FELLOWSHIPS | MVICW

Fellowship & Contest Opportunities

MVICW is committed to providing financial support to writers through our fellowship program. Our fellowships offer parent-writers, writers of color, educators, queer-writers, and Vineyard writers the opportunity to attend our Summer Writers’ Conference every year. Through generous donations, we are able to offer a wide range of full and partial registration fellowships.

We are also thrilled to present the MVICW Annual Writers' Contest! Two winners will be awarded full registration to attend the Virtual Summer Writers' Conference along with a one-on-one manuscript session with one of our visiting writers. And two additional winners will be awarded $500 toward registration.

The Vineyard Writer Fellowships

June 1st Deadline

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The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing is proud to be partnering with The Vineyard Arts Project to offer fellowships to Martha's Vineyard island writers. These fellowships were designed to give time and financial support to Vineyard writers to devote a week to their craft at MVICW. The fellowships are open to Vineyard Residents age 17 and older.

MVICW Writing Contest

Applications are Closed

The Judges

We are thrilled to present the MVICW Annual Writers' Contest, providing Full & Partial Fellowships to attend the Summer Writers' Conference. The competition is open to anyone who will be 18 years or older at the start of the program.

Christopher

Citro

Poetry

Wendy

Rawlings

Fiction/CNF

Queer-Writer Fellowships

Applications are Closed

The Judges

Established in 2019, these fellowships assist with our commitment to increasing philanthropic support for LGBTQ+ writers and expanding the American literary canon. Application for these fellowships is open to all queer-identified writers, ages 18 and older.

Janan

Alexandra

Poetry

Bob

Bledsoe

Fiction/CNF

Teach! Write! Play! Fellowships

Applications are Closed

The Judges

We are proud to announce The Carol Brown Goldberg and Henry Goldberg Teach! Write! Play! Fellowships, to support educators and writers who work with young people across the globe. These fellowships are open to anyone who works with youth, age 21 or younger, including university professors & adjuncts; public, private, and after-school teachers; social workers; and community organizers.

Poetry

Fiction/CNF

Voices of Color Fellowships

Applications are Closed

The Judges

We are proud to announce the Leonard A. Slade, Jr. Poetry Fellowships for Poets of Color (est. 2018) and The Voices of Color Prose Fellowships (est. 2017). These fellowships provide support for writers of color. These fellowships are open to all writers of color, ages 18 and older.

Poetry

Fiction/CNF

Parent-Writer Fellowships

Applications are Closed

The Judges

We are proud to announce the MVICW Parent-Writer Fellowships (est. in 2016 by generous support from The Sustainable Arts Foundation). These fellowships are intended to give parents the time and financial support to devote a week to themselves and their writing at MVICW. They are open to anyone who has a child age 16 or younger living with them.

Poetry

Fiction/CNF