How to Apply

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - The Online Application

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation decided to suspend its Latin American and Caribbean competition for the year 2013 while we examine the workings and efficacy of the program.  The U.S. and Canadian competition is unaffected by this suspension.

The application deadline for the 2013 United States and Canada competition has passed and new applications can no longer be created.

If you applied in the previous year’s competition, you may choose the same user name when accessing the online application, but you must request a new password. No portion of your previous application will be retrievable for use in this year’s competition.


Further details regarding the application process can be found in Application Resources and Submission Materials.

Important Notes

Persons who have already received a Guggenheim Fellowship are not eligible to apply for another.

Guggenheim Fellowships are not available for the creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of websites or blogs.

Our awards are intended for individuals only; they are not available to organizations, institutions, or groups.

We regret that our awards are not available to support the writing of literature for children or young readers.

For all writers, if you have mainly published in periodicals, or on websites, it might be premature for you to apply here at this stage of your career, given the rigorous nature of our competition.