Located in the historic Hudson River Valley, Art Omi: Writers hosts authors and translators from around the world for residencies of approximately one month throughout the spring and fall.

All text-based projects—fiction, nonfiction, theater, film, poetry, etc.—are eligible. All residencies are fully funded with accommodations, food, local transport, and public programming provided.

Please note that Art Omi: Writers does not provide travel funds.

Deadline: October 15, 2025

For more information and to apply, click here. 

Are you an artist, writer, or practitioner? Are you interested in experimental writing and thinking in response to performance? Are you curious about how writing and performance intersect with anti-imperial and abolitionist practices, as tools for resistance and imagination?

Non-Conforming Criticisms Lab is a new free programme dedicated to experimental, critical, and politically engaged writing in response to live art and performance. We will host three digital sessions led by facilitators Season Butler (@season_butler), Fargo Tbakhi (@youknowfargo) and HowlRound Theatre Commons (@howlround) where we will explore collective exchange, writing practices and reflections about performance and anti-imperial, abolitionist and anti-colonial practices, as tools for resistance, imagination and transformation.

The lab will be a space for peer exchange and experimentation with live arts writing. Together we’ll think through ways writing can respond to political crises, open up speculative and abolitionist approaches to criticism and shape nonconforming editorial practices. We’ll also explore access-led and DIY publishing as ways of making work accessible across different contexts and audiences.

Location: Online (open to participants worldwide)
Languages: English-led, multilingual participation welcome
Applications deadline: 17 October 2025
Dates: Wednesdays - 5 Nov, 12 Nov, 17 Dec, 7 Jan, between 6:30 - 8:30 PM GMT

This project is a part of the Live Art Writers Network and it is led by performingborders in collaboration with writer/researcher Diana Damian Martin and is funded by The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama through UKRI Impact Accelerator funding.

For more information and to apply, click here.

This fellowship offers a 12-month residency and $53,000 stipend for a proposed research project that focuses on historic or contemporary Native American artists, designers, and makers.

Deadline: October 15, 2025

For more information and to apply, click here. 

Launched by the Palestine Film Institute in May 2025, the Palestine Film Fund provides essential financial and professional support for Palestinian filmmakers worldwide, regardless of where they live or what passport they carry. It was established to ensure that Palestinians have the right to tell their own stories, shape their own narratives and control their own images of experiences, struggles, and hopes.

Deadline: 31 October, 23:59 Palestine time

Click here to apply. 

Each year, we support 30 immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing graduate studies in the U.S. with up to $90,000 in funding. 🌟 Whether you’re studying law or policy, business, medicine, education, writing and journalism, social sciences, the humanities, music, the arts, engineering, or science, this fellowship empowers you to chase your dreams while becoming part of a lifelong community of New American leaders. 

Once a Fellow is welcomed into the fold, they become part of a life-long community connected by the shared experience of being an immigrant or the child of immigrants in pursuit of higher education and growth in their fields. Fellows pursue degrees across a range of fields and at a range of schools, and the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships are interested in a diverse array of applicants and perspectives.

Deadline to apply: October 30, 2025, 2pm ET

Click here to learn more and apply. 

The Howard Foundation is accepting fellowships in Fiction Writing, Poetry, and Literary Arts now.

Deadline: November 1, 2025

For eligibility requirements, FQAs, and the application, click here. 

The 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship is currently OPEN for applications and will close on November 1st, 2025.

This is a year-long fellowship that supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Fellows receive:

- A $2000 stipend
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany, which entails the opportunity to participate in the editorial and publication process of a small non-profit literary magazine, and to build close relationships with the editorial team
- Publication in a print issue of Epiphany

Application Requirements:

1) Work Sample: Please include a 5-page, double-spaced sample of work you feel most represents you, your interests, and your literary style. (If you’re sending a novel excerpt, please include a short synopsis of the novel and an explanation of where, in the story, the excerpt falls.) This sample need not be unpublished.

2) Cover Letter: Please tell us a bit about yourself as an artist, your relationship to the mainstream literary/publishing world, and what you are hoping to gain by working in a literary magazine environment for a year.

Submit your application here. 

Formerly known as the Young Buck Poetry Prize, the Foster Poetry Prize is a writing contest for emerging poets of any age. The prize is awarded to the author of the single best submitted poem, along with $1000 and publication in CV2. Three honourable mentions are also awarded, each with a cash prize and publication in CV2.

Apply here. Deadline is November 2, 2025.

In honor of social justice leader Michael Latt, we’re excited to announce the 2026 Sundance Collab Cultural Impact Residency – a six-month fellowship designed to empower early career underrepresented storytellers passionate about making an impact through their work – is now open for applications.

About the Residency

From March through August 2026, the Cultural Impact Residency on Sundance Collab will uplift up to eight early-career artists across three tracks: Screenwriters/TV Writers, Writer/Directors, and Documentary Directors. This residency provides a unique platform to fuel impactful stories and foster connections with industry leaders who believe in the power of storytelling as a force for social change.

Selected fellows will receive:

• Two one-on-one meetings with Sundance Advisors for personalized feedback on their projects
• Bi-monthly cohort meetings to share work, insights, and progress
• A session with relevant Sundance Artist Program staff
• Access to Sundance Collab’s Video Library and two courses of their choosing

KEY DATES

• Application Deadline: November 3, 2025
• Finalist Notification: December 19, 2025
• Selected artist notification: February 28, 2026
• Program Dates: March 2 - August 31, 2026

To apply and for more information, click here. 

Spring

Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 – $100,000. Often exhibited beyond museum walls in public space, these projects feature high levels of thought leadership, artistic production, and public engagement. VIA Art Fund accepts Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) on a semiannual basis for our Fall and Spring award cycles.

Letter of inquiry deadline: November 6, 2025

Invitation to submit full application*: December 11, 2025

Full application deadline for invited applicants: January 22, 2026

Grant award notification: April 2026

Projects must start after May 31, 2026

*By invitation only

Fall

Letter of inquiry deadline: May 21, 2026

Invitation to submit full application*: June 24, 2026

Full application deadline for invited applicants: July 23, 2026

Grant award notification: November 2026

Projects must start after December 15, 2026

*By invitation only

Funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), this money is for arts and cultural projects that contribute to creative experiences for audiences in Brooklyn. The best proposals share how the project will impact the cultural life of their audience and community.

In 2025, Brooklyn Arts Fund distributed $626,000 to 200 projects across Brooklyn.

Applications Close: November 7, 2025

For eligibility, guidelines, and the application, click here. 

The Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund, made possible by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), is designed to support the professional development of Brooklyn's emerging and mid-career women artists and arts administrators. This annual grant will provide awardees with the necessary support to leverage their creative passions with the entrepreneurial skills necessary to maintain sustainable creative careers. Every year, individuals receive an award of $2,500 each.

Charlene Victor founded Brooklyn Arts Council in 1966. Victor created a platform to support individual artists in Brooklyn through vibrant arts programming and services. She expanded the mission of the organization to provide grants to artists in 1980 and was dedicated to creating equity in access to arts experiences for Brooklyn residents.

Ella J. Weiss served as Brooklyn Arts Council's President from 1999–2015. In that time, Weiss expanded programs and brought stability and leadership to the organization, forging the foundations for our prominent force in the cultural scene. Under her leadership, Brooklyn Arts Council enhanced its partnerships with the borough and with city and state agencies, and introduced innovative new professional services for artists and cultural groups.

In 2025, $25,000 in funding was provided to 11 artists.

Applications Close: November 7, 2025

Full details and application here. 

Designed with nonprofit organizations and artist-nonprofit partnerships in mind, Local Arts Support helps develop high-quality local arts projects and programs that focus on community engagement.

Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Local Arts Support funding is for nonprofit organizations and artist-nonprofit partnerships developing high-quality local arts projects and programs that focus on community engagement. The best proposals identify their community, demonstrate engagement with that community, and thoughtfully describe anticipated outcomes.

In 2025, Local Arts Support distributed $275,000 to 63 projects across the borough.

Applications Close: November 7, 2025

Full details and application can be found here. 

DEADLINE: November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET

Info Session: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM ET via Zoom. To register, click here.

Notification: April 2026

Established in 1993, the A.I.R. Fellowship Program for Emerging and Underrepresented Women and Non-Binary Artists has enabled more than 120 artists to realize their first solo exhibition in New York City with the support of the A.I.R. community. The Fellowship Program annually awards six local emerging artists with their first solo exhibition, professional development programming, curatorial support, and mentorship during a 12-month fellowship that runs September–August.

Intended to support artists in building sustainable and enriching artistic practices, the program provides participants with career-changing, lifelong resources and community in a space that encourages creative risk-taking and intergenerational dialogue. Central to the program are a series of professional development workshops on subjects such as grant writing and exhibition design, close collaboration with an A.I.R. artist mentor, and scheduled studio visits throughout the year, including one with a selection panelist.

Since 2009, A.I.R. has named one yearly A.I.R. Fellowship seat in memory of the artist, activist, writer, and feminist Emma Bee Bernstein (1985–2008). In recognition of Emma’s significant contributions as a young artist, the youngest A.I.R. Fellowship recipient receives the honor of holding the Emma Bee Bernstein Fellowship seat. Since 2024, A.I.R. has annually named one Louise H. McCagg Fellow in honor of artist, philanthropist, feminist, and mother Louise H. McCagg (1936–2020).

The A.I.R. Fellowship Program is made possible by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, as well as the generous support of The Arison Arts Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Bernheim Foundation, The Teiger Foundation, Materials for the Arts, and individual donors to the Emma Bee Bernstein Fellowship and Louise H. McCagg Fellowship Funds.

Learn more about our current and past Fellows here.

Eligibility

• A woman or non-binary visual artist working in any media
• 18 years of age or older
• A resident of New York City, adjoining counties, or the Hudson Valley (Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster counties) from September 2026–August 2027
• Have not had a solo exhibition at a permanent venue in NYC in the last 10 years
• Not a student or enrolled in any degree-granting program at the time of the program (September 2026–August 2027)
• Not participating in a comparable development, fellowship, or residency program at the time of the program (September 2026–August 2027)
• Not currently a member, employee, or board member of A.I.R. Gallery, and have not previously had a solo show at A.I.R.
• Not a Fellowship Program alum

Benefits

• 4–5 Professional development workshops led by professionals in the field (Fall 2026)
• A solo exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery (Spring/Summer 2027)
• An artist-mentor at A.I.R. Gallery to work with throughout the program
• One-on-one studio visit with one of the review panelists
• Ongoing studio visits and support from A.I.R. staff
• A stipend of $3,000

Click here for more information and to apply.

The Queens Community Arts Grant provides support to Queens-based community organizations, groups and collectives to hold arts and cultural projects or activities for the public in Queens to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and operate - to make the arts accessible to all. 

Grant amount: $1,000 - $7,500 per project

Deadline: Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Applications open on September 3rd, 2025. For more information, click here. First-time applicants are required to attend an information session.  

The Artists in Queens Grant supports individual artists that live in Queens for the creation of new work in a community setting. These grants highlight the role of artists as important members of the community as they enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and work. 

Grant amount: $5,000 per artist

Deadline: Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Applications open on September 3rd, 2025. For more information, click here. First-time applicants are required to attend an information session.

The Awesome Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. 

Deadline: Rolling

Application can be found here. 

Black women founders are the fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs out of any throughout history. These founders are best equipped to solve some of the world’s largest unmet needs, and have a legacy of reinvesting in their communities and creating intergenerational wealth. However, Black women entrepreneurs are met with the greatest barriers to accessing capital.

This perpetual systemic discrimination, the unwillingness & inability of Silicon Valley and venture capitalists to effectively diversify their investments, the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on entrepreneurs of color, and generations of inequities against Black people are absolutely inexcusable.

SoGal Foundation has teamed up with Winky Lux, bluemercury, twelveNYC, Twilio, and other sponsors to make a small step towards progress by providing several $10K and $5K cash grants to Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs.

Awardees will also receive tactical help navigating the fundraising environment at large so that they will have a more equitable opportunity at scaling the next billion dollar idea. They will also receive lifetime “ask-me-anything” access to the SoGal Foundation and SoGal Ventures teams. We know this is a small start, and we are hopeful that it will grow. We believe in a brighter future where the next world changing business does not go unrealized because of systemic discrimination.

To qualify, you should:

– self-identify as a Black woman or Black nonbinary entrepreneur (inclusive of multiracial Black women and multiracial Black nonbinary folks)

– have a legally registered business

– plan to seek investor financing in order to scale, now or in the future

– have a scalable, high-impact solution or idea with the ambition to be the next billion dollar business.

Deadline: Rolling

To apply, click here.

Grants for individual Native artists and culture bearers who are in need of quick financial assistance for an artistic opportunity, emergency situation and/or sudden unanticipated expense related to their art practice or business.

KEY INFORMATION

Grant amount: $100-$1,000

Application deadline: 3:00pm MT on the 10th of every month

For more information and to apply, click here. 

The Audience Innovations Fund is a new program that promotes fresh strategies to grow audiences for independent film releases. They do this through awarding grants for bold experiments around distribution and marketing, and by providing educational resources for film teams to encourage a renewed focus on audiences. They will also release case studies and data publicly so that the field as a whole can learn from the successes and failures of grantees.

Long term goals are simply larger audiences for independent cinema as well as audiences that are more representative of the US population. In a challenging time for our field, their strategy is to offset the risk of testing new methodologies to strengthen the engagement with thought-provoking films in our culture. You can apply for a grant amount from $5,000 to $50,000. The amount you apply for should not exceed 50% of the overall marketing budget for the film or films.

They are currently focused on US theatrical and non-theatrical releases.

Requirements

To apply for a grant, you must:

• Be a for-profit or nonprofit organization or entity that can demonstrate previous experience distributing and marketing independent feature films.
• Include a specific film or film slate in your proposal.
• Be willing to share back available data around the proposal’s success.
• They prioritize entities who have demonstrated that they value diversity in race, gender, sexual orientation, and those with disabilities, as well as applicants who look to expand audiences from traditionally excluded communities.
• Streamer/studio owned entities and vertically integrated companies (those that fund, produce and distribute films) are not eligible.
  

Deadline: Rolling

For more information and to apply, visit here.

We Are Moving The Needle has launched a new MicroGrants Fund for Wildfire Relief to provide targeted support for producers, engineers and creators affected by the Greater Los Angeles Wildfires. Grants will be available on a sliding scale from $100 to $1,000 based on demonstrated need. Support is aimed at those whose livelihoods and careers have been significantly impacted by loss of a studio, gear, or other critical infrastructure related to your career in audio.

Requirements

• In alignment with We Are Moving The Needle’s mission to advance equity in the music industry, this specific MicroGrants initiative will provide targeted support for early and mid-career audio professionals affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.
• To be eligible, you must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent U.S. residency status.

Apply online. Deadline: Rolling.

Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 12-21 grants. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is now $1,900.

Created in 1993 to further FCA’s mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who: 

• Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding 
• Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates.

Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.

Requirements

• Applicants must be living in the United States or U.S. territories and have a U.S. Tax ID Number (SSN, EIN, ITIN, or other)
• Applicants must have committed performance or exhibition opportunities, and be able to provide specific dates at the time of application.
• Applicants must be individual artists, or an individual representing an artist collective, ensemble, or group. Curators, producers, workshop organizers, organizations, or arts presenters are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants may not reapply for a project for which they have previously been denied funding.
• There is a three-year (36-month) waiting period between grants. Emergency Grants and Grants to Artists recipients must wait three years from the time of their grant before applying for an Emergency Grant.
• If you were a lead artist on a project that received an Emergency Grant in the last three years, or if a primary collaborator on your current project received a Grants to Artists award or an Emergency Grant in the last three years, you are not eligible to apply.
  

Application instructions here. 

Deadline: Rolling

The US Writers Aid Initiative (USWAI) is intended to assist fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, playwrights, translators, and journalists in addressing short-term financial emergencies. To be eligible, applicants must be professional writers based in the United States, and be able to demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping address a short-term emergency situation. The fund is limited, and not every application can be supported. Grant decisions are made on a quarterly basis by a volunteer committee of literary peers in consultation with PEN America staff.

Requirements

Writers currently enrolled in degree-granting programs are also not eligible. Writers do not have to be Members of PEN America to receive a grant, but all recipients of emergency funding will be given a complimentary one-year PEN America membership.

Application Instructions

Questions may be addressed to [email protected]
For application instructions, please visit here.

Deadline: Rolling

Grantees will be selected monthly through a weighted lottery and announced from August 2025 through April 2026.The DWR Fund provides one-time $1,000 grants to freelance dancers for eligible, contracted dance work completed between January 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026.

Dance/NYC is proud to introduce the Dance Workforce Resilience (DWR) Fund, a new regranting program for freelance dancers in the NYC metropolitan area. Made possible through support from the Ford Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and other generous funders, the DWR Fund is designed to promote fair labor practices and address wage inequities across the dance field.

The Fund intends to:

• help close the gap between what freelance dancers earn and what it costs to live in the NYC area
• encourage fair working practices by supporting the use of written contracts
• support those most impacted by systemic inequities, including African, Latina/o/x, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA), disabled, immigrant, older adults, women-identifying, gender nonconforming/nonbinary/genderqueer, and transgender dancers

Requirements
You may be eligible if you:
* Are 18 or older
* Live in the NYC metro area (includes the five boroughs, Long Island counties, Westchester, Rockland, Bergen and Hudson counties)
* Worked under a contract as a dancer on project-based work between January 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026
* Can provide proof of contract
* Contracts must include terms such as pay rate, contract period, working hours, dancer role, and independent contractor status. Full details on eligibility requirements can be found online.

Deadline: Mar 03, 2026