The Residency Queen

Curated and compiled by

Sandra Jackson-Opoku

jacksonopoku@gmail.com

April 2025 deadlines

Callaloo Open Call, April 1

·      Poetry, fiction, drama, critical essays, as well as sound, video, digital media, and visual art responding to the theme: “The Black Artist as Moral Witness”

·      Edited by Duriel E. Harris with Guest Editor L. Renée

·      https://obsidianlit.org/open-calls/

Writers Lab Screenwriting Competition for Women over 40, April 1 (early deadline)

·      $50 standard entry; $150 with 1.5-page feedback

·      Features or pilots

·      https://twlstories.org/

Black Mountain Institute-Kluge Fellowship, April 1

·      Three-month term for a writer whose book would directly benefit from access to the Library of Congress’ extensive collections and time to conduct research and write. 

·      The fellowship includes:

o   A salary of $15,000 to be paid over a three-month period

o   Flights to/from Washington, D.C. for research at The Kluge Center

o   Flights to/from Las Vegas for a public program

o   3 nights of lodging in Las Vegas

·      https://blackmountaininstitute.org/fellowships/apply/?utm_source=AAWW+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fc7e0b97cb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_28_09_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_33f8ecedf2-fc7e0b97cb-124417974&mc_cid=fc7e0b97cb&mc_eid=859e59f72f

Perelman Performing Arts Center and Galvan Initiatives Democracy Cycle, April 1

·      New commissioning program designed to support new works in theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy.

·      $60,000 to each awarded project, consisting of a $30,000 commission as well as an additional $30,000 towards project’s development process (research, readings, workshops etc.).

·      https://pacnyc.org/the-democracy-cycle/

Black Film Space Screenwriting Accountability Program, April 1

·      $50 entry. Free for Black Film Space Members ($75/yr).

·      Writers are encouraged to complete a project in that time (i.e. final draft of a short, a pilot, first draft of a feature, etc...)

·      Screenwriters commit to writing every day on their own separate scripts in a group setting Monday through Friday from April 7th to May 30th.

·      https://www.blackfilmspace.com/accountability

American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship, April 1

·      Theme: Ways of Seeing—exploration of how we perceive and interpret the world through art, literature, media, and culture. 

·      Two months, $5000 stipend to support travel, accommodations, expenses in Paris

·      https://americanlibraryinparis.org/about-the-visiting-fellowship

Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, April 1 (early bird deadline)

·      $35 early submission fee; $45 with feedback

·      Regular, extended, and last-chance deadlines through June 30

·      Awarded cash and prizes, and script read by Top Hollywood Managers

·      https://www.finaldraft.com/big-break-screenwriting-contest/?_gl=1*116aonb*_gcl_au*MzUwNDU0NzUwLjE3MzkxMjg5Njc.*_ga*NjY0MTE1NTExLjE3MzkxMjg5Njc.*_ga_W6F70R3YM1*MTczOTU1NjE4OC42LjAuMTczOTU1NjE4OC42MC4wLjE3MTMwMzMyNA

SCBWI Picture Book Grant, April 1

·      $1000 grant for children’s picture book projects

·      https://www.scbwi.org/awards-and-grants/for-writers/ann-whitford-paul-writer-s-digest-manuscript-award

Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship, Columbus, GA. April 1

·      3 mo. residency at Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians

·      $5000 stipend for travel, food, incidentals

·      Submit:

o   Cover letter and CV

o   Writing sample of no more than 20 pages;

o   At least two letters of recommendation

·      http://www.mccullerscenter.org/#academic-opportunities

Bayard Rustin Residency, April 1

·      Up to one year of room and board to a person who demonstrates a strong project that addresses ending Systemic Racism and needs to be in New York City

·      Shared space at the Penington Friends House, lower east Manhattan-- Resident bedroom is on the 4th floor of an historic Brownstone; no elevator; rent, boarding provided 5 nights a week, internet, cable, and heat/AC; no stipend

·      Shared light house chores, 1 ½ hour commitment per week on average

·      Work should be shaped by and in harmony with our tenants of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship

·      https://www.penington.org/rustin-residency/

Alpine Fellowship, April 1 (23.59 UK time)

·      2025 theme—Fear

·      £1-3,000 prize (including travel to Sweden)

·      2500-word limit; playwrighting, prose, fiction (standalone)

·      https://alpinefellowship.com/writing-prize

Academy Nicholl Fellowship, extended deadline April 1

·      Entry fee $70

·      Awards up to five $35,000 fellowships to amateur screenwriters who have not earned more than $25,000 writing fictional work for film or television.

·      Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible.

·      https://www.oscars.org/nicholl/about

North American Review Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize, April 2

·      $1000 prize + publication

·      Entry fee: $23, 500-10,000 words

·      https://northamericanreview.org

Creative Capital, April 3 (4 pm LOI deadline)

·      Creative Capital grant: $50,000 to create new work

·      New State of the Art Prize provides unrestricted artist grants of $10,000.

·      https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/

Eye Contact Prize in Genre Fiction, April 4

·      Historical flash fiction up to 1,000 words on the ‘Experience’ theme

·      $250 cash prize or gift card equivalent

·      https://sites.google.com/setonhill.edu/eyecontact/guidelines/genre-flash-fiction-prize

Masters Review Debut Fiction Prize, April 6

·      $3000 grand prize, $20 entry fee

·      Fiction up to 6,000 words from writers who have never published in the genre

·      Contest judged by Judy Iromuanya

·      https://mastersreview.com/debut-fiction-prize/

Illinois Arts Council Creative Accelerator Program, April 9

·      $10,000 award for individual Illinois artists

·      https://arts.illinois.gov/workshops---webinars.html

Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication, April 9

·      Max award $5000 month for 6-12 mos

·      https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/neh-mellon-fellowships-digital-publication

Santa Fe Art Institute, “Community of Practice” residency, April 9

·      2025 residencies by alumni nomination only; 2026 reopens for application

·      1-3 months lodging, no meals

·      $10 submission fee; $150 refundable residency deposit; $500 stipend

·      Up to 10 digital work samples, project proposal, biography, two references

·      https://sfai.org/residency/thematic-residencies/changing-climate/

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, April 10

·      Maximum award amount: $60,000 ($5,000 per month)

o   Funding Opportunity for Individuals

o   Expected output:

§  Book;

§  Critical Edition;

§  Digital Resource or Publication;

§  Other Scholarly Resource;

§  Peer-reviewed Article;

§  Translation with annotations or critical apparatus

·      Period of performance: Six to twelve months

·      https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships

Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction, April 10

·      $250-$1500 prize, Prose: 7000-word limit

·      $3 reading fee

·      https://gulfcoastajournalofliteratureandfinearts.submittable.com/submit

Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction, April 13

·      €20 Single Entry (+ €10 every further entry)

·      Up to 2000 words

·      Prizes €1000-€2000 + one-week residency at Civitella Ranieri Foundation

·      https://desperateliterature.com/product/prize-submission/#gform_33

Jack Kerouac Foundation, deadline April 14

·      Two-month residency/funded, no meals

·      $600 stipend, $35 application fee

·      https://www.kerouacproject.org/

Missouri Review Perkoff Prize, April 15 (extended)

·      $1000 and publication each to writers of the best story, set of poems, and essay that engage in evocative ways with health, medicine, and wellness

·      Up 10 poems or 8500 words prose

·      https://missourireview.com/contests/perkoff-prize/

National Society of Newspaper Columnists Annual Column Contest, April 15

·      Entry fee $60

·      Each entry consists of two (2) original print or digital columns or column-like content published for the first time between Jan. 1., 2024 and Dec. 31, 2024.

·      Each Submission Must Have An Attached PDF

·      https://nsnc.submittable.com/submit

Baldwin for the Arts, Brewster, NY. April 15

·      1-2 week subsidized residency, meals, and travel stipend for BIPOC artsts

·      Residency period: Oct 15-May 15

·      $15 application fee

·      Emergency residencies available for alumni

·      https://www.baldwinforthearts.org/baldwin-for-the-arts-fellows-2025

Bethany Arts Residency, Ossining, NY, April 15

·      Room and board, $225-week stipend

·      https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/fall-2022-residency/

Mineral School Writers Residency, April 15 (no longer active?)

·      1-2 weeks, $425 fee for 2 wks

·      Tahoma Literary Review BIPOC Fellowship

·      6000-word limit writing sample

·      $25 application fee

·      https://mineralschool.submittable.com/submit

Outstanding Screenplay Shorts Competition, April 15 (late deadline)

·      $10,000 toward production costs

·      $59 entry fee

·      https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/outstanding-screenplays-shorts?utm_campaign=Coverfly%20Spotlight&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9AogxzeHtvNnz-Ce0CJEgzl5utKLdTFtFBDhwvjvE5CZue6zPUuHzIGOLGHqyMWS6BObuN1CmZb8nJOb8cmx8WKtrDag&_hsmi=351849451&utm_content=351849451&utm_source=hs_email

Villa Barr Residency, April 15

·      Fully funded, no meals. $1000 stipend

·      $15 application fee

·      https://michlegacyartpark.org/get-involved/opportunities-for-artists/artist-in-residence/david-barr-legacy-artist-residency/artist-residencies-michigan-legacy-art-park/

RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellowship, Chicago, April 15 (on hiatus)

·      $40,000 project award; two-year fellowship

·      No application fee

·      https://three-walls.org/fellowship-application/

Unpack Studio, Havana

·      3-7 week residency, $350 week

·      2-pg CV, written work (no more than 2 pieces at a maximum of 2 pages each) 

·      https://www.unpackstudio.ca/

√Humanities New Voices Screenwriting Fellowship, final deadline April 15

·      A six-month mentorship program for emerging screenwriters exploring the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way

·      Fellows are paired with a mentor, invited to the Humanitas Prizes event, and receive a trophy and $7,500 stipend

·      $50 entry fee

·      https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/humanitas-new-voices

Casa Africa Micro Story Context, April 16, 14.00 hours (GMT +0).

·      Micro-stories should be related to Africa in some way

·      Maximum length of 1500 characters

·      Awards: 225-750 euros

·      https://www.casafrica.es/en/event/purorrelato-2024-micro-story-contest

Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, April 21 (early bird deadline)

·      $45 entry fee

·      Short scripts

·      $10,000 Cash, trip to Hollywood, general meetings, etc.

·      https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/bigbreak?utm_campaign=Coverfly%20Spotlight&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ByDpqpLt0c7OFETNv7wv4ZdBGvrVk4xsJlSaW6VEDoA4B6ZYae7oj5rGNZzbPJIZbqIdaNpvDEJB_4UlffscTA8aVEw&_hsmi=351849451&utm_content=351849451&utm_source=hs_email

Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, “Telling True Stories Fellowship,” April 22

·      Writers of narrative nonfiction

·      $35 application fee, 2 week residency

·      https://www.writerscolony.org/fellowships?utm_source=Writers%27+Colony+friends&utm_campaign=2bc192364f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_02_22_07_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2bc192364f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, April 23

·      $40,000 for writers in the process of completing a book-length work of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction for a general adult readership

·      Signed and dated book contract required

·      https://www.whiting.org/writers/creative-nonfiction-grant/about

Sophie Coe Prize for Food Writing Essays, April 25 (GMT)

·      £1000 prize, no entry fee

·      2500-10,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography

·      While no specific referencing system is stipulated, there is a strong preference for footnoted over author-date styles.

·      Bibliographies should include only works specifically cited.

·      https://sophiecoeprize.wordpress.com/how-to-enter/

Brown University Creative Practitioner Fellowship, April 28

·      Partially virtual, semester-long

·      Stipend

·      Recommendations

·      https://www.brown.edu/academics/race-ethnicity/programs-initiatives/csrea-fellowship-programs/artistic-practitioner-fellowship

Kinsman Quarterly “Native Voices Award,” April 28

·      Indigenous storytellers from Native American, First Nations, Australian, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian communities, especially those historically colonized. Submissions should feature Indigenous themes rich in cultural depth. 

·      Short story, flash fiction, nonfiction essay, script, or poetry.

·      Prizes up to $500 USD. No entry fee is required. 

·      https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/native-voices-award

Iridescence Award, Kinsman Quarterly, April 30

·      $500 first prize

·      BIPOC authors, Themes of the supernatural, extraterrestrial, or the paranormal

·      Short stories (1000-5000), flash fiction (up to 1000 words)

·      https://www.kinsmanquarterly.org/iridescence-award

Anthology Story Award, April 30 (early bird deadline)

·      €10 entry fee

·      €150-1000 award

·      https://anthology-magazine.com/awards-awards/awards/short-story-award/

Artist and Arts Educator in Residence (Hyannis Port, MA), April 30

·      Arts educator in residence teaches summer classes for 24 hours each week during the weeks of July 8, 15, 22, 29. This is a paid stipend of $600 per week.

·      1 personal, 1 professional reference

·      Samples submitted as a URL link

·      https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13367

Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction, April 30

·      €2000 prize & 1-week residency at Civitella Ranieri Foundation

·      €20 Single Entry (+ €10 every further entry)

·      https://desperateliterature.com/product/prize-submission/#gform_33

Good Story Grant, $1500 (on hiatus)

https://www.goodstorycompany.com/grant

New Writers Story Competition, April 30, midnight GMT

·      Entry Fee: £10 (one entry), £19 (two entries), £27 (three entries)

·      Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200

·      Word Limit: Up to 1,000 words (excluding title)

·      https://newwriters.org.uk/1000-word-entry/#faq

Plaza Short Story Prize, April 30

·      Entry fee: £15.00. Prizes $120-$5000

·      Unpublished stories, 5000 word limit

·      FREE ENTRY BURSARIES to writers on low incomes, and from underrepresented groups.

·      https://theplazaprizes.com/competition/the-plaza-short-story-prize-5000-words/

Al Blanchard Short Crime Fiction Contest, April 30

·      New England author or with a New England setting

·      $100 case award, no more than 5,000 words long

·      May include mystery, thriller, suspense, caper, and horror 

·      https://www.crimebake.org/event/2025conference/al-blanchard-short-story-award?utm_source=CrimeBake&utm_campaign=88271e9b3a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_08_04_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02dd280ba6-88271e9b3a-500899882&mc_cid=88271e9b3a&mc_eid=f322411e25

Krems An Der Donau Arts Residency, Austria, April 30

·      5-week sessions with a grant of € 1.950 per artist

·      Studio and living quarters, no meals

·      https://www.air-noe.at/en/application/incoming

Paris Review, submissions deadline, April 30

·      https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions

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