The Margins Fellowship 2025
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APPLICATIONS DUE: December 31, by 11:59 PM ET
FELLOWSHIP STARTS: February 1, 2025
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is now accepting applications for the 2025 Margins Fellowship. Four emerging Asian American, Muslim, and Arab writers of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction based in New York City will receive $5,000, residency time at Millay Arts, mentorship, access to the AAWW writing space (COVID-dependent), and publication opportunities in our online magazine, The Margins.
We see this as a chance to support Asian diasporic writers, including South and Southeast Asian diasporic writers, Arab and West Asian writers, and Muslim writers of color more broadly. If you are a writer of color who identifies with these communities, please discuss this in your application.
The Margins is an award-winning online magazine of arts and ideas featuring new fiction and poetry, literary and cultural criticism, and interviews with writers and artists. We are the recipient of a Whiting Literary Magazine award and our stories have been linked to by the Wall Street Journal, The New Inquiry, Literary Hub, and the New York Times.
We strongly encourage all applicants to read our FAQ before applying to determine whether or not they are eligible. The Margins fellowship is open to emerging Asian American, Muslim, and Arab creative writers who reside in New York City. Fellowship applicants may not be enrolled in any academic, conservatory, college, or degree granting training program during the fellowship term. To be considered you must apply through this Submittable form. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact us at fellowships@aaww.org.
TIMELINE The Margins Fellowship deadline is Sunday, December 31, by 11:59 PM ET. The term of the fellowship is one year, from February 2025 to January 2026. Fellows will be selected and notified in January 2025.
HOW TO APPLY
1. READ OUR FAQ.
2. Get to know our magazine.
3. Fill out the application form below by 11:59 PM ET on December 31, 2024.
Please note all applicants must attach a statement of purpose, a CV/resumé, and a writing sample. There is no application fee. We do not accept handwritten documents, letters of recommendation, or support materials.