The fellowship aims to provide an emerging children’s/YA writer with the financial support and office space needed to complete one literary work for children or young adults. The year-long fellowship also entails working at the library. Eligible projects include fiction, non-fiction, a graphic novel, script, memoir, or poetry intended for children or young adults. About who can apply, they say, “There is NO residency restriction to apply, but you must be able to spend at least nineteen (19) hours per week at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library in Copley Square. Must be legally eligible to work in the US, as a U.S. citizen or green card holder.” Applicants cannot have prior professional book publications. Application includes a writing sample and a proposal.
Value: $70,000, can request an additional $2,500 for training or hiring a professional (see guidelines); use of a private office (see guidelines)
Deadline: 5 June 2025
Open for: Those eligible to work in the US, as a US citizen or green card holder
Details here and here.
(Also see their Alan Andres Picture Book Writer Fellowship for unpublished picture book writers who are U.S. citizens or green card holders living in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont); the award is $25,000 and the deadline is 5th June 2026, details here.)

Deadline: June 5th, 2025