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2026 Innovation Project Grants
Funding opportunity. Deadline: 2026-08-17
- Type
- Grant
- Organizer
- Literary Arts Fund
- Deadline
- 17 August 2026
- Where
- Online
- Compensation
- $25,000 to $100,000
- Disciplines
- literary arts, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid works
About this opportunity
The Literary Arts Fund is offering Innovation Project Grants of $25,000 to $100,000 to independent, US-based nonprofit literary arts organizations, presses, and publications. The grants support forward-thinking projects addressing critical structural challenges within the literary arts ecosystem, with projects commencing between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2027. The application period is from June 8, 2026, to August 17, 2026.
Who can apply
- Applicant must be an independent nonprofit literary arts organization, press, or publication based in the U.S. with a primary mission to support adult creative writers.
- Must be established for three years or more, have leadership stability (executive director for at least one year), and an annual operating budget of at least $50,000.
- Excludes dramatic arts, storytelling, arts therapy, university-affiliated organizations, those supporting young writers, arts education for K-12, literacy programs for youth/adults, academic/research libraries, and trade/service organizations.