The Bob Dylan Center (BDC), in conjunction with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), announced the inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship. Eligible candidates can apply now through October 18.
Opened in 2022, The Bob Dylan Center is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The city was chosen because it is also home to a similar public archive of Bob Dylan’s idol Woody Guthrie. Both the Bob Dylan Center and the adjacent Woody Guthrie Center are operated by the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship will be given annually to two recipients. Fellowship recipients will be chosen by Bob Dylan Center and UMPG executives, as well as a panel made up of John Mellencamp, Patty Griffin, Nas, Juliette Armanet and Carla Morrison.
“The Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship is core to our mission of educating, motivating and inspiring visitors to engage their own capacity as creators, and we cannot wait to hear the entries from undiscovered talent around the world,” said BDC director Steven Jenkins. “We are grateful to continue our partnership with UMPG — the world’s leading music publisher is already such a great supporter of the BDC — and we know that this panel of extraordinary songwriters will select deserving Fellows for our inaugural year.”
The Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship recipients will be given:
“[A] $40,000 project stipend, public engagement and presentation opportunities, dedicated time in BDC’s Bob Dylan Archive to study Dylan’s creative process, roundtrip airfare to Tulsa and accommodations in the city, mentorship from UMPG songwriters and executives, and recording time in Tulsa’s historic The Church Studio, the famous studio of Leon Russell.”
Eligible songwriters must be at least 18 years old. Additionally, eligibility requires entrants not to be signed to any publishing agreement at the time of the start of the Fellowship (May 1, 2024). The inaugural Fellowship will span May 2024 through April 2025. Find further details and resources to apply by visiting the Bob Dylan Center website.
“This is an unprecedented opportunity to connect developing talent with the works of one of the greatest songwriters of all time,” said UMPG COO Marc Cimino. “Beyond access to meaningful mentorship and special resources, the archives at the Bob Dylan Center are indescribable and I can only imagine how much creative inspiration they will draw. With the support of the fantastic BDC team and panel of world-class artists, we look forward to developing a new group of songwriters in this unique environment.”
Bob Dylan will tour North America for the first time since early-summer 2022 this fall. Dylan’s Rough And Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour 2021-2024 hits the Midwest, Northeast, Toronto and Montreal throughout October with more shows expected to be announced.
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