Hearst Foundations Fellowship

Hearst Foundations Fellowships are for creative and performing artists and writers.

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
2008 Celeste Roberge South Portland, ME Sculptor Granite Sofa (sculpture)
2007 Kimberly Elkins New York, NY Fiction Writer What is Visible: A novel about the lives of Laura Bridgman and Julia Ward Howe
2007 Laurie Block Conway, MA Filmmaker Documentary about Helen Keller
2006 Kriota Willberg New York, NY Choreographer and Cartoonist Updated version for a performance of the 1866 Broadway production of 'The Black Crook' 
2005 Camille T. Dungy Colorado State University Poet Suck on the Marrow
2005 Nancy Rubin Stuart New York, NY Writer The Muse of the Revolution; The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation
2004 Martha Morss Mount Vernon, OH Writer Mary Katherine Goddard, colonial printer
2004 Alyson Pou New York, NY Performance Artist A Slight Headache (solo performance)
2003 Ruth Lopez Chicago, IL Writer Research in the McLoughlin Brothers archive toward a social history on the artists who helped create children's literature in America
2003 Lavonne Mueller Chicago, IL Playwright A collection of short one-story plays about six notable American women, Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Sacagawea, Lucy Stone, Harriet Tubman, and Martha Washington