Hodder Fellows

The Hodder Fellowship was created for artists in the early stages of their careers. In keeping with the bequest of Mary MacKall Gwinn Hodder, it is awarded to individuals during that crucial period when they have demonstrated exceptional promise but have not yet received widespread recognition. Typically, Hodder Fellows are poets, playwrights, novelists, creative nonfiction writers and translators who have published one highly acclaimed book and are undertaking significant new work that might not be possible without the “studious leisure” afforded by this fellowship. Hodder Fellows spend an academic year at Princeton pursuing independent projects. 

Preference is given to individuals outside of academia, and candidates for the Ph.D. degree are not eligible.  You need not be a US citizen to apply.

The stipend for 2010-2011 is $62,000

The appointment of the Hodder Fellows are made each February.  An announcement of the award will be posted here.

Candidates are invited to submit a resumé, a sample of previous work (ten-page maximum, not returnable) and a project proposal of two to three pages.  Letters of recommendation are not required.

Materials must be postmarked by November 1, 2009 and addressed to:

Hodder Fellowship
Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts
Princeton University
185 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ  08542

Society of Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts

"One of the most inspired recommendations of the Allen Committee was its proposal to create a new interdisciplinary Society of Fellows in the Arts, which the committee envisioned as a centerpiece of arts education at Princeton. The Society’s Fellows would be innovative and early-career artist/scholars who would teach courses, maintain studios, give or organize performances or exhibitions (where appropriate), and participate in seminars, conferences, and other on-campus collaborations. Their presence would expose Princeton to lively cross-currents from the world of the creative and performing arts, and their energy would enable the scholarly and educational projects in the arts at Princeton to achieve critical mass. Not only would the arts thereby enliven Princeton, but Princeton would thereby become a patron not only of the arts, but of artists, by providing fellowships that would help to sustain and support developing artists as they launch their careers." As stated by President Shirley Tilghman.

The Lewis Center for the Arts is in the process of developing the Society of Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts initiative.