It must be work for which you have sole artistic responsibility. The artistic excellence and artistic merit of the work contained therein are the criteria on which your application will be judged. Choose your manuscript sample carefully. Financial and other kinds of need, the body of past work, geographic location of the applicant, academic career, professional reputation, etcetera, are not criteria for receipt of a fellowship. We cannot accept collaborative works or joint applications.
Fellowships are individual grants.
Only the names of the fellowship recipients will be announced. The Internal Revenue Code provides that the full amount of a fellowship grant is taxable to its recipient. If you have any questions about your own income tax liability, you should contact the Internal Revenue Service or your tax counsel. Please read these guidelines thoroughly before you start to prepare your application package. Failure to follow the guideline instructions or to send a complete application package, with all required material under one cover, will mean that your application will be rejected.