Fellowship for Cultural Exchange in the Literary Arts Application
This fellowship encourages cross-cultural exchange and nurtures global perspectives in the literary arts. It provides a stiped of up to $5,000 to support the completion of a creative manuscript or other literary project with a cross-cultural or international aspect. 

REQUIREMENTS:

All fellowship applications are due by DUE DATE at 5:00 PM GMT. Before you begin, please have the following ready:
  • Project Title
  • Project Abstract (200-300 words): Summarize the scope, goals, and impact of your project.
  • Proposal Statement (2 pages, single-spaced): Describe how this award will support your vision for your project, the impact you hope it will have, project deliverables, and any pertinent logistical information as a  PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.
  • Personal Statement (1 page, single-spaced): Submit a short essay introducing yourself as a writer and your inspirations for this project as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.
  • Budget (Please use the budget template provided here): Outline all project costs on the Google sheet provided. Allowable expenses include, but are not limited to, technology, printing services, facility costs, housing, childcare, and editorial services. 
  • Project Timeline (up to 2 pages, single-spaced): Include a timeline of important project dates and deliverables listed in your Proposal Statement as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.
  • Writing Sample (10 pages of poetry or 10 double-spaced pages of fiction): Please provide a sample of past work, published or unpublished, that further illustrates your capacity to complete the proposed project. The work submitted does not need to be a part of your final project as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.
  • Photo: A high resolution (at least 300 dpi) photo of yourself in .jpeg or .jpg format.
Please submit all documents with the following title format: "LAST NAME_PROJECT TITLE_PROJECT MATERIAL".

Example: HAWKINS_SILVIE COLLECTED POEMS_BUDGET

JUDGING:

Each year, the Piper Center is assisted by an independent judge, external to ASU, in ranking and determining award recipients. The judge for the FY25-26 cycle will be Emily Skillings.

JUDGE BIO:

Emily Skillings is the author of the poetry collection Fort Not (The Song Cave, 2017), which Publishers Weekly called a “fabulously eccentric, hypnotic, and hypervigilant debut.” Her second book, Tantrums in Air, will be published in 2025. Skillings’ recent poems can be found in Poetry, Harper’s, Granta, FOLDER, jubilat, and the New York Review of Books.

Skillings is the editor of Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works by John Ashbery, which was published by Ecco/HarperCollins in 2021. She is a member of the Belladonna* Collaborative, a feminist poetry collective, small press, and event series. She received her MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts, where she was a Creative Writing Teaching Fellow in 2017. Her work has been supported by residencies and fellowships from the T.S. Eliot Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Skillings currently teaches creative writing at Yale, NYU, and Columbia. She lives in Brooklyn.


ELIGIBILITY:

Eligible projects include work along the borderlands, work in translation and/or bilingual projects, or work with local refugee, tribal, immigrant, or international communities. Travel is not required. Funded projects are are allotted 3 months to 1 year for completion from the date awarded.

This fellowship is open to all current ASU students and individual Arizona-based community members, or members of a small creative team led by an individual based in Arizona.

Applicants cannot receive this fellowship two years in a row.

A student may apply for, but cannot receive, both a Scholar in Creative Writing Fellowship and Fellowship for Cultural Exchange in the Literary Arts in the same year.

ASU faculty are not eligible for this award.

For FY25-26, the recipients of the Fellowship for Cultural Exchange in the Literary Arts will be announced in April 2025. The awards will be dispersed in May-June 2025.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS:

If you would like support with your form, contact the Coordinator for Educational Programs, Sasha Hawkins at shawki31@asu.edu. 

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First Name: *
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Last Name: *
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Are you a current ASU student? *
ASU Affiliate Student ID: 
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What school/program are you in at ASU and what is your expected graduation date? 
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Please note if you are an undergraduate, master's student, or in a PhD program and what degree type you are pursuing.
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Are you applying on behalf of yourself or a creative team?
Please note that if you are applying on behalf of a creative team, the applicant listed should be located primarily in Arizona. You may have members outside of the state, but the primary listed applicant and contact person should be located here. 
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Are you planning on working with or on behalf of any organizations? If so, what organization will you be working with? 
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Email Address: *
Please provide an email address for correspondence with the Piper Center. You will be asked to complete a reflection at the end of your fellowship period. If you are a current ASU student, please make sure we will be able to contact you at the email provided in the event that you are no longer enrolled at ASU.
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Mailing Address: *
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Project title: *
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Project Abstract: *
In 200-300 words, summarize the scope, goals, and impact of your project.
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Proposal Statement: *
In 2 pages, single-spaced, describe how this award will support your vision for your project, the impact you hope it will have, project deliverables, and any pertinent logistical information as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.

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Personal Statement: *
In 1 page, single-spaced, submit a short essay introducing yourself as a writer and your inspirations for this project as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.

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Budget: *
Outline all project costs on the Google sheet provided. Allowable expenses include, but are not limited to, technology, printing services, facility costs, housing, childcare, and editorial services as an XLSX file. 

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Project Timeline: *
In up to 2 pages, single-spaced, include a timeline of important project dates and deliverables listed in your Proposal Statement as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.

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Writing Sample: *
In 10 pages of poetry or 10 double-spaced pages of fiction,  provide a sample of past work, published or unpublished, that further illustrates your capacity to complete the proposed project as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file. 

The work submitted does not need to be a part of your final project.

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Photo: *
Please provide a high resolution (at least 300 dpi) photo of yourself in .jpeg or .jpg format.

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I grant my permission for the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU to use my name, likeness, and fellowship materials provided on it's website, piper.asu.edu *
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