✍️ 160+ Grants, Contests & Residencies for Writers | April 15, 2026

A journalism fellowship offering up to $35,000 to Muslim journalists, a university press honoring a poet with $5,000 and publication, and a fully-funded one-month Paris residency.

✍️ New Opportunities

• A fellowship for early-career Muslim freelance journalists, offering unrestricted funding, three fully funded in-person retreats, craft and pitching workshops, professional editing and publication support, and exclusive industry connections. Pay is $35,000.

• A university press is offering $5,000, publication, and national recognition to an outstanding poetry manuscripts by a poets at any career stage.

• A university in Paris is offering a month-long October residency in Paris for writers and literary translators, providing accommodation and a $1,500 expenses allowance.

Apply to these 160+ premium grants, contests, and residencies listings below ↓