2023 LANDO Awardee Feature of the Week: Vanessa Hua, El Nido (Novel), San Francisco Bay Area, CA In El Nido, the fates of four families collide, illuminating the nature of territory, predators and ... [Read More]
2023 LANDO Writer of Note Awardee Seth Berkman’s work “prioritizes that immigrants, the future of this country, receive a quality and fair education.”
2023 LANDO Awardee Feature of the Week: Seth Berkman, Piners and Prophets: One American Town’s Radical Transformation (Nonfiction), New York, NY Piners and Prophets: One American Town's Radical ... [Read More]
2023 LANDO Writer of Note Awardee Lauren Markham’s work “grapples with the violence of borders”
2023 LANDO Awardee Feature of the Week: Lauren Markham, A Map of Future Ruins (Nonfiction), Berkeley, CA A Map of Future Ruins explores the myths of global migration past and present. “I hope ... [Read More]
2023 LANDO Awardee Ben Mauk’s work “sparks a discussion about what is owed to communities living outside the state”
2023 LANDO Awardee Feature of the Week: Benjamin Mauk, The Fugitive World (Nonfiction), Berlin, GERMANY The Fugitive World is a work of reportage profiling communities in margins and shatter zones ... [Read More]
2023 LANDO Awardee Summer Awad’s work “re-envisions our broken refugee resettlement system”
2023 LANDO Awardee Feature of the Week: Summer Awad, No English, Swahili (Creative Nonfiction), Ames, IA The collected essays of No English, Swahili honor the refugees Awad worked with in ... [Read More]
2023 LANDO Awardee Molly O’Toole’s work “forces readers to see migrants as human”
2023 LANDO Awardee Feature of the Week: Molly O'Toole, THE ROUTE: The untold story of the new migrant underground (Nonfiction), Washington DC The Route: The untold story of the new migrant ... [Read More]
Congratulations LANDO Grant Awardees & Writers of Note!
Congratulations Molly O'Toole, Ben Mauk, Summer Awad, Lauren Markham, Seth Burkman, and Vanessa Hua! We're delighted that you are the 2023 LANDO Grant Awardees and Writers of Note. Thank you for ... [Read More]
Benjamin Mauk
The Fugitive World (Nonfiction), Berlin, GERMANY The Fugitive World is a work of reportage profiling communities in margins and shatter zones beyond the state. “I hope my book sparks a ... [Read More]
Francisco González
Last Time I Checked, This Was Still America (Linked Story Collection), Palo Alto, CA ... [Read More]
Jason Prokowiew
War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir (Memoir), Wales, MA “If War Boys meets its potential it will be an anti-war- anti-displacement rallying call.” I’m the author of War Boys: a Father and Son ... [Read More]
Jennifer De Leon
False Light (YA Historical Novel), Southborough, MA “My hope is that readers can make connections between the current wave of Central American immigration and its many root causes, all through the ... [Read More]
Jessica Mollo
Suture (Stage Play), Brooklyn, NY “I hope to bring awareness to human trafficking and its intersection with vulnerable groups such as refugees to ultimately catalyze social and political ... [Read More]
Joanna Hong
Mother Tongue (Novel), Santa Monica, CA “I hope that my work can ask difficult questions and plant seeds of genuine empathy for the forgotten or marginalized.” Joanna Hong was born in Los Angeles ... [Read More]
Ledia Xhoga
Misinterpretation (Literary Novel), Brooklyn, NY “To humanize “the other”. To build a bridge instead of a wall. To offer a glimpse into Albanian culture and history.” I am a fiction writer and ... [Read More]
Meghana Mysore
A Canopy of Branches (Fiction), Lake Oswego, OR “I aim to inspire connection and recognition in the reader through complicating the portraits of Indian Americans in literature and portraying ... [Read More]
Molly O’Toole
THE ROUTE: The Untold Story of the New Migrant Underground (Nonfiction), Washington, D.C. The Route: The Untold Story of the New Migrant Underground explores how indomitable resilience and a ... [Read More]
Nastaran Ahmadi
Can't Stay. Can't Stay. Won't Go. (Screenplay), Brooklyn, NY “To explore the complexities of familial dynamics in a dangerous, complicated world, blending fact and fiction to deliver an honest truth ... [Read More]
Patrick Strickland
When the Knives Came Out: Greece's Far Right, Migration, and Resilience (Nonfiction), Forney, TX "Raise awareness about the risks refugees and migrants reaching Europe routinely endure, from what ... [Read More]
Sofi Stambo
All In (Novel), Brooklyn, NY “I hope to give voice to so many who are afraid to share their stories or prefer to continue to be invisible, because that's all you get with no language, papers and ... [Read More]
Summer Awad
No English, Swahili: Case Notes from Refugee Resettlement (Creative Nonfiction), Ames, IA The collected essays of No English, Swahili: Case Notes from Refugee Resettlement honor the refugees Awad ... [Read More]
Alessandro Romero
Our Little Manila (Story Collection), New York, NY “I hope to do my part in ensuring that queer immigrant stories go out into the world––to help pave reparative paths and new possibilities for my ... [Read More]
Yilin Wang
A Sichuan Diaspora Daughter's Kitchen (Poetry), Vancouver, BC “I hope that my project will spark more inter-community conversations about Sino diaspora immigration experiences and encourage more ... [Read More]