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PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists
Funding opportunity. Deadline: 2027-06-15
- Type
- Grant
- Organizer
- PEN America
- Deadline
- 15 June 2027 (estimated)
- Where
- United States
- Compensation
- $5,000
- Disciplines
- fiction, children's literature, young adult literature, writing, literary arts
About this opportunity
The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant offers $5,000 to children's or young adult novelists for a novel in progress. It aims to support authors of high literary caliber in completing their manuscripts. The grant is made possible by a contribution from author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
Who can apply
- Candidates must be writers of children’s or young adult fiction who have published one or more novels for children or young adults that have been warmly received by literary critics, but have not generated significant sales.
- The writer’s previously published book(s) must be published by a U.S. trade publisher.
- Self-published works are ineligible.
- The project must be an unpublished novel in progress that will not be published prior to April 15, 2027.
- Graphic novels and picture books are not eligible.
- Manuscripts written by more than one person are not eligible.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.
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