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A YEYA resource
Your story is worth funding. We're here to help you claim it.
We gather grants, fellowships, residencies, and funding opportunities curated for writers, filmmakers, photographers, and creative entrepreneurs who are too busy making work to hunt for money.
No more scrolling feeds or missing deadlines. We do the research so you can spend your limited time applying, not searching.
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We search every Wednesday
Every week we comb through hundreds of foundation sites, arts councils, and fellowship programs so the database is always current.
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You narrow it down
Filter by discipline, award size, deadline window, and identity. We surface only what is relevant to where you are and who you are.
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We send Thursday's digest
Every Thursday evening we send a curated list of what is worth applying to that weekend, with deadlines, amounts, and time estimates.
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You block the time
One click adds the deadline and estimated application time to your calendar. Block your Saturday before it disappears.
Opportunity Database
Find your funding.
Filtered by discipline, identity, award size, and deadline. We refresh every Wednesday. Free members see 5 opportunities to start.
A strong week for filmmakers. Five opportunities this week, from mentorship fellowships to finance markets to Indigenous storytelling grants. One closes June 8 so read that one first.
A strong week for filmmakers. Five opportunities this week, from mentorship fellowships to finance markets to Indigenous storytelling grants. One closes June 8 so read that one first.
Funding made visible for the communities often not.
We maintain dedicated sections for underrepresented creatives because your story deserves to be funded as loudly as anyone else's.
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Active opportunities
Women & Lesbians
Grants, fellowships, and residencies open to women writers, filmmakers, photographers, and creative entrepreneurs, including opportunities that specifically center lesbian voices.
We curate funding for BIPOC creatives across every discipline, from emerging artist grants to major fellowships and incubator programs built with you in mind.
A section we tend with care, with grants, fellowships, and funds built specifically for Black writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians, and entrepreneurs.
Fellowships, residencies, and grants for LGBTQIA+ storytellers and entrepreneurs, including organizations that specifically serve the lesbian community.
One click and we add the deadline, plus your estimated application block, straight to Google, Apple, or Outlook. Block your weekend before it disappears.
Syncs with Google, Apple, and Outlook
We add the deadline and a prep day as separate events
Time block sized to application complexity
Reminders 1 week and 48 hours before deadline
Shareable link for accountability partners
Thursday evening digest
Every Thursday we send a clean, scannable email with this weekend's best opportunities, sorted by how long they will take so you can plan your hours realistically.
Personalized to your discipline and identity filters
Sorted by deadline urgency and application time
"Apply this weekend" vs "start planning" sections
Direct application links, we do not make you hunt
We ask for your feedback at the end of every digest
Membership
Invest in your story.
We keep StoryStake affordable because we know what it means to be a creative doing the work before the world catches on.
Whether you direct, write, shoot, compose, style, or build, if you are creating on the side while the world waits for you to go full-time, we made this for you.
Filmmakers
Narrative, documentary, short
Grants, finishing funds, lab fellowships, and festival development support.
Writers
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplay
Fellowships, residencies, book grants, and emerging writer awards.
Photographers
Documentary, editorial, fine art
Project grants, artist residencies, and publication support.
Fashion Creatives
Designers, stylists, wardrobe artists
Designer grants, stylist fellowships, incubator programs, and fashion industry development funding.
Musicians
Composers, producers, recording artists
Recording grants, touring support, and commissions.
Creative Entrepreneurs
Builders, founders, curators
Small business grants, incubator programs, and startup funding rooted in storytelling.
Join us
Get the Thursday digest. Apply this weekend.
Every Thursday evening we send the best opportunities for your weekend application session, organized, time-estimated, and ready to drop into your calendar. Your first month is $1.
A YEYA resource. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. $12/month after your first month.
Feedback
How are we doing?
We ask for your feedback because StoryStake exists to serve you, and we can only get better if you tell us what is working and what is not. This goes directly to the team.
🌍A portion of every StoryStake membership goes toward climate justice.