• Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship - The Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship was established to support senior writers wishing to work on a major project over at least two years. It is the largest writing fellowship available in New Zealand, valued at $100,000. NEW! (Added: 26-Jun-2008 Hits: 5 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award - The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award was established to honor a living author for a body of work that has profoundly enriched the understanding of American military history. The recipient's contributions may be academic, non-fiction, fiction, or a combination of any of the three, and his or her work should embody the values of the Pritzker Military Library. Award includes a $100,000 honorarium. NEW! (Added: 26-Jun-2008 Hits: 22 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• EPIC NEW VOICES WRITING COMPETITION - EPIC established the New Voices writing competition to encourage reading and writing among middle school and high school students and to promote e-book literacy in public and private schools. The contest is open to students attending public, private, or home schools, and each entrant was permitted to submit one entry in each category. The grand prize winner receives cash prizes. ^pop (Added: 19-Oct-2006 Hits: 563 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• THE CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE FOR LITERARY NON-FICTION - THE CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE FOR LITERARY NON-FICTION is the largest prize of its kind in Canada and has contributed significantly to the recognition of the genre. The prize was founded to commemorate the life and work of the late Charles Taylor, one of Canada’s foremost essayists and a prominent member of the Canadian literary community. Grand prizewinner receives $25,000. ^pop (Added: 19-Oct-2006 Hits: 857 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Alice Louise Wood Memorial Ohioana Children's Literature Award - Award of $1,000 to an author whose body of work has made, and continues to make, a significant contribution to literature for children or young adults. The recipient must have been born in Ohio or lived in Ohio for a minimum of five years. (Added: 20-Jan-2008 Hits: 115 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Andrés Montoya Memorial Creative Writing Scholarship - Andrés Montoya Memorial Creative Writing Scholarship is intended for any Chicano/a student at CSUF who is actively pursuing a career in creative writing and who will be enrolled at the undergraduate or graduate level during the year of the award. Deadline: May 1 of each year. Award: $500. (Added: 9-Oct-2007 Hits: 115 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Annual HAHMP Sylvan Rodriguez Scholarship - The Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals (HAHMP) invites high school seniors, college undergraduates and first-year graduate students pursuing careers in print, photo, broadcast, and online journalism to apply for HAHMP scholarships. Public Relations majors are also invited to apply. HAHMP awards ten $2,500 scholarships. (Added: 25-Mar-2007 Hits: 182 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Arthur Ellis Awards - Arthur Ellis Awards is named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman and recognizes excellence in Canadian crime writing. Awards are presented in six categories for works in the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada. (Added: 17-Jun-2007 Hits: 121 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Artist Enhancement Grants - A NEW grants program for Florida's individual artists, Artist Enhancement Grants provides grant amounts of $500, $750, or $1,000 for artists to take advantage of specific, professional development, skill building opportunities to advance their work and careers. (Added: 6-May-2008 Hits: 43 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship - Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship awards $6,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowships are awarded in two-year cycles: Music, Media, Literature and Crafts disciplines are awarded in odd-numbered years (2009). Emerging & Cross-Disciplinary, Performing, Visual and Traditional & Folk Arts Fellowships are awarded in even-numbered years (2008). (Added: 2-Jan-2008 Hits: 117 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction - The British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-Fiction recognizes Canada's finest writers of literary non-fiction. The award celebrates a genre that stimulates our national discourse and illuminates our shared experiences and the complex world in which we live. this national award has increased its prize value to $40,000, making it the largest literary nonfiction prize in the country. Each shortlisted author will now receive $2,500. (Added: 2-Mar-2008 Hits: 247 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Bert McGrane Award - It is named after McGrane, a Des Moines, Iowa, writer who was the executive secretary of the FWAA from the early 1940s until 1973. The scholarship is a $1,000 annual grant for four years. It is given to a deserving son or daughter of an FWAA member. (Added: 12-Jan-2008 Hits: 73 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Beyond Margins Awards - The PEN/Beyond Margins Awards invites submissions of book-length writings by authors of color, published in the United States during the current calendar year. The awards confer five $1,000 prizes upon authors of color who have not received wide media coverage. U.S. residency or citizenship is not required. Works of fiction, literary nonfiction, biography/memoir and other works of literary character are strongly preferred. (Added: 10-Dec-2007 Hits: 97 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• BROWN UNIVERSITY IWP FELLOWSHIP - The Brown International Writers Project is currently seeking nominations and applications for its one-year fellowship with residency. The Fellowship, supported by a grant from the William H. Donner Foundation, is designed to provide sanctuary and support for established creative writers - fiction writers, playwrights, and poets - who are persecuted in their home countries or are actively prevented from pursuing free expression in their literary art. (Added: 2-Jan-2008 Hits: 83 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

• Chicago Tribune Literary Prize - This lifetime achievement award is given to an author whose body of work has had great impact on American society. Each year, a panel of editors will select a recipient based on the scope and significance of their work. The honor will go to an author whose novels, plays, or stories have touched their audience and changed the face of literature. (Added: 16-Sep-2007 Hits: 102 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Visit Website | Rate It

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