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  1. Tennessee state

    Individual Artist Fellowship – FY28

    Tennessee Arts Commission · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Due Jan 15, 2027 · 97 days left
    Award
    Up to $5,000
    • Open to your kind of group
    • On our individual artist or creative guide
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    Unrestricted $5,000 fellowships for professional artists who live and work in Tennessee, in craft, media, visual art, dance, music, theatre, and literary arts. No project or match is required; students and minors are not eligible.

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    Checked 5 days ago against the source

  2. Nonprofit

    Get Ready Grant (craft artist emergency preparedness)

    CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens Jan 12, 2027 · due Feb 16, 2027
    Award
    Up to $500
    • Open to your kind of group
    • On our individual artist or creative guide
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    Craft artists can get $500 to protect their studio and plan for emergencies. Winners are picked by lottery. Applications open January 12, 2027.

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    Checked 4 days ago against the source

  3. Local

    Thrive Project Grants

    Metro Nashville Arts Commission · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens May 8, 2027 · due about Jun 26, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
    Award
    Amount not specified
    • Open to your kind of group
    • On our individual artist or creative guide
    • Local program: Davidson County

    Project grants for artist-led, community-based art projects in Davidson County. Individual artists, artist collectives, and community groups with a lead artist can apply.

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    Checked 5 days ago against the source

  4. Foundation

    Individual Support Grant

    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens Oct 15, 2026 · due Jan 15, 2027
    Award
    Up to $25K
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee

    The Gottlieb Foundation gives $25,000 grants to painters, sculptors and printmakers who have made serious art for at least 20 years. Artists must show financial need. Students, crafts and project funding are not eligible.

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    Checked 4 days ago against the source

  5. Nonprofit

    Older Writers Grant

    Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens May 1, 2027 · due May 31, 2027
    Award
    Up to $1,000
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    A $1,000 grant for speculative fiction writers age 50 or older who are early in their careers. Writers decide how to use the money. It is free to apply.

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  6. Nonprofit

    Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants

    Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens Jul 1, 2027 · due Jul 31, 2027
    Award
    Up to $500
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    Two $500 grants for speculative fiction. One goes to a writer from an underrepresented group; one goes to work showing a diverse world. Writers may apply for both.

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  7. Nonprofit

    Working Class Writers Grant

    Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens Sep 1, 2027 · due Sep 30, 2027
    Award
    Up to $1,000
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    A $1,000 grant for working-class, low-income, or homeless writers of speculative fiction. Winners may stay anonymous. It is free to apply.

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  8. Nonprofit

    A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature

    Speculative Literature Foundation (with DesiLit) · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
    Award
    Up to $1,500
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    A $1,500 yearly grant for a South Asian or South Asian diaspora writer of speculative fiction. Winners are named in March. It is free to apply.

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  9. Nonprofit

    USArtists International

    Mid Atlantic Arts (with NEA, Doris Duke Foundation, Mellon Foundation) · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Due Feb 24, 2027 · 137 days left
    Award
    Up to $11K
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee
    • Needs a match (see how much in the notice)

    Helps U.S. performing artists and groups go perform at major festivals and arts markets in other countries. Grants go up to $11,000 and need a one-to-one match. Artists anywhere in the U.S. can apply.

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    Checked 3 days ago against the source

  10. Nonprofit

    Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund

    International Documentary Association (IDA) · Opening soon

    Deadline
    Opens Expected to reopen in late 2026 (no exact date yet)
    Award
    Amount not specified
    • Open to your kind of group
    • In Tennessee
    • No match

    Funds feature documentaries about U.S. issues like care for the natural environment, justice for all, or overlooked problems. The fund gives grants totaling $95,000 a year. The next round is expected to favor films near the end of production.

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    Checked 4 days ago against the source

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