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Fellowships and Literary Outreach

Departmental Fellowships

All incoming students to the Creative Writing Program receive Departmental Fellowships, in varying amounts, in the form of tuition remission credits. Many students also receive additional funding from the fellowship programs listed below.

The program is also committed to providing teacher training to interested and qualified students. Approximately 55 undergraduate teaching positions are offered to graduate students during their second year in the program. Recipients of these positions design and teach a semester-long introductory course in creative writing for undergraduates and concurrently take a year-long teaching practicum offered by the program. Compensation for teaching is $4,620 per course. 

Graduate Program Fellowships

The Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing is awarded each year to support one incoming female student. The fellowship provides full tuition and a generous stipend. No separate application is necessary to be considered for this fellowship.

The Fromer Fellowship, The Jan Gabrial Fellowship, and The Lillian Vernon Fellowship provide varying levels of support and are awarded annually to incoming students. No separate application is necessary for any of these fellowships.

Literary Outreach Fellowships

The Creative Writing Program is committed to developing innovative literary outreach programs that enable students to teach creative writing in both traditional and non-traditional settings, focusing on underserved and marginalized communities. NYU's outreach initiatives serve as national models in the field. These vital programs are based in the belief that creative talent can flourish in even the most challenging circumstances. The outreach programs also enable students to train as teachers in the field, preparing them for teaching positions in schools and other professional settings upon graduation. We hope to continue to raise funds for these initiatives in order to expand and strengthen our efforts.

The New York Times Company Foundation Creative Writing Fellowships
Each year, several students admitted to the program are named New York Times Company Creative Writing Fellows. The fellows conduct creative writing workshops for students in New York City public schools under the guidance of experienced teachers. The New York Times Fellowship provides full-tuition remission for two years; fellows receive a generous stipend and NYU health insurance during the first year. No separate application is necessary to be considered for this fellowship. All applicants to the Creative Writing Program are considered and recipients are notified upon acceptance to the program.

Goldwater Writing Workshop Fellowships
NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program students may apply for several semester-long teaching fellowships at Roosevelt Island’s Goldwater Hospital, a public facility for the severely physically challenged. Every Tuesday afternoon, Goldwater Fellows conduct a creative writing workshop for a group of twelve to twenty residents, meet with them in individual conferences, and assist in transcribing their work. Fellows also help publish the Golden Writers’ Anthology at the end of each semester, coordinate readings of their students’ work, and help organize the Goldwater Hospital Writing Project Benefit each spring. The Goldwater Writing Project was founded in 1986 by Jean Kennedy Smith, Rose Styron, and Sharon Olds. It has become a vital part of the NYU community and of the residential community at Coler-Goldwater Memorial Hospital. Current and newly accepted students are invited to apply for this fellowship each summer.

Starworks Fellowships
NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program students are invited each year to apply to be one of approximately eight Starworks Fellows at several sites throughout the city. Formerly run by the Starworks Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 by generous NYU Graduate Creative Writing alumna Victoria Geduld, The Starworks Fellowship Program now operates under the umbrella of the national Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Starworks brightens the lives of hospitalized and environmentally at-risk children by encouraging creative expression in the literary arts. In hospitals and other institutions throughout the New York City metropolitan area, children ages five through eighteen write poems and stories at bedside and in classes with Starworks Fellows. The children's writing projects are celebrated through readings and inclusion in anthology publications. Participating sites include: Komansky Center for Children’s Health at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYU Medical Center, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, and New Alternatives for Children. Starworks Fellowships provide a generous stipend along with half-tuition remission for the year (two free classes) in exchange for six to eight hours of teaching per week, attendance at a monthly practicum, organizing an end-of-the-year reading, and creating an anthology of student work. Current and newly accepted students are invited to apply for this fellowship each summer.

The Iraq Veterans Writing Fellowship
Returning students may apply for a year-long Veterans Writing Fellowship, which offers a generous stipend and half-tuition remission (two free courses) for the year in exchange for leading a weekly creative writing workshop with a group of recent veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Applications for the Veterans Writing Fellowship are available to all students entering their second year of the Creative Writing Program.

Dean’s Student Travel Grant Program
The Dean's Student Travel Grant Program helps graduate students defray the cost of presenting their work at professional meetings and conferences. To be eligible for these $500 awards, students must receive approval from their department chair or director of graduate studies. Students are eligible for one award during their master's career. For more information, please visit the Travel Grant Application Page.

Additional Sources of Funding

Below is a list of local and NYU-related programs and centers which provide funding for qualified students. 


Students who work full-time at NYU are eligible for tuition remission as an employee of the university. For information on job openings at NYU, consult the Human Resources web page at http://www.nyu.edu/hr.

The Wasserman Center for Career Development has listings for both part-time and full-time positions throughout the university. You can find out more by visiting http://www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopment/ or by calling 212-998-4730. Their offices are located at 133 E. 13th St., 2nd Floor.

For an additional listing of funding possibilities available to graduate students at NYU, please go to
http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.financialaid or just click on our Financial Aid link under Graduate Program.