Fellowships

Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing offers several annual fellowships. Whether funding students or community artists, we are dedicated to investing in literary artists. By fostering artistic growth and professional development, we aim to nurture future changemakers in the literary arts.

Open Opportunities

Scholar in Creative Writing

A $5,000 summer stipend to support a 1st or 2nd year ASU MFA student in creative writing in completing a poetry or fiction manuscript or another significant literary arts project. 

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Fellowship for Cultural Exchange in the Literary Arts

A $5,000 stipend to support a significant literary project with a cross-cultural, multicultural, or international focus. Open to individuals or small teams based in Arizona, including ASU students. ASU faculty are not eligible.

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Professional Development Fund

A stipend of up to $1,500 to support current ASU MFA students in creative writing in accessing professional development opportunities.

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Submission and Reading Fees Fund

A stipend of up to $350 each year for ASU MFA students in creative writing to assist in covering reading and submission fees.

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Poesiæuropa Fellowship

A free paid fellowship for ASU students to attend Poesiæuropa in Italy.

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Open Opportunities

A $5,000 summer stipend to support a 1st or 2nd year ASU MFA student in completing a poetry or fiction manuscript or another significant literary arts project. 

A $5,000 stipend to support a significant literary project with a cross-cultural, multicultural or international focus. This fellowship is open to individuals or small teams with a lead artist based in Arizona including but not limited to current ASU MFA students, ASU undergraduates, and individual Arizona-based community members, or members of a small creative team led by an individual based in Arizona.

A stipend of up to $1,500 to support current ASU MFA in Creative Writing students in accessing professional development opportunities.

A stipend of up to $350 each year to ASU MFA in Creative Writing students to assist in covering reading and submission fees.

Application Resources

Meet our judge

The 2024 judge for the Scholar in Creative Writing and the Fellowship for Cultural Exchange in the Literary Arts will be Phillip B. Williams.

Phillip B. Williams is the author of Mutiny, winner of the 2022 American Book Award, and Thief in the Interior, which was the winner of the 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a 2017 Lambda Literary award. He is also the author of the chapbooks Bruised Gospels and Burn. He is the recipient of a 2020 creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2017 Whiting Award, and a 2013 Ruth Lilly Fellowship. He serves as a faculty member at Bennington College and Randolph College low-res MFA.