• Several organizations offer grants for your writing career."Money!" is Copyrighted by Flickr user: yomanimus (David Beyer) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
  
  

Poetic Writers

• Organizations like Academy Fellowship and the University & College Poetry Prizes are always looking for talented poets to help. Private grant programs also include the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the James Laughlin Award.
  
  

Fiction Writers

• Writers interested in imaginative stories should have a look at The Mystery Authors of America as well as the Poets & Writers Magazine grants. Fiction writing is a large market today, so grants are plentiful but competitive.
  
  

Educational Writers

• Writers looking to create educational works can look into grants like the Lannan Literary Grant and National Endowment for the Humanities.
  
  

Guidelines

• Make sure you understand the demands of your grant organization. Each organization is different, so rules for one grant may not be the same for the other.
  
  

Warning

• Unfortunately, plenty of grant scams exist to trick the eager author. Always thoroughly research any organizations offering grants through websites like the Better Business Bureau.