Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship

Baron Fellowships support historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history, literature, and culture.

Application Procedure

All applicants are considered for both the Hearst Foundations Fellowship and Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship. 

In addition to completing the online application form, the elements listed below are required for the completion of your application. Information about the required elements is given within the online form.

  • STATEMENT
  • CURRENT RÉSUMÉ 
  • WORK SAMPLES and REVIEWS 
  • TWO CONTACTS OF REFERENCE 

Apply Online

Application Deadline
Contact Person
Nan Wolverton

Fellows

Date Name Affiliation Position
2014 Holly Wendt Annville, PA Novelist Holystone: A novel based on the early eighteenth century pirate Captain Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy
2013 Lynn Thomson New York, NY Dramaturg, Theater Director The Time Traveler's Trip to Niagara Falls
2013 Melissa Range Columbia, MO Poet Poetry project about the abolitionist movement
2012 Catherine Reid Asheville, NC Writer Research for extended work of creative nonFiction tentatively titled "13 Travels with William Bartram" on the life and writings of William Bartram (1739-1823).
2012 Deborah Brevoort North Bergen, NJ Playwright Research for a historical play about George and Martha Washington and the role of fashion in shaping American identity
2011 Lisa Hayes Bowie, MD Playwright Research on colonial America just before the Revolutionary War to be used in writing two museum theater plays for the Accokeek Foundation's Natonal Colonial Farm
2011 Cam Terwilliger Somerville, MA Fiction Writer The Counterfeiter: A novel set in New York and Québec during the French and Indian War (1754–1763)
2010 Wendy Call Seattle, WA Non-Fiction Writer Series of literary essays about the grieving process
2010 Suzanne Rivecca San Francisco, CA Fiction Writer Novel about Walt Whitman's sojourn by boat to New Orleans with his teenage brother, Jeff
2009 Lauren Yee San Francisco, CA Playwright interdisciplinary play exploring the concept of "performing racial identity in America"