The de Groot Foundation

Investing in Writers & the Literary Arts

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    • Desperate Literature
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    • Bioethics & Humanities in Health Care
    • 99 Media
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What We Want You To Know...

R. O. Kwon at the American Library in Paris

September 28, 2025

Black and white headshot of Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon. She is looking at the camera in front of a black background. Her long black hair is down and she is wearing a black top with a white collared coat.

Join Visiting Fellow R. O. Kwon on October 28th for Art Without Borders with novelist R. O. Kwon and artist Chloé Quenum. Tuesday October 28 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30 CET, or 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT. Join ... [Read More]

Register for the Geneva Writers Conference

September 14, 2025

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]

Pen Parentis October Literary Salon: Beauty and Violence Within Language

September 14, 2025

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]

OUT NOW! PAPER MONEY by Winshen Liu

July 7, 2025

Graphic for poet Winshen Liu's upcoming publication, PAPER MONEY. To the right is Winshen's headshot, where she is smiling at the camera in a red and black coat with her long hair down, next to her book cover for PAPER MONEY, which has a red background and various cream colored origami sheets folding in different ways.

COURAGE to WRITE grantee Winshen Liu's poetry chapbook, Paper Money, was published by Driftwood Press on August 5, 2025. "Paper Money is a sensory and sparse exploration of grief and the complexity ... [Read More]

Watch “Writing Characters from Family” with Sheila Kohler

April 11, 2025

Check out Writer-in-Residence Sheila Kohler's recent event at the American Library in Paris, Writing Characters from Family. Delve into the intricate process of crafting characters inspired by life ... [Read More]

Should Human Life Be Optimized? Read Anna Louie Sussman’s Three-Part Series on Human Embryos

March 28, 2025

Black and white headshot of writer Anna Louie Sussman smiling in a black top, with her hair in a bun, in front of a plain white background. Screenshots of the beginning of her three New York Times articles are to the left of her headshot. They read ""What Do We Owe This Cluster of Cells?" "Should Human Life Be Optimized?" and "Are Embryos Property/ Human Life? Neither?"

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]

The DAG Prize is Open! Apply by March 15th

February 1, 2025

 We’re happy to announce the DAG prize, created in part by one of our COURAGE to WRITE finalists, is now open! Applications are now open for the first annual DAG Prize in Literature, a $20,000 ... [Read More]

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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