Applications open for two $40K Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowships

The Bob Dylan Center will award two annual $40,000 Songwriter Fellowships designed to mentor and develop aspiring songwriters.

Universal Music Publishing Group is supporting the effort.

Each fellowship will include $40,000, public engagement and presentation opportunities, dedicated time in BDC’s Bob Dylan Archive to study Dylan’s creative process, roundtrip airfare to Tulsa and accommodations in the city, mentorship from UMPG songwriters and executives, and recording time in Leon Russell‘s historic Tulsa Church Studio.

In addition to being reviewed by BDC and UMPG executives, annual Fellowship recipients will be selected by a global panel including French singer and songwriter Juliette Armanet, American singer and songwriter Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter John Mellencamp, Mexican singer-songwriter Carla Morrison, and American rapper and songwriter Nas.

How To Apply

Applications for the 2024 Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship are now open and due Oct. 18, 2023. The 2024 Fellowship will run from May 2024 through April 2025.

Learn more and apply here.

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Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Agency, and a Berklee College Of Music professor.