The de Groot Foundation

Investing in Writers & the Literary Arts

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    • COURAGE to WRITE Grantees & Finalists
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      • 2024 Grantees, Writers of Note, & Finalists
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  • Fellowships
    • Visiting Fellowship at The American Library in Paris
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    • Pen Parentis Fellowship
  • Competitions
    • Desperate Literature
    • First Pages Prize
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  • Celebrating Authors
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    • Global Investigative Journalism – The Dial
    • Writing Forward – IWWG
    • Possible Futures – Angers Literary Festival
    • Pen Parentis Literary Salons
  • Other Projects
    • FAWCO Target Projects
    • Bioethics & Humanities in Health Care
    • 99 Media
    • Geneva Writers Group
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Competitions

The International Fine Art Photography Award

January 21, 2020

International Fine Art Photography Award Ceremony

Part of moving forward as a photographic artist is exhibiting your work, seeing your images presented in quality publications, and having your work seen by curators, gallery owners, and collectors. ... [Read More]

2019 Miami Book Fair de Groot Prize Winners

October 21, 2019

Ellen Michaelson

Ellen Michaelson is a physician in Portland, Oregon, and holds an MFA from Pacific University. Her work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Portland Monthly, Women in Solitude, and Literature in ... [Read More]

2019 First Pages Prize Winners

September 27, 2019

First Pages 2019 Winners

Sara Johnson Allen won the First Pages Prize 2019 with We Make Them Pay - Literary Fiction Sandra Jensen  placed 2nd with Seagull Pie - Creative Non Fiction (Memoir) and has also won the Bridport ... [Read More]

2019 Desperate Literature Short Story Prize Winners

May 20, 2019

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2019 Winners First Place: Francesca Reece – So Long Sarajevo / They Miss You So Badly We are very excited to announce that after winning the Desperate Literature Prize, ... [Read More]

2018 First Page Price Winners

November 19, 2018

David Mccullough

2018 marked the inaugural First Pages Prize, created by The de Groot Foundation to highlight emerging authors. Emerging authors are encouraged to submit the first 5 pages of a fiction or creative ... [Read More]

2018 Miami Book Fair de Groot Prize Winners

October 21, 2018

2018/2019 Miami Book Fair winners

2018 Winner Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize - Marci Vogel Website: marcivogel.com Death and Other Holidays is published by Melville House. "The prose is stunning: never overwrought for so ... [Read More]

A few of our sponsored authors from past Miami Book Fairs:

October 1, 2018

James Baldwin Panel - from the first Miami Book Fair James Baldwin attended the very first Miami Book Fair. To honor the 90th anniversary of his birth, acclaimed poets Elizabeth Alexander and Claudia ... [Read More]

2018 Winners of the Desperate Literature Short Story Prize

May 9, 2018

Congratulations to the 2018 Winners! First Place: Ed Cottrell –Frailings  Runners Up: Gordon Collins – Notes on Beynon’s Veil Caitlin Ingham – Blanch   ... [Read More]

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Investing in Writers & the Literary Arts

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The de Groot Foundation is a private 501(C)(3) grant making foundation located in the United States that supports writers and the literary arts.

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