The DIANA L. Bennett Fellows PROGRAM at BMI offers nine-month fellowships to published writers and public intellectuals. Fellowships are awarded to candidates whose work ranges away from the American experience and into international terrain, and who have an ongoing project that would benefit from a period of sustained immersion. The program accepts applications from novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, historians, political scientists, and independent scholars.

Criteria
BMI awards from three to five fellowships each year to outstanding writers who have published at least one critically acclaimed book before the time of application. Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply. There are no degree requirements.

Terms ad conditions
Fellows receive a $50,000 stipend, a computer-equipped office, and access to UNLV's Lied Library. They remain in residence at BMI for the duration of the fellowship term (approximately August 23, 2010 to May 13, 2011) and work daily at the BMI offices. Fellows are required to give a talk on their work-in-progress at a public forum, and to take part in BMI programs. Additionally, fellows must make themselves available, on occasion, as visitors to UNLV graduate classes in fields related to their own work.

BMI-Kluge Fellowship in partnership with the Library of Congress
For the 2008-09 through 2010-11 residency cycles, BMI is pleased to offer one fellowship in conjunction with the Library of Congress. The successful candidate will spend a portion of his or her time in Las Vegas and a portion at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., making use of the nation's largest and most prestigious research library. Applicants may make their preference for this particular fellowship known on the general application form. More information about the John W. Kluge Center is available from the Library of Congress.