FSG Writer’s Fellowship is an annual program designed to give an emerging writer from an underrepresented community additional resources to build a life around writing.
About FSG Writer’s Fellowship
Opportunity Details
First launched in 2021, the FSG Writer’s Fellowship is an annual program designed to give an emerging writer from an underrepresented community additional resources to build a life around writing—including $15,000 in funding, editorial guidance, and support from the FSG community. The fellowship celebrates the spirit of the FSG list and its commitment to invention, curiosity, and extending the limits of literature.
- Sponsor Organisation: FSG
Benefits of FSG Writer’s Fellowship
- $15,000 paid over two installments: half paid at the start of the Fellowship program, half paid in June 2026
- Mentorship with an FSG house author
- Guidance from two in-house editors, who will offer line and structural feedback on the fellow’s work throughout the year
- Opportunities for meet-and-greets with representatives from other departments – including Publicity/Marketing, Art, Subsidiary Rights, and Managing Editorial – to discuss their areas of expertise, answer questions, and help build a broader understanding of the publishing business
- Support with networking beyond FSG
- The Fellow and finalists will receive a collection of FSG classics.
FSG Writer’s Fellowship Requirements
- The applicant must not have published a book-length work in any genre, have a book under contract, or be negotiating a contract either in the United States or abroad by the time the fellowship begins. Having published short poetry chapbooks will not exclude an applicant from eligibility
- Applicants must submit in only one category (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry)
- The applicant must be a U.S. Permanent Resident (green card) or U.S. Citizen
- There are no experience, degree credentials, or location requirements. This fellowship will take place remotely
- The applicant should be writing for an adult audience in the English language
- The applicant must be over 18 years of age
- The applicant cannot be an employee or family member of an employee of FSG or any other Macmillan affiliate
- The applicant may not use generative AI or work from AI-generated text for their samples and statements
Application Date and Process
- A sample of work—fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—aimed at an adult audience
- For fiction and nonfiction, the sample must be between forty and fifty double spaced pages
- For poetry, the sample must be eight to twelve pages
- The sample can include previously published work and does not need to be from a single section of the work
- A Statement of Purpose of no more than 500 words
Please note: The applicant’s name and contact information must not be anywhere on the writing sample or the Statement of Purpose—this includes within the uploaded file name.
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Application Deadline
18 July, 2025
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