2023 LANDO & COURAGE to WRITE Finalists

Congratulations to the 2023 LANDO finalists.

Grant awardees will be announced on April 10, 2023.

Finalists:

Alessandro Romero Our Little Manila (Story Collection), New York, NY More

Francisco González Last Time I Checked, This Was Still America (Linked Story Collection), Palo Alto, CA More

Jason Prokowiew War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir (Memoir), Wales, MA More

Jennifer De Leon False Light (YA Historical Novel), Southborough, MA More

Jessica Mollo Suture (Stage Play), Brooklyn, NY More

Joanna Hong Mother Tongue (Novel), Santa Monica, CA More

Ledia Xhoga Misinterpretation (Literary Novel), Brooklyn, NY More

Meghana Mysore A Canopy of Branches (Fiction), Lake Oswego, OR More

Nastaran Ahmadi Can't Stay. Can't Stay. Won't Go. (Screenplay), Brooklyn, NY More

Patrick Strickland When the Knives Came Out: Greece's Far Right, Migration, and Resilience (Nonfiction), Forney, TX More

Sofi Stambo All In (Novel), Brooklyn, NY More

Yilin Wang A Sichuan Diaspora Daughter's Kitchen (Poetry), Vancouver, BC More

Thank you for your outstanding COURAGE to WRITE applications. Congratulations to the 2023 finalists. Grant awardees will be announced mid-to-late April.

Finalists:

Akilah Wise
Atlanta, GA, YA Novel

Alona Kharina
Sumy, UKRAINE, Essays

Amanda Mei Kim
San Mateo, CA, Memoir

Anndee Hochman
Philadelphia, PA, YA Novel

Annie Tan
Astoria, NY, Memoir

B.L. Logan
Boston, MA, Children’s Fiction

Bettina Hindes
Kimberton, PA, Memoir

Brad Schreiber
Studio City, CA, Memoir

Brian Malloy
Minneapolis, MN, Novel

Brynne Jones
Austin, TX, Novel

Camille Wanliss
New York, NY, Historical Novel

Caren Lissner
Hoboken, NJ, Memoir

Caroline Schmidt
Phoenix, AZ, Fiction

Catalina Ocampo Londoño
Tacoma, WA, Poetry

Christina Wood Martinez
Athens, GA, Novel

Christina Chiu
New York, NY, Memoir

Christine Koubek
Gaithersburg, MD, Novel

Cocoa Williams
Marietta, GA, Poetry

Colleen O’Brien
Kutztown, PA, Novel

Darryl Oliver
Los Angeles, CA, Novel

Elyse Buffenbarger
Kalamazoo, MI, Novel

Emily Hockaday
Glendale, NY, Poetry

Emily Lupit
Plum Guclu, Lovilia, IA, Memoir

Eric Olsen
Shelburne, VT, Fragmented Memoir

Eva Freeman
Brooklyn, NY, Historical Fiction

Gary Powell
Cornelius, NC, Short Stories

Glenda Galvan-Garcia
Garden Grove, CA, Children’s

Ibtisam Barakat
Columbia, MO, Novel

Ja’net Danielo
Long Beach, CA, Poetry

Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham
København V, DENMARK, Novel

Joshua Aiken
New Haven, CT, Poetry

Julie Cantrell
Houston, TX, Novel

Kate Christensen
Lafayette, CO, Essays

Kayla Schmidt
Bismarck, ND, Mini Biographies

Leila Christine Nadir
Farmington, ME, Memoir

Lydia Kim
Alameda, CA, Novel

Mal King
Santa Paula, CA, Memoir

Matthew Modica
Brookline, MA, Novel

Max Watman
Powhatan, VA, Novel

Melissa Chan
Berlin, GERMANY, Graphic Novel

Morris McLennan
Chicago, IL, Novel

Nikesha Williams
Jacksonville, FL, Novel

Paul Linczak
Brooklyn, NY, Novel

Preeti Kaur Rajpal
Minneapolis, MN, Poetry

Rita Pyrillis
Evanston, IL, Memoir

Ryan Matthews
Brooklyn, NY, Novel

Sahar Delijani
New York, NY, Novel

Sakinah Hofler
Newark, NJ, Novel

Shelley Stoehr
West Haven, CT, Memoir

Stephanie Cuepo Wobby
Milton, VT, Memoir

Tammy Cloutier
Kennebunk, ME, Children’s

2023 LANDO & COURAGE to WRITE Finalists

Congratulations to the 2023 LANDO finalists.

Grant awardees will be announced on April 10, 2023.

Finalists:

Thank you for your outstanding COURAGE to WRITE applications. Congratulations to the 2023 finalists. Grant awardees will be announced mid-to-late April.

Finalists:

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