The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award is an $8,000 cash grant to be awarded to one (1) New York State-based playwright or screenwriter who self-identifies as LGBTQ+.

WHO CAN APPLY

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award is open to New York State playwrights and screenwriters, including those who live within the five boroughs of New York City.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Must be a working playwright or screenwriter. Acceptable forms of playwriting or screenwriting include stageplays, screenplays, teleplays, libretti, radio plays, and audio dramas. No audio is accepted.
• Must self-identify as LGBTQ+.
• Must be a current full-time resident of New York State for a minimum of 12 months at the time applications close.
• Must be at least 25 years of age at the time the application closes.
• Cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind.
• Can be past recipients of any NYFA grant or fellowship programs, except past recipients of the The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award.
• Cannot be a NYFA employee, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above.

GRANT TIMELINE

Applications Open: Friday, April 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET

Applications Close: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET*

Applicant Notifications: Fall 2025
 

For access to the application guidelines, FAQs, and more, please go to The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award homepage.

Questions? Email [email protected] 

The NYSCA Reserve Fund Grants (RFG) will provide grants for NYSCA-funded organizations to use towards stabilizing their budgets by establishing a reserve fund or building on an existing reserve fund.

This program is open to nonprofit arts organizations based in New York State who have received direct funding from NYSCA in the last three years and have an operating budget of less than $3 million. Individual grant amounts will range from $10,000 to $75,000 in accordance with the applying organization’s operating budget.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Applicants must:

• Be a nonprofit organization with a primary mission to support arts and culture, either incorporated in or registered to do business in New York State, with a location in New York State, and recognized as tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code section as a 501(c)(3).               
  • Organizations that are fiscally sponsored by another 501(c)(3) are ineligible for this opportunity, as are organizations embedded in non-arts 501(c)(3) organizations.
• Have an annual operating budget of less than $3 million.
• Have received direct funding from NYSCA at least once in the past three years (FY23 - FY25).

FUNDING TIERS:

Applicants will apply for a grant amount based on their organization’s operating budget:

• Operating Budget under $150K: awarded up to $10K
• Operating Budget $150K - $500K: awarded up to $25K
• Operating Budget $500K - $1M: awarded up to $50K
• Operating Budget $1M - $3M: awarded up to $75K

GRANT TIMELINE:

Applications Open: Tuesday, April 22, 2025  at 10:00 AM ET

Applications Close: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET*

Applicant Notifications: Fall 2025

*Please note that the application form on Submittable will automatically close and stop accepting applications at this time.

Please note: As this is a new program, we anticipate that questions and clarifications will arise throughout the application cycle. We encourage you to visit the FAQs section, where we’ll update information regularly. NYFA reserves the right to make changes to the program as needed, provided they do not affect the published eligibility guidelines.

For more information visit: www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/nysca-reserve-fund-grants

Questions? [email protected]