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Program dates

Oct 1, 2027 – Apr 30, 2028

Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship

FellowshipUSA · Provincetown

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

Application Deadline

December 15, 2026

Official Page

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, offers 20 seven-month residencies each year to emerging writers and visual artists.

Fellows live on the Center’s campus from October 1 to April 30 and spend the time on their own work. Writers apply in poetry or fiction; visual artists apply through a separate call. This entry covers the 2027–2028 fellowship year.

Benefits & funding

  • An apartment for the seven months, plus a studio for visual artists
  • $1,250 a month and a $1,000 exit stipend (2026–2027 figures)
  • Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship: one woman writer a year also receives $2,500; for U.S. permanent residents without a first book in standard edition, considered automatically
  • Fellowship Access Fund: one-time awards of $500–$2,500 for extraordinary financial need
  • Fellows must stay in residence: no absence over 14 consecutive days or 30 days in total

Eligibility

  • 18 or older
  • Any nationality; non-U.S. citizens need an SSN or ITIN, and the Center gives an acceptance letter but no visa legal advice
  • Not enrolled in a degree program during the fellowship year
  • Writers: no published or contracted full-length book of creative work in any genre
  • Visual artists: emerging; high-profile museum exhibitions or biennials, a tenure-track professorship, or awards meant for mid-career artists disqualify

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  • Age requirement

    ≥ 18 yrs

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Application process

  1. 1
    Writers submit an anonymous poetry or fiction manuscript on SlideRoom by December 15, 2026; each genre is a separate application and fee.
  2. 2
    Visual artists apply from October 20, 2026 with up to 10 images or 5 minutes of video from the last four years, a résumé and a questionnaire; the visual arts deadline is not yet published.
  3. 3
    Fee in the last cycle: $40 until November 15, $55 until December 1, $65 after.

Program timeline

  1. Visual arts applications open

    Oct 20, 2026

  2. Writing deadline

    Dec 15, 2026

  3. Decisions

    Early May 2027

  4. Fellowship

    Oct 1, 2027 to Apr 30, 2028

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