Full-term and half-term Rome Prize Fellowships support writers professionally engaged in literature. Eligible applicants must have commercially published a novel, novella, volume of creative nonfiction, short fiction, or poetry of 48 or more pages between 2020 and 2026. Applications require a project proposal, writing samples, résumé, references, and an application fee.
Applicants must be professionally committed and currently active in literature. They must have commercially published a qualifying literary work between January 1, 2020, and November 15, 2026.