Attention, Philadelphia Poets!

Guidelines and applications for the 2006 Pew Fellowships in the Arts are now available. This year fellowship applications are welcome in the fields of poetry, performance art, and sculpture and installation. Grants of $50,000 are awarded to selected applicants, who must be “verifiable Pennsylvania residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County for two years or longer immediately prior to the application deadline.” There is NO APPLICATION FEE INDICATED. Click here for more information and application forms.

Attention, New York Writers!

The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts offers both summer fellowships (one-month residencies at the Saltonstall Arts Colony open to all New York State artists and writers over 21 years of age–categories include poetry; fiction and creative nonfiction; photography; and painting, sculpture, and other visual arts) and individual artist grants ($5,000 grants open to writers and visual artists living in specified New York State central and western counties). For 2006, individual artist grant categories include works on paper; photography; poetry; and creative nonfiction. The application deadline for both programs is January 15, 2006. For more information, including detailed eligibility guidelines and the required forms, visit the website.