Baron Fellowships support historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history, literature, and culture.
Application Procedure
All applicants are considered for both the Hearst Foundations Fellowship and Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship .
In addition to completing the online application form, the elements listed below are required for the completion of your application. Information about the required elements is given within the online form.
STATEMENT CURRENT RÉSUMÉ WORK SAMPLES and REVIEWS TWO CONTACTS OF REFERENCE Apply Online
Application Deadline
October 5, 2024 - 12:00am
Date
Name
Affiliation
Position
2024
Jessica Mehta
Hillsboro, OR
Inter/Multi/Anti-disciplinary Poet, Artist, and Scholar
Research for “Red-Acted” a collection of Indigenous erasure poetry
2024
Leslie Schomp
College of the Holy Cross
Visual Artist and Senior Lecturer
Investigation into the history of American lacemaking in past centuries
2023
Kristina Martino
Poet and Visual Artist
Research for “The Avian Kingdom,” a project that concerns reinventing the pastoral poem and fusing human consciousness with that of the landscape, as well as various environmental and health crises
2023
Monique Celeste Hayes
Fort Washington, MD
Historical Novelist
Research for “Sally Forth,” on African-American experience during the American Revolution from the years 1771-1785
2022
Mary Eileen Fouratt
Richmond, VA
Creative Writer
Research for non-fiction picture book for school-aged children about the life and work of Ruth Henshaw Bascom, a 19th-century folk artist
2022
Maureen Egan
Richmond, VA
Creative Writer
Research for Non-Fiction picture book for school-aged children about the life and work of Ruth Henshaw Bascom, 19th-century folk artist
2022
Darlene R. Taylor
Howard University
Writer
Research for novel that follows the lives of two people fighting for freedom and trying to restore their lives after the Civil War
2020
Eireann Lorsung
Farmington, ME
Writer
Non-Fiction work that examines the history of gardens in Europe and the U.S.
2020
Diane Glancy
Shawnee Mission, KS
Poet
Quadrille: A poetry manuscript that explores the effect of Christianity on the Native American
2019
Laurie McCants
Bloomsburg, PA
Actor
Solo performance about Frances Slocum, who in 1778 was abducted by the Lenape at 5 years of age