Authors Guild Foundation Career Grants

Grants of $2,500–$10,000 to U.S.-based authors working on a specific book project that needs additional research time, travel, or financial support to complete. Open to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Eligibility

U.S.-based authors with at least one published book and a project in progress. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography eligible.

U.S.-based author
At least one published book
Project in progress

Application requirements

1Project description
2Budget
3Publication record
4Sample chapter

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