The Wyoming Arts Council is seeking applications for its 2025 Blanchan and DoubleDay Writing Awards.
Donor Name: Wyoming Arts Council
State: Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 11/17/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Both awards aim to spotlight Wyoming writers who have not yet received wide recognition and to support emerging voices at pivotal moments in their careers. Eligible applicants include poets, fiction writers, essayists, and scriptwriters who have published no more than one book in each genre and who are not full-time students or faculty members.
Types of Awards
- The Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award Inspired by Nature ($1,000) is awarded annually for outstanding poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or script that reflects a strong connection to the natural world.
- The Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Writing Award for Writing by a Woman ($1,000) honors the best work—poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or script—written by a woman.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organizations
- The Internal Revenue Service determines who meets the criteria of being a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
- Churches that meet the Internal Revenue Service requirements of IRC section 501(c)(3) are considered tax exempt if they meet the five requirements listed in the “IRS Tax Guide for Churches and Other Religious Organizations.” Click here for the Tax Guide.
- Government Agency
- This includes tribal government, municipal, county, state and federal government, higher education, and school districts.
- Tribal Government – Each Tribe may receive either one Community Support Grant per year, or up to two Professional Development/Career Advancement or Rural Arts Access Grants per year, per entity.
- City and County Government – Each entity may receive either one Community Support Grant per year or up to two Professional Development/Career Advancement or Rural Arts Access Grants per year.
- State Government – Each entity within each department may receive either one Community Support Grant per year, or up to two Professional Development/Career Advancement or Rural Arts Access Grants per year.
- School Districts – Each District may receive either one Community Support Grant per year. or up to two Professional Development/Career Advancement or Rural Arts Access Grants per year.
- University of Wyoming and Wyoming Community Colleges – Each department at these educational institutions may apply for a grant. Proposed projects must serve a broad audience, be artistically excellent, incorporate outreach, and are not designed to primarily serve only the student population. Each department may receive either one Community Support Grant or up to two Professional Development/Career Advancement or Rural Arts Access Grants per year.
- Individual Artists
- Arts Council support to individual artists includes the Professional Development/Career Advancement Grant, merit-based fellowships in performing, visual and literary arts, and mentoring grants for Folk and Traditional artists.
- Individual applicants must:
- Be 18 years of age or older, and not be a student enrolled in a secondary school or in an undergraduate or graduate art-related degree program.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or have legal resident status.
- Must have been domiciled within the state borders for a total of 20 months in the previous two years.
- Must remain a Wyoming resident for at least one year after award, living in the state for at least 10 months of the year.
- Acknowledge that the Wyoming Arts Council is not liable for lost or damaged material submitted with their grant application.
- Agree to allow the Wyoming Arts Council to duplicate my material submitted with the grant application for purposes of the selection process.
- Review and comply with the requirements in the General Provisions by the Attorney General of the State of Wyoming, which are provided in the Subgrantee Award Agreement.
- Pay all taxes and other such amounts required by federal, state and local law, including but not limited to federal personal income taxes, social security taxes and sales taxes.
- Additional Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must be a Wyoming based organization or an organization in a bordering state that primarily serves the citizens of Wyoming.
- Applicants must be in compliance with all applicable Wyoming state laws and with federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and the terms and conditions of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information, visit Wyoming Arts Council.
