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What We Want You To Know...

The Dial’s Contributors Win Multiple Awards!

June 23, 2025

Graphic for The Dial based off of their 2024 annual report. The Dial logo is in black at the top of the graphic, and a checkered pattern of images and graphics related to the articles that won awards alternate with solid squares of reds, blues, and purples. Black text at the bottom reads "In 2024, The Dial's contributors won multiple awards!"

Congratulations to The Dial contributors that won awards this past year! ... [Read More]

Amy Kennedy Accepted to the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference

May 30, 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, in all caps, "Congratulations Amy! Accepted to the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference"

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Amy Kennedy, who was accepted to and will be attending the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference! During her time at Bread Loaf, Amy will be ... [Read More]

LAMP BACK: PLAYS AND OTHER GRIEVANCES by Anthony Hudson is forthcoming!

May 12, 2025

Rust red solid background with white text and a photo. Large white text on top reads "Congratulations Anthony!" Underneath, on the left hand side, is a split headshot of Anthony Hudson looking at the camera. The left half of the image is a black and white headshot of Anthony in front of a body of water, and the right half of the image is a colorful headshot of Anthony's drag persona, Carla Rossi, in dramatic makeup with disco ball earrings. Smaller white text to the right of the headshot reads "LAMP BACK: Plays and Other Grievances forthcoming from Northwestern University Press."

Congratulations to COURAGE to WRITE grantee Anthony Hudson, whose debut collection of plays and writing, LAMP BACK: Plays and Other Grievances is now forthcoming from Northwestern University ... [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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