1. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowships: The NEA offers grants of up to $25,000 to support writers in the creation of new works of literature. These fellowships are open to all disciplines of literature, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama.
2. The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: The PEN/Faulkner Award is an annual prize of $15,000 awarded to the author of the best work of fiction published in the United States during the previous calendar year.
3. The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award: The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award is an annual prize of $30,000 awarded to emerging women writers who demonstrate exceptional promise in the fields of fiction and poetry.
4. The Truman Capote Fellowship: The Truman Capote Fellowship is an annual fellowship of $50,000 awarded to an unpublished writer of outstanding literary promise.
5. The Wallace Stegner Fellowship: The Wallace Stegner Fellowship is an annual fellowship of $25,000 awarded to graduate students in creative writing at Stanford University.
6. The Whiting Writers' Award: The Whiting Writers' Award is an annual prize of $50,000 awarded to emerging writers who demonstrate exceptional talent and promise in the fields of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
These are just a few of the many free grant opportunities available for writers.