James Baldwin Fellowship

Annual Fellowships

Portrait by Allan Warren

Portrait by Allan Warren

James Baldwin Fellowship

Established in 2019

In 2020 the following supported one James Baldwin Fellowship each at MacDowell: Amazon Literary Partnership (this Fellowship came with a stipend), Bank of America, Agnes Gund, and Musa and Tom Mayer.

In 2019, Amazon Literary Partnership supported two James Baldwin Fellowships at MacDowell.

These Fellowships are named in honor of the writer and activist who held residencies at MacDowell in 1954, 1958, and 1960.

To learn more about naming or giving a Fellowship, contact Stacey Bosworth at 212-535-9690.

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