
Activities: One hour of caretaking work per day
Restriction: Pets must be housebroken (Couples and children are welcome)
Deadline: March 1
Reference: Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Residency
Contact: John Daniel (johndaniel48@yahoo.com)
Opportunity: Princeton Arts Fellowship
Host: Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey
Length: One Year
Genre: Poetry, Prose, Plays, Performance—all forms of artistic expression.
Compensation: $65,800/year
Activities: Teaching 1-1
Restriction: “awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating
extraordinary promise”
Deadline: August 2014
Reference: Princeton Arts Fellowship
Opportunity: Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
Host: Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts
Length: 7 months
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Compensation: $750/month, plus room and board
Deadline: December 1
Reference: Fine Arts Work Center
Opportunity: Wallace Stegner Fellowship
Host: Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, in Stanford, California
Length: Two years
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Compensation: $26,000/year, plus benefits
Activities: Weekly writing workshop, participation in campus activities
Deadline: December 1
Reference: Wallace Stegner Fellowship
Opportunity: Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship
Host: Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland
Length: 9 months
Genre: Nonfiction
Compensation: $45,000 + benefits and residence
Activities: Teach 1 undergraduate fall class, perform 1 spring workshop or reading
Restriction: “supports outstanding writing on American history and culture by both
scholars and nonacademic authors”
Deadline: November 1
Reference: Star Center Fellowships
Contact: jtitus2@washcoll.edu
Opportunity: Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship
Host: University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin
Length: One year
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Compensation: $27,000 + benefits
Activities: Teaching, Readings, Editing
Restriction: holders of PhD or MFA degree
Deadline: February 28
Reference: Poetry or Fiction Fellowship
Contacts: Sean Bishop (institutemail@english.wisc.edu)
Teaching
The Chronicle of Higher Education provides:
A database of job postings: Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs
The MLA’s Job Information List provides:
A list of jobs: Job List
*Students who know the region where they hope to teach can contact schools in that
area. Visit Human Resources and employment sites for job listings, and don’t be shy
about contacting departments directly for further information on openings.
International Teaching
Department of Defense Education Activity:
Fulbright Program:
https://us.fulbrightonline.org/
International Schools Services:
https://www.iss.edu/services/teacher-recruitment/teach-internationally
The Jet Programme:
Peace Corps:
US Department of State:
