Please consult the pdf Letras Boricuas Fellowship Application and Eligibility Guidelines.

Yes, you are eligible. We do not disqualify anyone based on other sources of funding.

No. The Letras Boricuas fellowship will only select a total of 40 writers, 20 the first year and 20 in the second year. Thus, not every applicant will be funded.

Once you have confirmed that you meet all eligibility requirements described in the pdf Letras Boricuas Fellowship Application and Eligibility Guidelines, you can apply here.

Applications will be screened by the Flamboyan Arts Fund for eligibility. Decisions regarding eligibility made by the Flamboyan Arts Fund are final. Eligible applications will be reviewed by a Nominations Committee that will forward semi-finalists to a Selections Committee that will recommend possible Fellowship recipients to the Flamboyan Arts Fund’s Board of Advisors for final approval. Members of the Nominations and Selections Committees are selected by The Flamboyan Arts Fund and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Nominations Committee members will serve anonymously. Selection Committee members will be named when the Fellowship recipients are announced.

Eligible applications will be reviewed based on literary merit, the latter of which may include work samples that display some or all of the following characteristics: originality, imagination, creativity, a strong point of view, a unique voice, facility with language, technical skill, and craft, memorability. Financial status will not be taken into consideration.

No. While all dates are subject to change, the application will be open during the dates specified in the guidelines for each cycle.

All non-funded applications from the first cycle of 2021 have been removed from our system so that writers can reapply during this second cycle 2022.

All applicants will be notified of the Fellowship results through Submittable by November 2022.

If you are selected for funding, we will follow up with the information required to disburse the grant and for the public announcement.

All applicants will be notified through their Submittable account. A message will be sent to the email address associated with this account. In addition, applicants may log into their accounts to check on the status. You can also contact us for questions you may have during the application process. All inquiries should be addressed to letrasboricuas@flamboyanartsfund.org.

Yes, the Flamboyan Arts Fund will respond to all applicants, whether they are selected for funding or not. 

Yes. The application is only online through Submittable. However, if an applicant does not have the equipment or connection necessary to apply online, Flamboyan Arts Fund staff can assist them in the process. You can email us at letrasboricuas@flamboyanartsfund.org.

Yes, simply choose the option to save. We highly recommend that you draft your responses in a separate word processing program and paste it into the application. Please save a copy of your application in the event that you choose to re-apply the following year.

We will accept applications in either language, and choice of language will not have any bearing on the final selection.

No. We cannot respond to any additional materials sent to us outside of the Submittable system. Only responses included in the application will be considered. Please make sure your application is complete before you submit it.

Once you submit an application during a cycle, you will not be able to re-submit. However, if your application was not selected in the first cycle, you may reapply in this second cycle.

Yes. Please email us at letrasboricuas@flamboyanartsfund.org so we can offer you a support option. If you already started the application process, be aware that communications regarding the status of the application will be sent to the email address associated with the Submittable account.

Yes. You will need to reapply.

We are committed to equity and inclusion and view data as an essential tool to be accountable for this commitment. This information is being collected for internal tracking purposes. As an applicant, your data will be viewed by Flamboyan Arts Fund staff and the committee members who will be engaged during the review process.

Submittable, the application platform, operates with above-industry-standard security certificates and features for data collection and storage.

Yes. Fellows selected in the 2022 cycle will be announced in November 2022. The information will be shared in a public announcement and on the Flamboyan Foundation’s website. Selection Committee members will also be named when the Fellowship recipients are announced.

If the work sample that you are going to upload to your application plans to combine text and illustration and is addressed to first readers (children from Kindergarten to Third grade), please apply under the Children’s Literature genre.

If the work sample that you are going to upload to your application is primarily text addressed to intermediate readers (children from Forth grade to Six grade) or young adults, please apply under Fiction genre.

No. There will be no reporting necessary. The fellowship award funds are unrestricted, and therefore may be used as writers see fit.