FAWC Scholar Awards
The Fine Arts Work Center is committed to increasing access to our 24PearlStreet online writing workshops for young people, low-income people, and individuals from BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQ+, and other historically underserved communities.
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We proudly offer our scholarships in partnership with various nonprofits serving writers from historically marginalized communities—including Cave Canem, the Institute for American Indian Arts, Kundiman, and Lambda Literary.
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General Scholar Awards
The Fine Arts Work Center is thrilled to offer three General Scholar Awards worth $600 each towards a Winter 2024 Workshop.
Interested, qualifying writers may submit one application which includes—in the text of the email—a list of your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for a Winter workshop; a paragraph explaining your interest in your 1st choice workshop; as well as an attachment containing 3-5 pages of sample work in the genre of your 1st choice workshop.
Application deadline: February 2nd, 2024
Subject line for emailed applications: Winter General Scholarship
Send applications and questions to jjean@fawc.org
Partner Organization Scholarships
We are excited to partner with the Institute of American Indian Arts, to provide six scholarships to Indigenous American writers, this Winter.
Interested, qualifying writers may submit one application which includes—in the text of the email—a list of your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for a Winter workshop; a paragraph explaining your interest in your 1st choice workshop; as well as an attachment containing 3-5 pages of sample work in the genre of your 1st choice workshop.
Application deadline: February 2, 2024
Subject line for emailed applications: Winter Scholarship
Send applications and questions to jjean@fawc.org
We will notify applicants about our Scholar Award selections before Winter workshops begin.
Zoe Stoller
Raymond Luczak
Genevieve Guzman
Elizabeth Theriot
Stephanie Heit
Naomi Ortiz
Fall 2023
Savannah Romero
Celia Ruiz
Santana Shorty