2024 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship

The second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship will provide $5,000 unrestricted awards to two emerging arts writers of color who cover theatre, dance, and/or performance art. Offered through the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum, with support from Critical Minded.

The Yamamoto Fellowship encourages early-career arts writers of color to write about works from their own cultural and political perspectives, enriching and broadening cultural criticism as a practice and profession. Theater, dance, and performance art were selected for 2024 because these art forms are still struggling in the wake of setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deadline is March 17 at 11:59pm Mountain Time.

Requirements

• Reside in or be a citizen of the US.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Identify as a member of a community with ancestry in one of the original peoples of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, or Pacific Islands.
• Have less than 2 years of publication experience, which may include a blog or self-publishing.
• Have demonstrated a commitment to writing about theater, dance, or performance art.