The de Groot Foundation periodically awards Director’s Grants to writers and artists who have contracts or projects well underway.
2026 Director’s Grant Recipients:
Abdelrahman ElGendy Huna: A Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming (Memoir) Hogarth, September 1, 2026 More
Azra Liaqat Khan Mona: An Immodest Memoir of Race and Rebellion (Memoir) Tiny Reparations, November 17, 2026 More
Zahir Janmohamed The Permitted Hours: Muslim Life in India’s Hindu Nationalist Laboratory (Memoir) Haymarket Books 2028 More
Anndee Hochman Our Plural is People (Young Adult Novel) represented by East West Literary Agency More
Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf? (Literary Fiction) represented by Kent Wolf, Neon Literary More
Julia Zarankin Bird of the Month: Common North American Songbirds (Essays) Greystone Books, 2027 More
Leila C. Nadir Afghan Americana: An Intimate Geopolitical Memoir (Literary Memoir) represented by Ayesha Pande Literary More
Past Director’s Grant Recipients:
Hank Silver A memoir and a meditation on craftsmanship, Silver recounts the remarkable story of the historic restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris as he lived it. More
Anna Louie Sussman Inconceivable: Reproduction in an Age of Uncertainty (Nonfiction) Dey Street Books, September 8, 2026 More
Anthony Aycock Just Plain Filthy: The Story Behind Book Banning's Trial of the Century (Nonfiction) Bloomsbury, June 11, 2026 More
Kim Watson Searching for Zora: The Face of America Today (Creative Nonfiction) represented by Great Dog Literary More
Nikesha Elise Williams The Seven Daughters of Dupree (Historical Fiction) Scout Press, January 27, 2026 More
Patrick Strickland A History of Heartache: Stories (Short Story Collection) Melville House, April 21, 2026 More
Shelley Stoehr Girls! Girls! Girls! (Creative Nonfiction) Legacy Books Press, September 22, 2026 More