✍️ 200+ Grants, Contests, & Residencies for Writers | August 5, 2026

$1,000 for your short stories, a $2,400 residential fellowship with 4 weeks of lodging and research access, and micro-grants up to $3,000 for African storytellers.

✍️ New Opportunities for Writers

• Submit your previously unpublished short story, with a $1,000 prize for the chosen story.

• A historic research institution is offering four-week residential fellowships for writers, journalists, and artists creating imaginative work about pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. Fellows receive $2,400 stipend plus four weeks of on-site lodging in Worcester, Massachusetts, with access to one of the deepest collections of early American materials available.

• A international storytelling fund is accepting applications for micro-grants to emerging African writers under 35 who are already publishing work that challenges stereotypes. Recipients receive $500-$3,000.

Apply to these 200+ premium grants, contests, and residencies listings below ↓