$1,000 for New Work

Program Name: McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Career Development Grant
Amount: up to $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Aitken, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake or St. Louis County for at least 6 months
Other Requirements: at least 18 yrs. old, not a full-time student, maximum 15 pages of work sample
Contact: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Marshall School Annex Building, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111, Duluth, MN 55811, 1-800-569-8134, http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndiviualArtistFellowshipGuidelinesFY2006-07.pdf, ARACouncil@aol.com
Application Online: http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndividualArtistCareerDevelopmentApplicationFormFY2006-07.pdf

$4,000 for 15 Pages

Program Name: McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Fellowship Program
Amount: $4,000 (5 grants), $2,000 (2 grants)
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: resident of Aitken, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake or St. Louis County for at least 6 months
Other Requirements: at least 18 yrs. old, not a full-time student, maximum 15 pages of work sample
Contact: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Marshall School Annex Building, 1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111, Duluth, MN 55811, 1-800-569-8134, http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/CareerDevelopmentGuidelines2005-07.pdf
Application Online: http://www.aracouncil.org/guidelines/IndividualArtistFellowshipApplicationFormFY2006-07.pdf

Generous Residency and Teaching Opportunity While Completing First Book

Program Name: Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships
Amount: $25,000 stipend and academic year in residence at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing in Madison, health benefits
Application Fee: $20
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: must be working on first book of fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry, maximum 30 page excerpt, completed MFA or PhD in Creative Writing
Contact: University of Wisconsin, Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships, Department of English, 600 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, creativewriting.wisc.edu, jlerche@wisc.edu
Application Online: none

$1,000 and Participation in First Novelist Forum

Program Name: Virginia Commonwealth University First Novelist Award
Amount: $1,000 and all-expenses-paid trip to Richmond with his or her editor, agent, or publicist to participate in the Virginia Commonwealth University First Novelist Forum.
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: first novel published in last year
Contact: Virginia Commonwealth University, First Novelist Award, Department of English, P.O. Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284-2005, 804-827-8239, www.firstnovelist.vcu.edu, firstnovel@vcu.edu
Application Online: none

Six Month Residency for Texan or Author who Writes About Texas

Program Name: Dobie Pasiano Fellowship
Amount: $12,000 stipend, 6 month residency
Application Fee: $10
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: native Texan, who has lived in Texas for at least three years, or who has used Texas as the subject of his or her published work
Other Requirements: minimum 50 pages
Contact: University of Texas/Texas Institute of Letters, Dobie Paisano Fellowship, J. Frank Dobie House, 702 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705, 512-471-8542, http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/Paisano/, aslate@mail.utexas.edu
Application Online: http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/Paisano/app.pdf