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NIAS Nederlands Letterenfonds Writer Fellowship

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Opportunity type

Fellowship

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and the Dutch Foundation for Literature run a writer-in-residence fellowship that has been going since 1999. The 2026 to 2027 edition is open only to established literary writers based in the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. One writer is chosen. They spend February to July 2027 in Amsterdam, working full time on their own literary project inside an interdisciplinary academic community.

What you get:

A personal stipend of EUR 3,500 per month for five months
Reimbursement of an international return flight
Subsidised accommodation in Amsterdam
A private office at NIAS, plus library and research facilities
Membership of the NIAS fellow community and its weekly academic seminars
Access to outreach programmes and community activities

What you'll do:

Work full time on your own literary research or writing project from February to July 2027
Be present at the Institute four working days a week for the whole fellowship
Take part in weekly seminars, workshops and informal exchange with scholars from other disciplines
Submit a project proposal and motivation, a bibliography of your literary work, and a digital copy of a recent publication

Who can apply

No age limit stated, but the fellowship is aimed at mid-career or senior writers
Based in Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius or Sint Maarten
An established literary fiction or non-fiction writer with a proven track record and body of work
You write in Papiamentu, Papiamento, English as spoken on the islands, or Dutch
Good command of English, which is the working language at NIAS
Your proposed project is already past its initial concept phase
No application fees

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Good to know

+A generous and genuinely funded package: stipend, flight, subsidised housing, private office
+A programme with real history, running since 1999, with published alumni including Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
+The narrow Dutch Caribbean eligibility is honestly stated up front and is the point of this edition
+Application is a short email to a named officer at the Dutch Foundation for Literature, with no portal and no fee

Worth checking yourself

!One fellow is selected for the whole year, so the odds are long
!It is aimed at established, mid-career or senior writers with a body of work. A young writer without a literary track record is unlikely to clear the bar, whatever the platform's usual audience
!It is a full-time commitment, four days a week in Amsterdam for five months, so it is not compatible with holding a job at home
!Housing is subsidised, not free. The stipend is intended to cover it, but you will be paying Amsterdam rent
!The NIAS page mentions flight reimbursement, the Dutch Foundation for Literature page does not list it. NIAS is the host, so we have carried it, but it is worth confirming

What we could not confirm

?The two official pages differ slightly on benefits: NIAS lists reimbursement of an international return flight, the Dutch Foundation for Literature page lists the stipend, office, subsidised housing and community but not the flight. We carried the NIAS version because NIAS is the host institution

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About this opportunity

What you get:

A personal stipend of EUR 3,500 per month for five months
Reimbursement of an international return flight
Subsidised accommodation in Amsterdam
A private office at NIAS, plus library and research facilities
Membership of the NIAS fellow community and its weekly academic seminars
Access to outreach programmes and community activities

What you'll do:

Work full time on your own literary research or writing project from February to July 2027
Be present at the Institute four working days a week for the whole fellowship
Take part in weekly seminars, workshops and informal exchange with scholars from other disciplines
Submit a project proposal and motivation, a bibliography of your literary work, and a digital copy of a recent publication

Who can apply

No age limit stated, but the fellowship is aimed at mid-career or senior writers
Based in Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius or Sint Maarten
An established literary fiction or non-fiction writer with a proven track record and body of work
You write in Papiamentu, Papiamento, English as spoken on the islands, or Dutch
Good command of English, which is the working language at NIAS
Your proposed project is already past its initial concept phase
No application fees