Grants for Writers

For the past two and a half years, COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Anna Louie Sussman has been working on a three-part series for The New York Times about human embryos. The first story, "What Do ... [Read More]

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Sophia Huneycutt, whose novel The House Built on Alligator Bones is now forthcoming from Dutton Books / Penguin Random House! In The House Built on ... [Read More]

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Melissa Chan for the publication of her graphic novel, You Must Take Part in Revolution, co-authored with Badiucao. A powerful and important book ... [Read More]

Congratulations to Writer of Note Shelley Stoehr, whose creative nonfiction Girls, Girls, Girls is now forthcoming from Legacy Book Press! In Girls, Girls, Girls, a recent college graduate ... [Read More]

Congratulations to LANDO grantee Vanessa Hua, whose novel El Nido is forthcoming from Flatiron Books! "Vanessa Hua's El Nido is an examination of race, class, and community following a Chinese ... [Read More]

Congratulations to  COURAGE to WRITE grantee Max Watman, whose novel Tomorrow, the War is now forthcoming from Heresy Press! "Tomorrow, the War is an epic, multi-plot historical novel set in ... [Read More]

Writer of Note Morris McLennan's play will be at The Tank in NYC at the end of January. Congratulations Morris! "In the Valley by Morris McLennan, directed by Quinn Riggs, is a tender yet toothy ... [Read More]

Congratulations to 2024 LANDO grantee Elena Dudum, whose memoir They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful is now forthcoming from One Signal Publishers! "What does reclaiming identity mean? How ... [Read More]

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Abdelrahman ElGendy, whose memoir Huna is now forthcoming from Hogarth Books, a Penguin Random House imprint! "Huna recounts Abdelrahman’s six years as a ... [Read More]

Meet Lisa DeAngelis, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE grantee working on her historical fiction novel, Granny Panties. Three 70-year-old women save a drowning man and live to regret it. “I hope this ... [Read More]

Meet Lorraine Avila, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on her fiction novel, Dieasperra. Dieasperra follows Solgone and Estela to the Dominican Republic to honor the memory of their ... [Read More]

Meet Kim Watson, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his creative nonfiction project, Searching for Zora (Neale Hurston) - The State of Poverty in America Today. A cross-country ... [Read More]

Meet Patrick Strickland, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his short story collection, A History of Heartache: Stories. This interlinked short story collection is populated by ... [Read More]

2023 LANDO Grantee Benjamin Mauk and journalist and researcher Nyrola Elimä's major investigation was published by The New York Times. Mauk and Elimä investigated China's transnational repression of ... [Read More]

Congratulations to 2023 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Emily Hockaday for the upcoming publication of her poetry book, Blood Music. Through pregnancy and birth, a father’s illness and death, and a ... [Read More]

Meet David Philip Mullins, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his novel, The Houndsman. The Houndsman follows big-game hunter Jesse Tindol on her quest to locate a missing child in ... [Read More]

Meet Alex Cain, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on her historical fiction novel, The Body in the Greenhouse. The Body in the Greenhouse, a mystery set at Harvard in 1948, explores ... [Read More]

Congratulations to Winshen for winning the Driftwood Press Adrift Chapbook Contest! A number of the poems from this chapbook were a part of Winshen's COURAGE to WRITE application. Congratulations on a ... [Read More]

Meet Nishant Batsha, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his novel, A Superfluous Man. A Superfluous Man explores what it means to care for children at this fraught moment, all while ... [Read More]

Meet Conor Bracken, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on his poetry collection, Our Children and the War Grow Big Enough to Learn Each Other's Names. Our Children and the War Grow Big ... [Read More]

Meet Liz Breen, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Grantee working on her memoir, Ungroomed. Ungroomed explores the erotic charge often present in pedagogy and how, for many young women, this charge can lead ... [Read More]

Meet Azra Liaqat Khan, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Grantee working on her memoir, Mona: The Memoir of a Muslim Stripper. Mona: The Memoir of a Muslim Stripper recounts a professor’s years working in ... [Read More]

Meet Leo Ríos, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Grantee working on his short story collection, Carta Blanca. A Mexican-American teenager journeys from California’s Central Valley to Los Angeles and must ... [Read More]

Meet Karolina Letunova, a 2024 COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note working on her novel, Siberian Summer. Spanning a century in Western Siberia and two weeks in WA state, Siberian Summer is about ... [Read More]