2023 LANDO Grantees, Writers of Note, & Finalists

Grant Awardees:

Benjamin Mauk The Fugitive World (Nonfiction), Berlin, GERMANY More

Molly O’Toole THE ROUTE: The untold story of the new migrant underground (Nonfiction), Washington DC More

Summer Awad No English, Swahili (Creative Nonfiction), Ames, IA More

Lauren Markham A Map of Future Ruins (Nonfiction), Berkeley, CA More

Seth Berkman Piners and Prophets: One American Town’s Radical Transformation (Nonfiction), New York, NY More

Vanessa Hua El Nido (Novel), San Francisco Bay Area, CA More

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