Join Pen Parentis on December 9th at 7pm EDT for A Whole New World - A Career Salon for Literary Parents, in conversation with MAX STEPHAN SHERI T JOSEPH, DOMENICA RUTA, AND RENEE SIMMS! Learn more ... [Read More]
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Literacy is our Legacy Award
The de Groot Foundation Literacy is Our Legacy Aspiring Writers Award with the FAWCO Foundation is now open! The Deadline to Apply is January 27, 2026. This award is open to writers who are members ... [Read More]
Sukie Wilson’s Time at Civitella
Sukie Wilson, winner of the 2024 Desperate Literature Prize for their short story, Leaving Night Country, reflects on their week-long residency at Civitella Ranieri. What was it like to write in a ... [Read More]
Meet Hank Silver!
Hank Silver is a Director's Grant Recipient as well as a year long American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow. At once a memoir and a meditation on craftsmanship, Silver recounts the remarkable ... [Read More]
Watch “Writing Characters from Family” with Sheila Kohler
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
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
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]