Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Sahar Delijani, whose novel For Every Person You Kill is forthcoming from Melville House! This is especially exciting, as this is the project for which ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis December Salon: A Whole New World
Join Pen Parentis on December 9th at 7pm EDT for A Whole New World - A Career Salon for Literary Parents, in conversation with MAX STEPHAN SHERI T JOSEPH, DOMENICA RUTA, AND RENEE SIMMS! Learn more ... [Read More]
Tomorrow, the War
COURAGE to WRITE grantee Max Watman's novel, Tomorrow, the War, will be published by Heresy Press on January 6, 2026. This is especially exciting, as it is the project for which Max was awarded a ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis November Salon: Artificial Intelligence
Join Pen Parentis on November 11th at 7pm EDT for Artificial Intelligence - A Career Salon for Literary Parents, in conversation with DAVID EBENBACH, SCOTT ELLIOTT, and ANCA L SZILÁGYI! With the ... [Read More]
Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
Past American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Rhae Lynn Barnes' novel, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, will be published by W.W. Norton/Liveright in March 2026 Never ... [Read More]
Coyoteland
LANDO grantee Vanessa Hua's novel, Coyoteland, will be published by Flatiron Books in May 2026. Living in El Nido, a privileged community in the hills east of Berkeley, is supposed to mean you’ve ... [Read More]
Just Plain Filthy: The Story Behind Book Banning’s Trial of the Century
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Anthony Aycock's nonfiction book, Just Plain Filthy: The Story Behind Book Banning's Trial of the Century, will be published by Bloomsbury on June 11, 2026. In 1975, ... [Read More]
Literacy is our Legacy Award
The de Groot Foundation Literacy is Our Legacy Aspiring Writers Award with the FAWCO Foundation is now open! The Deadline to Apply is January 27, 2026. This award is open to writers who are members ... [Read More]
Ellen Stearns
We are thrilled to announce that the 2026 Pen Parentis Writing Fellow will be Ellen Stearns of Larchmont, NY! She is the mother of a 5yr old child. Her winning story, “Cold Comfort” will be published ... [Read More]
Melissa Chan and Badiucao at the Miami Book Fair
COURAGE to WRITE grantee Melissa Chan and co-author Badiucao will be in conversation with Charles Kochman at the Miami Book Fair on Sunday, November 23rd, at 12:00pm ET! BADIUCAO & MELISSA CHAN ... [Read More]
Sukie Wilson’s Time at Civitella
Sukie Wilson, winner of the 2024 Desperate Literature Prize for their short story, Leaving Night Country, reflects on their week-long residency at Civitella Ranieri. What was it like to write in a ... [Read More]
Men in Love
COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Gary V. Powells's collection of stories, Men in Love, will be published by Main Street Rag in March/April 2026. Men in Love: Stories is linked by the theme of “men ... [Read More]
R. O. Kwon at the American Library in Paris
Thank you, R. O. Kwon and Chloé Quenum for an incredible event! Join Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon on October 28th for Art Without Borders with novelist R. O. Kwon and artist Chloé ... [Read More]
Vanishing Points: Words for Disappearing
COURAGE to WRITE grantee Amy Kennedy's collection of micro-essays, Vanishing Points: Words for Disappearing, was published by Antenna Press on September 14th, 2025. Vanishing Points: Words for ... [Read More]
Geneva Writers Conference November 14th
The 14th Geneva Writers Conference will take place November 14-16, 2025, at the Library in English and the Maison Internationale des Associations, Geneva. Join award-winning authors, agents, ... [Read More]
Meet Hank Silver!
Hank Silver is a Director's Grant Recipient as well as a year long American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow. At once a memoir and a meditation on craftsmanship, Silver recounts the remarkable ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis October Literary Salon: Beauty and Violence Within Language
Join Pen Parentis on October 14th at 7pm EDT for Beauty and Violence Within Language, in conversation with Ash Bainbridge, Thaddeus Rutkowski, and Marcela Sulak! Learn more and register HERE. On ... [Read More]
Swithun Cooper
Congratulations to Swithun Cooper, a runner-up of the 2025 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, for “Expansion Street.” Between the terraced streets of a small English city, a new road has ... [Read More]
Alisha Dietzman
Congratulations to Alisha Dietzman, a runner-up of the 2025 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, for “California.” After struggling to make ends meet in South Carolina, a group of friends ... [Read More]
Shastri Akella
Congratulations to Shastri Akella, winner of the 2025 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, for “The Border Ghosts”, a "tender and haunting" story of queer love on the Kashmir border that explores ... [Read More]
Sukie WIilson
Congratulations to Sukie Wilson, winner of the 2024 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, for “Leaving Night Country”. ‘From the first paragraph, “Leaving Night Country” catches us with its ... [Read More]
Pen Parentis September Literary Salon: Capturing the Story Before it is Lost
Join Pen Parentis on Tuesday, September 9th at 7pm EDT for the Fall season opener: Capturing the Story Before it is Lost, in conversation with Catherine Texier, Jessica Manack, and Nicole Cooley! ... [Read More]
You’ve Changed
Past American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Ian Williams' novel, You've Changed, was published by Penguin Random House Canada on August 26th, 2025. Middle-aged and about to be dumped from his ... [Read More]
Hank Silver
At once 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, while investigating what it means to be a ... [Read More]
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