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NEA Literature Fellowships: Prose, FY 2026
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Writing Fellowships program offers up to $50,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
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- Funder
- National Endowment for the Arts
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- $25,000 to $50,000 per award; $1,750,000 total program funding (estimated) (published on Grants.gov for the latest cycle).
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Open to individuals and students. No cost sharing is required. Recurring: posted in 7 different years; this cycle has closed, watch for the next one.
- Sectors
- Arts, culture and heritage, Research and science, Student funding and scholarships, Employment and workforce
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- Grants.gov XML extract (2025NEA03LFCW)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
From official open data: listed in the official Grants.gov extract on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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