NYPL and Random House Introduce Fellowship to Support Nonfiction Writers
The New York Public Library (NYPL) and the Random House Publishing Group have launched the Kate Medina Fellowship for Literary Narrative Nonfiction. This initiative aims to support writers working on projects that utilize the extensive collections of NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The fellowship is named after Kate Medina, a former executive at Random House, who retired last year. It offers fellows access to NYPL’s collections, a workspace at the Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities, and opportunities to present their work. The fellowship is designed to foster a deeper understanding of the world through creative literary narrative nonfiction. Applications are open until June 15, with a $30,000 stipend provided for four months of research from September 2026 to March 2027. 
