Daughters of Dahomey (Young Adult Fiction), Atlanta, GA Daughters of Dahomey is about a teenager who realizes her full power as a fighter for justice in this coming-of-age story about magic, ... [Read More]
Stephanie Cuepo Wobby
To the Other Side of the Sea (Nonfiction Memoir), Milton, VT To the Other Side of the Sea is a memoir about silence, inheritance, and belonging against the backdrop of the Philippines and the ... [Read More]
Sahar Delijani
The Luminous Blue (Literary Fiction), New York, NY The Luminous Blue explores life in a dictatorship, the inheritance of loss and trauma and the way we survive by the stories we tell. “I hope ... [Read More]
Ryan D. Matthews
Country Music (Fiction), Brooklyn, NY In Country Music, three students struggle within their impoverished rural community when a school shooting—perpetrated by one of the boys—leaves survivors ... [Read More]
Max Watman
Tomorrow, the War (Historical Fiction/Literary Fiction), Powhatan, VA Tomorrow, the War is about the adventures of the outlaw Jed Stokes, and his relationship with the formerly enslaved Bodkin ... [Read More]
Lydia Kim
The Divers (Novel), San Francisco Bay Area, CA The Divers explores the struggle of breaking painful cycles when misogyny, self-exile, and unacknowledged trauma create gulfs between generations, ... [Read More]
Leila Christine Nadir
Afghan Americana: An Intimate Geopolitical Memoir (Literary Memoir), Farmington, ME Afghan Americana is a lyrical geopolitical investigation and a coming-of-age story of the wars that rage within ... [Read More]
Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham
What Time Is It Mr. Wolf? (Literary Fiction/Horror), Copenhagen, DENMARK What Time Is It Mr. Wolf? is a mythologized account of Craigwell-Graham's uncle's struggle with mental illness as a young ... [Read More]
Ja’net Danielo
Migration (Poetry), Long Beach, CA Migration grapples with what it means not just to survive cancer but to be truly alive. "I hope these poems help others find solace in the interconnectedness ... [Read More]
Camille Wanliss
An Ornament and a Disgrace (Historical Novel), New York, NY An Ornament and a Disgrace is a novel about land and legacy set in 1960s Jamaica. "My aim is to create complex yet accurate portrayals ... [Read More]
Caroline Schmidt
The Understudy (Novel), Phoenix, AZ The Understudy, a bildungsroman, follows Norwegian teen Matty Johansen as he moves between cities and countries in an attempt to make sense of the suicide of his ... [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]
2023 LANDO & COURAGE to WRITE Finalists Announced!
Congratulations to the LANDO and COURAGE to WRITE finalists! Meet the LANDO finalists & COURAGE to WRITE finalists. We'll announce the LANDO grant awardees and the LANDO Writers of Note ... [Read More]
2023 COURAGE to WRITE Finalists Announced!
Congratulations to the COURAGE to WRITE finalists! The COURAGE to WRITE grant awardees and Writers of Note will be announced the last week of April 2023. THANK YOU to all who applied. Reviewers ... [Read More]
Thanks to all who applied for the 2023 LANDO & COURAGE to WRITE grants.
Finalists in both categories will be posted on Monday March 27, 2023. The Selection Committee is making final decisions. The LANDO grant awardees and Writers of Note will be posted on April 10, ... [Read More]
Congratulations to the 2022 COURAGE to WRITE Recipients!
Congratulations to the 2022 COURAGE to WRITE Recipients! We're thrilled with this year's awardees for the inaugural COURAGE to WRITE program. Learn more about this year's Grant Awardees, Writer's of ... [Read More]
FINALISTS chosen for the COURAGE to WRITE Grants!
The 2022 COURAGE to WRITE selection committee loved reading your applications! So many exciting and important projects. Inspring! Thirty-three finalists have been chosen. In honor of our inaugural ... [Read More]
Megan Mayhew Bergman speaks about her new book, How Strange a Season
Megan Mayhew Bergman, former Visiting Fellow, speaks about her new book, How Strange a Season, hosted online by the American Library in Paris. Listen to the conversation. Megan Mayhew Bergman is a ... [Read More]
Code of Silence
SCILLIA ALECCI and GEORGE STEPTOE’s film, CODE OF SILENCE, featured in investigative story on the front page of NY Times online: A Peril of Female Prison Officers: Other Officers Scilla Alecci is an ... [Read More]