Apply for a working grant for German-language literature

• Applications are possible from 18.03.2026 to 06.05.2026 The application deadline ends on 06.05.2026 at 11:00. Online applications must be received by 11:00. After 11:00, submission is no longer possible; transmissions already in progress will then be automatically cancelled. • Only one application per person is possible • You live and work in Berlin • You are a professional author • Application in German The application itself must be completed and submitted in German. • You apply as an individual person A Stipendium (scholarship) is funding tied to an individual person, so only natural persons may apply. Applications from groups/GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts, civil law partnership) are not possible. • Double funding/simultaneous funding or scholarships • The Arbeitsstipendium (working scholarship) for German-language literature cannot be combined with a scholarship from the Deutscher Literaturfonds (German Literature Fund) covering the same funding period. • An application for the Arbeitsstipendium is possible even if you have applied for other scholarships. However, you must notify us if you receive an offer for another scholarship, so that it can be checked whether the two are combinable. • The Arbeitsstipendium can be combined with other scholarships from the State of Berlin up to a total of 24,000 euros per year. • The Arbeitsstipendium can be freely combined with scholarships from other domestic and foreign funders not named here. In this case, please be sure to find out whether the funding conditions of the other scholarship rule out simultaneous acceptance. • Combinations with project funding are permitted. • No enrollment or teaching activity as a professor at a university • At the time of application, during the selection process, and during the funding period, applicants must not be enrolled in the standard course of study of a literary training program (e.g. Leipzig, Hildesheim, Biel, Vienna, or others) or employed as a professor at a university. • If the course of study was only completed a short time ago, proof of completion must be submitted without being requested (please attach the certificate to your CV).

• Application for funding through the Arbeitsstipendium deutschsprachige Literatur (working scholarship for German-language literature) You may only submit the application online. • Please have all required documents and evidence ready for upload in PDF format. • Curriculum vitae (CV) (max. 2 MB, PDF file) including a list with title, place of publication, and medium of the publications of the last three years. • Exposé (max. 5 MB, PDF file, max. 2 DIN A4 pages) • The exposé relates to the submitted work sample. • Note: The attachment "Exposé" with a length of more than 2 DIN A4 pages (including cover sheets, bibliographies, illustrations, other writings) will not be accepted. The corresponding application will be formally excluded, in the interest of equal treatment of all applicants. • Reading sample (Leseprobe) of a literary project not yet completed (max. 10 MB, PDF file, max. 20 DIN A4 pages) • Note: The attachment "Leseprobe" with a length of more than 20 DIN A4 pages (including cover sheets, bibliographies, illustrations, other writings) will not be accepted. The corresponding application will be formally excluded, in the interest of equal treatment of all applicants. • Proof of Berlin address and of the residence permit • For citizens with German citizenship: copy of the valid Personalausweis (identity card) (front and back). • For citizens from EU countries: copy of the valid identity card or passport and copy of the registration confirmation (Meldebestätigung) from the Einwohnermeldeamt (residents' registration office). • For citizens from non-EU countries with an Aufenthaltstitelkarte (residence permit card): The Aufenthaltstitelkarte counts as both an identity document and a registration confirmation. Please upload the relevant page showing the Berlin address. • For citizens from non-EU countries without an Aufenthaltstitelkarte: copy of the valid identity card or passport and copy of the registration confirmation (Meldebestätigung) from the Einwohnermeldeamt and copy of the valid Aufenthaltstitel (residence permit) or the certificate of right of residence (front and back). Note: If a valid residence permit is not in place during the period of the application and the scholarship, no scholarship will be granted.

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• Landeshaushaltsordnung Berlin (LHO) [Berlin State Budget Code], § 3 Abs. 1 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-HOBE2009pP3 • Landeshaushaltsordnung Berlin (LHO) [Berlin State Budget Code], § 34 Abs. 2 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-HOBE2009pP34

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• Information sheet on the working grant for German-language literature (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur, Senate Department for Culture) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/literat • FAQ: Application requirements (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/literat • FAQ: Application formalities (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/literat • FAQ: After submitting the application (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/literat • Apply for a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120702/