Finding funding for your comic book project (and for the arts in general) can be extremely hard to do. Thankfully, there are ways out there to get your project made, thanks to a number of grants and fellowships out there.
Melanie Gillman is a non-binary cartoonist working in the comic book industry. They have compiled a list of grants, fellowships, and residencies that over the years have been known to accept cartoonists. With their permission, we’ve shared their list that they originally put together and maintain regularly over on Tumblr.
GRANTS
- Berliner Comicstipendium
- Creators for Creators
- Cupcake Award
- The Dash
- Fund the Change
- Grants for the Arts
- Grants for Artist Projects (GAP)
- Guggenheim Fellowship Grants
- Heinz Award for Arts and Humanities
- Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
- John Locher Memorial Award
- Laydeez Do Comics Prize
- Mahmoud Kahil Award
- Ontario Arts Council
- PRISM Queer Press Grant
- Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize
- Society of Illustrators M Prize
- Speculative Literature Foundation
- Sustainable Arts Foundation
- Walter Grant
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
- Arteles Comic Blast
- Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence
- Catskill Center Artist in Residence
- Comic Art Workshop
- The Comics Workbook Rowhouse Residency
- The Cornish CCS Residency Fellowship
- CUNE Comics-in-Residence Programme
- Donaldson Writer-in-Residence
- Fire Island Artist Residency
- Galveston Artist Residency
- Inbound and Outbound TRANSIT
- Kaunas Comics Residency
- Kickstarter Creator in Residence
- Light Grey Lab Art Residency
- Liminka School of Arts
- MacDowell Colony
- Maison des Auteurs
- Maison de la bande dessinée de Montréal
- Nordic Artists’ Centre
- Sitka Artist Residency
- Sundress Academy for the Arts
- Thurber House Graphic Novel Residency
- Trailer Blaze Residency
- Tulsa Artist Fellowship
- US National Parks Residencies
- White Leaves Artist Residency
INTERNSHIPS
Stephanie is a Toronto-based comic book writer and editor. She's the founder of Creator Resource and Creator Advisor, and works with the comic book community as much as possible to help foster safer and more inclusive spaces for all. You can find her work at stephaniecooke.ca.
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