Throughout 2023, I am happy to commit ~350 USD per month in grants to support Black Writers seeking specific literary opportunities gated by payment fees. The funding for these fees comes from prior payments from literary journals, award prizes, and donations from some incredible volunteers. Your opportunity should be one of the following:

1) Journal submission (regular or expedited),

2) Journal contest submission,

3) MFA Applications.

All monetary transfers will be made via PayPal and confirmed via Twitter DM (or other social media). I will endeavor to respond to requests within 1-5 days of receipt. Note that requests not meeting the form requirements will be ignored.

You can find an anonymized list of prior sponsored opportunities on this page.

Request Form is closed for 2023. It was an honor to contribute in small ways to the journey of various writers.

Funding available for December 2023: NO

  • Iowa Writers Workshop Application

    Bridport Short Story Prize

    Unleash Creatives Book Prize

    Mississippi Review Prize

    Codhill Press Poetry Award

    Story Foundation Prize

    University of Maryland MFA

    Tupelo Press Dorset Prize

  • UT Austin Michener MFA

    Iowa Writers Workshop Application

    Writers Digest Short Story Contest x2

    Barbara Stevens Poetry Book Contest

    Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize

    University of Minnesota MFA

    Narrative Mag Submission

    Frontier Award for New Poets

  • Gerald Cable Book Awards

    Elixir Press Poetry Award x3

    Zoetrope All-Story Contest

    UT Austin Michener MFA

    Black River Chapbook Contest

    Washington University in St Louis MFA

    Palette Poetry Resilience Prize

  • FSU MFA Application

    Malahat Review Open Season Contest

    Zoetrope Screenplay Contest

    Washington University in St. Louis MFA

    Lightscatter Press Prize x2

    Missouri Review Editor’s Prize

    AGNI Online

    The Sun Magazine Poetry Submission

    Yale Review Poetry Submission

    Iowa Writers’ Workshop

  • Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize

    The Fiddlehead Fiction Prize

    Manchester Poetry Prize

    Omnidawn Open Poetry Book Contest x3

    Palette Poetry Contest

    Letter Review Prize Poetry Contest

    X-J Kennedy Poetry Prize

    The Other Futures Award

  • Rattle Poetry Prize

    Narrative Magazine Short Story Prize x3

    Gival Press Short Story Award

    Conduit Book Prize

    Black Lawrence Press Book Award

    Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction

    Los Angeles Review Literary Award

    Black Warrior Review Poetry Prize

    HG Wells Short Story Contest

    Regal House Publishing Prize

    Omnidawn Poetry Book Contest x2

  • May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize

    University of New Orleans Press Publishing Prize

    Letter Review Poetry Prize

    BLR Review Prize

    Omnidawn Poetry Contest x3

    42 Miles Press Contest

    Hunger Mountain Prize

    2023 Frontier Poetry OPEN

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA

    Georgia Review Poetry Prize x3

    Frontier Poetry Awards

    Lost Horse Press Poetry Prize

    Rattle Poetry Prize

    Conger Beasley Award for Nonfiction

    Boulevard Magazine Poetry Contest x2

    The Leapfrog Global Fiction Contest

  • Alice James Manuscript Award

    Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest

    ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

    Omnidawn Poetry Contest

    Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

    Trio House Press Contest

    HerStry Critique Group

    Villanova University MFA Academic Evaluation

  • Loraine Williams Poetry Prize

    Writing Masquerade Workshop with P. Djèlí Clark

    Palette Poetry Rising Poet Prize

    New Delta Review Chapbook Contest

    Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize

    River Heron Poetry Prize

    Wolfson Press Chapbook Prize

    UMass Amherst MFA

  • UCross Residency Program

    Bridport Novel Prize

    Clarion West Summer Workshop

    Thirty West's Wavelengths Chapbook Contest (x2)

    Cheshire Novel Prize

    Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize

    Omnidawn Poetry Book Contest

    Furious Flower Poetry Prize

    Frontier Hurt & Healing Poetry Prize

    One Page Poetry Contest

    Writer’s Digest Short Story Contest

    CRAFT Literary Hybrid Writing Contest

    American Poetry Review Contest

    Wild Roof Journal Submission w/ Editor Feedback

  • Bath Flash Fiction Award

    Bridport Short Story Prize

    Bridport Poetry Prize

    Bristol Short Story Prize

    Manchester Fiction Prize

    University of Tennessee Knoxville MFA

    University of Notre Dame MFA

    Chapman University MFA

    University of Columbia MFA