Writing Grants: Poets & Writers COVID-19 Relief Fund

Poets & Writers’ Board of Directors established the Poets & Writers COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide emergency assistance to writers having difficulty meeting their basic needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, we distributed 107 grants of $1,000 each to writers from twenty-six states. We are pleased to announce a second round of funding, in which we expect to be able to distribute grants of $1,000 to approximately thirty writers. 

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligibile, a writer must meet one of these criteria:

• be listed in the Poets & Writers Directory as of June 1, 2020; or

• have received a mini-grant from our Readings & Workshops program; or

• have received one of the following awards or fellowships sponsored by Poets & Writers:

• Amy Award

• Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award

• Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award

• Galen Williams Fellowship; 

 or

• have published at least one book-length work of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction; or

• have published three short works (poems, essays, stories, spoken word performances, etc.)

Writers who have already received support through the Relief Fund are not eligible to reapply at this time. Poets & Writers employees and Board members, and their immediate family members, are ineligible.

For more information and to apply, go here.

APPLICATIONS

Eligible writers may submit an application between Thursday, June 18, and Sunday, June 28. Depending upon the volume of requests, we may limit the number of applications we review and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.