FAWC Scholar Awards
The Fine Arts Work Center is committed to increasing access to our 24PearlStreet online writing workshops for young people, low-income people, and individuals from BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQ+, and other historically underserved communities.
Please click here for more information about FAWC’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access principles.
We proudly offer our scholarships in partnership with various nonprofits serving writers from historically marginalized communities—including Cave Canem, the Institute for American Indian Arts, Kundiman, Zoeglossia, and Lambda Literary.
Winter 2025 Scholarships
Partner Organization Scholar Awards
For our winter workshops, we are excited to partner with Kundiman to offer seven FAWC Scholar Awards worth $600 each to Asian American writers to take online creative writing workshops at 24PearlStreet.
Interested, qualifying writers may submit one application.
In the body of the email, please include:
- A list of your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for a Winter 2025 workshop;
- A paragraph explaining your interest in your 1st choice workshop;
- An attachment containing 3-5 pages of sample work in the genre of your 1st choice workshop.
Application deadline: January 13, 2025
Subject line for emailed applications: Winter Scholarship 2025
Send applications and questions to: jjean@fawc.org
We will notify applicants about our Scholar Award selections before Winter workshops begin.
Congratulations to our 24PearlStreet Scholars
Winter 2024 | Sponsored by Zoeglossia:
Zoe Stoller
Genevieve Guzman
Elizabeth Theriot
Stephanie Heit
Naomi Ortiz
Fall 2023 | Sponsored by the Institute for American Indian Arts
Savannah Romero
Celia Ruiz
Santana Shorty
