PEN/Bare Life Review Grants
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Deadline
Annual - April
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About this grant
PEN America and The Bare Life Review support literary works in progress by immigrant and refugee writers. The grant funds fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry projects that are still being completed.
Eligibility
- ✓ Foreign born writers based in the United States, and writers living abroad who hold refugee or asylum seeker status. The submitted project must be an unpublished work in progress by a single individual.
- ✓ Support for works in progress in fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry written in or translated into English.
- ✓ United States or abroad for refugee and asylum seeker writers; projects must be in English.
- ✓ literature
- ✓ poetry
- ✓ any
How to apply
PEN asks for one combined PDF with a project description, a statement on how the grant will help complete the work, a CV, an outline, and a writing sample. Read the FAQ before starting.
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Last verified: 26 March 2026