✍️ 175+ Grants, Contests & Residencies for Writers | June 24, 2026

A $50,000 essay contest, a year-long fellowship with $20,000 stipend + $1,100 health care, and a CAD $5,000 book award + CAD $2,000 magazine award for social justice writing.

✍️ New Opportunities

• A poetry advocacy organization is offering a year-long paid fellowship providing a $20,000 annual stipend plus $1,100 health care allowance, with fellows supporting community engagement programming for a major regional poetry festival.

• An essay contest with an award of $50,000 for the winning essay.

• A freelance writers’ organization is offering CAD $5,000 for unpublished nonfiction books in progress and CAD $2,000 for published or contracted magazine articles focused on social justice writing. Canadian residents working 70%+ as freelancers are eligible.

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