HARRISBURG — Applications are being accepted online for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts' 2009 Individual Artists Fellowship program.

The program offers $5,000 or $10,000 fellowships to eligible artists to support their creative work.

Discipline categories are: arts commentary; crafts; folk and traditional crafts, craft traditions and apprenticeships; literature, fiction or creative non-fiction; media arts, experimental and animation; music, jazz/blues/world or non-classical; theatre, new performance forms; and visual arts, photography or sculpture/installation.

To access the online application and review fellowship guidelines, visit the Web site, http://maaf.egrant.org.

The eSubmission and postmark deadline is 4:30 p.m. Aug. 4.

For more information, call 717-787-6883 or visit the Web site, http://pacouncilonthe arts.org.