Writers who have received their terminal degree within the last five years in Creative Writing are invited to apply for an Axton Fellowship in Creative Writing. The purpose of these fellowships is to provide recent graduates with time to further their own work, to associate them with a distinguished faculty, and to allow them to contribute to a vibrant creative writing community. Two fellows, one in poetry and one in fiction, will be appointed for two academic years and will be awarded a stipend and benefits.

Each fellow will give a reading in the Axton reading series once during her or his tenure, will run one, two-day literary seminar, and will teach one course each semester. Of these courses, one will be of the fellow’s design, another will be on the teaching of creative writing, and the other two will be upper level creative writing or literature courses. The fellows will be expected to be in residence in Louisville during their fellowship period. The fellowships will provide a stipend of $25,000 a year plus benefits for two years.