Fellowships

The Vermont Studio Center holds three annual fellowship deadlines, with new juries and different awards each time. In 2011, VSC awarded 179 fellowships to artists and writers from the U.S. and 25 other countries. All of the fellowships listed below are for 4-week residencies at VSC.

VSC Fellowships
Sixteen awards open to all artists and writers, based entirely on merit.

VSC Diversity Initiative Fellowships
At this deadline, three awards are available to talented minority artists and writers from the United States. These awards, supported by the Educational Foundation of America, include a travel stipend.

James Merrill Fellowships
Two awards for outstanding poets with demonstrable financial need. These fellowships are in honor of the literary and philanthropic legacy of the American poet James Merrill and are supported by the Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation.

NEA Creative Access Fellowships
Two awards for artists and writers who are blind or have low vision. These fellowships, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, include a $500 travel stipend.

Displaced Artists Fellowships
At this deadline, two fellowships are available through VSC's Fund for Displaced Artists. One award is for a displaced visual artist from Japan who was affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and one award is offered to a Vermont visual artist or writer displaced by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Awards include a travel and materials stipend.

Anderson/Frankel Fellowship for Chicago Artists and SAIC alumni
One fellowship sponsored by the Marshall Frankel Foundation and Davis Anderson. This award is open to all Chicago-area artists, as well as faculty and alumni of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Cave Canem Foundation Fellowship
One award for a poet who is a current or former Cave Canem fellow.

Civil Society Institute Fellowship
One award for an east coast minority artist with demonstrable financial need; preference will be given to artists from New Haven, Jersey City, and Baltimore. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible CSI applicants. Award includes a $500 travel stipend.

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Fellowship
One fellowship for an artist or writer with a spinal cord injury (SCI). This award, supported by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, includes a $500 stipend for travel and expenses during the residency and, if necessary, a stipend for room, board, and travel for a personal care assistant.

John Fitzpatrick Henry David Thoreau Fellowship
One fellowship for a poet whose work engages the environment and embodies the life, work, and spirit of Henry David Thoreau.

Zoland Poetry Translation Fellowship:
One award for an outstanding translator of contemporary international poetry, supported by Zoland Poetry.