New Literary Project

Jack Hazard Fellowships

Deadline: 
January 4, 2024 - Check back on October 15th for Upcoming Deadline
Cash Prize: 
$5,000

Fourteen fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to creative writers who are high school teachers to support summer work on an ongoing fiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir project. Full-time instructors at accredited U.S. high schools teaching in the 2023–24 academic year who are contracted to return to their schools in fall 2024 and who have been teaching for at least three years are eligible. The New Literary Project selection committee and program director Ian S. Maloney will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 5,000 words of prose, a brief bio, a curriculum vitae, contact information for the head of school, and a project description by January 4, 2024. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

New Literary Project, Jack Hazard Fellowships, 4100 Redwood Road, Suite 20A/424, Oakland, CA 94619. Ian S. Maloney, Program Director.