ENTERPRISE — Fishtrap is now accepting applications for the 2024 summer fellowship program.

Fishtrap Fellows will have the opportunity to attend the Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers, July 8-14, 2024, at Wallowa Lake. Each fellow receives early workshop registration and a featured reading during the week. Fellows are also highlighted in Fishtrap promotional materials, press releases and on the Fishtrap website.

A Fishtrap Fellowship covers the cost of the seven-day conference, including a five-day writing workshop, readings, activities, panel discussions and special events. Fishtrap Fellows also receive meals and lodging for the week and a $150 travel stipend.

Judging process and eligibility

Applicants can be of any age, but must be in the early stages of their writing careers and will not have had the support needed to achieve major recognition for their work. “Emerging writer” is defined as someone who is not on faculty at a college or university, and has not yet published a book by a literary publisher or is under contract to a publisher for a book. Eligible applicants may have been published in magazines, chapbooks, zines, or in print and online literary journals.

Fishtrap accepts submissions in the genres of poetry, fiction and nonfiction/memoir. Applicants should live in the western United States or write about themes surrounding the West.

Writing samples are reviewed by preliminary judges who select three to five finalists from each genre. Finalists are then forwarded to the final Fellowship judge, Derek Sheffield, who selects the 2024 Fellowship awards.

Fellowship applications are accepted through Dec. 15. Notifications for the 2024 Fellowship awards will arrive by Jan. 30, 2024.

Apply at fishtrap.org/apply-for-a-fellowship.

Fishtrap Fellowships

Applications are open through Dec. 15 for Fishtrap Fellowships. Eligible applicants are “emerging writers,” which means someone not on faculty at a college or university, and who has not yet published a book.

To learn more, visit fishtrap.org.