The main purpose of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation is to contribute significantly to the flourishing of American letters by awarding grants to published novelists and to Isherwood scholars. These $4,000.00 grants enable writers to devote time to writing projects and provide funds for research.

We especially want to thank the Ahmanson Foundation, The Huntington, Angelina Jolie, Doris Roberts, and Barbara McCormick.

In 2009 several hundred published novelists applied for our grants. We appreciate each of these applicants whose work testifies to the strength of current American fiction.

The main purpose of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation is to contribute significantly to the flourishing of American letters by awarding grants to published novelists. These $4,000.00 grants enable writers to devote time to writing projects and provide funds for research.

We especially want to thank the Ahmanson Foundation for its support.

The Christopher Isherwood Foundation will award two scholarly grants of $2,000.00 each for study of Isherwood materials at the Huntington. For information and application materials, please contact Mr. Robert C. Ritchie, W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research, The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. (626-405-2100)

Our grant application requirements have changed for 2009 - please read the new guidelines carefully.

 Grants will be awarded to writers who have published at least one book of fiction, either a novel or a collection of stories. Each grant is for $4,000. The grants are intended to enable writers to set aside time for writing. All applicants must be American citizens. The novel or story collection must have been published at the time of application. Young adult novels do not satisfy the publication requirement for our grants. The Isherwood Fellowships are very competitive. We receive several hundred applications each year for the grants.