Congratulations to the 2023 LANDO finalists.
Grant awardees will be announced on April 10, 2023.
Finalists:
Patrick Strickland When the Knives Came Out: Greece's Far Right, Migration, and Resilience (Nonfiction), Forney, TX 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