This is a residential fellowship for emerging and distinguished writers who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press. Apart from the cash stipend, this fellowship includes: a semester-long letter of appointment; eligibility for health coverage; office space in the BMI offices on the campus of UNLV; free housing (fellows cover some utilities) in a unique and vibrant arts complex in the bustling district of downtown Las Vegas. While there are no formal teaching requirements, this is a working fellowship (see guidelines).
(They are associated with the International Cities of Refuge network, which serves as an umbrella organization and information clearinghouse for local asylum programs worldwide, which has a great resources page for artists at risk.)
Value: $46,500 over 9 months, residency
Deadline: 2025-09-30
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
(They also run the 117° Residency – Summer 2025; applications will open November 10, 2025 and close on January 1, 2026; these grants of $10,000 are for two-month residencies for published writers, who are working on nonfiction, poetry, or hybrid project.
And, they operate the BMI-Kluge Fellowship; applications open February 2, 2026 and close at on March 22, 2026; this grant of $15,000 is for a three-month term for a writer whose book would directly benefit from access to the Library of Congress’ collections.
They have the City of Asylum Fellowship too, for which there is no application process.
Details of all the fellowships are on the Black Mountain Institute website.)

Deadline: September 30th, 2025