The de Groot Foundation

Investing in Writers & the Literary Arts

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What We Want You To Know...

Pen Parentis September Literary Salon: Capturing the Story Before it is Lost

September 3, 2025

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]

Lilly Dancyger at the American Library in Paris

August 21, 2025

Headshot of Scholar of Note Lilly Dancyger. She is looking at the camera in front of a blurred background of greenery. Her blonde curly hair is down and she is wearing a black top.

Join Scholar of Note Lilly Dancyger on September 24th for Lessons in Looking. Wed September 24 @ 19 h 30 - 20 h 30 CET. Join Lilly Dancyger for a craft talk on how visual art can deepen and expand ... [Read More]

Check out Issue 31 of The Dial: FICTION

August 21, 2025

The Dial's 31st issue, Fiction, is out now. Read at thedial.world "Many of the stories in this issue take on the most visceral and direct aspects of the self — those that can’t be extinguished by any ... [Read More]

Amy Kennedy’s Experience at Bread Loaf Environmental Writers

July 11, 2025

Headshot of writer Amy Kennedy looking at the camera in front of a gray background. She is wearing a black top, large-framed patterned glasses, big earrings, and her hair is down. White text underneath reads “Considering the moment we are in politically, being surrounded by other people writing about the environment was not only an exercise in craft, but an exercise in resistance and optimism.”

COURAGE to WRITE grantee Amy Kennedy recently attended the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference. During her time at Bread Loaf, Amy workshopped the manuscript for her next project, All's Well ... [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

The de Groot Foundation

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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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