The Oxford American Jeff Baskin Writers Fellowship
To support a debut book of creative nonfiction. $10,000 stipend, housing, and an editorial fellowship with the Oxford American toward a nine-month residency in Central Arkansas. The OA, a quarterly magazine dedicated to documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South, has helped launch and sustain the careers of many significant writers of literary journalism, memoir, reportage, criticism, and the lyric essay. Along with its contributors, the OA has received numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award in General Excellence. Alex Mar, Zandria F. Robinson, and Timothy B. Tyson to judge. $30 application fee.

Deadline March 24th. For guidelines, visit: http://www.oxfordamerican.org/about/fellowship.