Grants Awarded
June 2025 Poetry and Nonfiction

Jada Renée Allen
Chisara Asomugha
Rachel Betesh
Kinsale Drake
Suji Kwock Kim
Hera Naguib
Nina Peláez
Alafia Nicole Sessions
Jen Siraganian
Crystal Valentine

Lisa Factora-Borchers
Adele Failes-Carpenter
Andrea Frierson
Liana Fu
Roz Galtz
Sheree Greer
Caren Lissner
Jessica McHugh
Sarah Wang

Finalists

Catalina Bartlett
Lory Bedikian
Adela Najarro
Tina Cane
Mag Gabbert
Sheila Maldonado
Sarah McCartt-Jackson
Simone Muench
Ashunda Norris
Cindy Juyoung Ok
Nancy Ring
Laura Villareal
Lindsey Wayland

Lu Chekowsky
Jenny Flores
Annie Howard
Christine Hume
Sabrina Jones
Emily Levang
Charlene Logan
Robyn McGee
Gabe Montesanti
Missy Kennedy
Tria Wen

Grants Awarded June 2024

Jenna Abrams 
Elina Alter 
Sarah Anderson 
Carrie Cogan 
Siqi Liu 
Monaa Malik 
LaTanya McQueen 
Jasmina Nogo 
Shuchi Saraswat 
Kisha Schlegel 
Rachel Clarke 
Rowena Federico Finn 
Coulter Fussell 
Anna Goraczko 
Morgan Levy 
Nina Mendez-Marti 
Patricia Miranda 
Kristin O’Connor 

Grants Awarded June 2023

Soleil David 
Starr Davis 
Chelsy Diaz Amaya 
Alisha Dietzman 
Aria Dominguez 
Carlina Duan 
Rebecca Faulkner 
May Jeong 
Bethany Kaylor 
Nazia Kazi 
Grace MacNair 
Lily Meyer 
Lilly Nguyen 
Susan Nguyen 
Lisa Nikolidakis 
Monica Ong 
Michelle Peñaloza 
Edythe Rodriguez 
Lizzie Skurnick 
Deirdre Sugiuchi 

Grants Awarded June 2022

Jasmin Charles 
Elvira Clayton 
Cathy Hsiao 
Carina Kohn 
Danielle Lopez 
Pamela Loring 
Shanna Merola 
Yxta Murray 
epli pastorfield-li 
Khalisa Rae 
Grace Roselli 
Amanda Rizkalla 
Charlotte Sherman 
Laura Maylene Walter 
Beth Weeks 

Grants Awarded Aug 2021

Stephanie Anderson 
S. Erin Batiste 
Erinn Batykefer 
Lory Bedikian 
Christina Belcher 
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello 
Lily Chang 
Tammy Delatorre 
Danusha Lameris 
Terri Linton 
Lauren Moseley 
Jae Nichelle 
Eva Recinos 
L. Renée 
Helen Betya Rubinstein 
Thao Thai 
Preeti Vangani 
Jane Wong 
Mariya Zilberman 

Grants Awarded June 2020

Makenzie Barron Murray 
Doris Cheng 
Desiree Evans
Sabrina Gschwandtner
Ursula Gullow
Jean Ho
Diane Kahlo
María José Maldonado
Helina Metaferia
Farnoosh Moshiri
Daisy Patton
Gretchen Potter
Kristi Ryba
Gwen Shockey
Kosiso Ugwueze
Sarah Ulicny
Michelle Wilson

Grants Awarded June 2019

Traci Brimhall 
Catherine Esther Cowie 
Edith Daly 
Liza Flum
Havilah Giannetta
Ynestra King
Alyse Knorr
Kristin Kovacic
Aurora Masum-Javed
Sarah McCartt-Jackson
Joanne Mulcahy
Hannah Oberman-Breindel
Khadijah Queen
Candice Salyers
Susanna Space
Adrienne Su
Mariya Taher
Alison Wellford
Emily Withnall
Annie Woodford
Munera Yusuf

Grants Awarded July 2018

Amber Caron 
Alda Dobbs 
Charla Elizabeth 
Lyndsey Ellis
Kelly Freedman
Megan Giddings
Josepha Gutelius
Nia Imara
Carol Larson
Patricia Maciesz
Yvette Mayorga
Jennifer Savran Kelly
Jackie Skrzynski
Melissa Thorne

Grants Awarded July 2017

Michelle Bowdler
Wynne Brown
Leila Chatti
Wendy Chen
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laura Ellyn Robbins
Tracy Fuad
Maggie Graber
M. J. Kledzik
Cynthia Manick
Jessica Mehta
Deborah Ostrovsky
Jo Pitkin
Fatima Policarpo
Stephanie Sauer
Savannah Sipple
Cindy Stewart-Rinier
Emily Yoon

Grants Awarded June 2016

Yoon Cho
Kate Cosgrove
Caitlin Masley
Cynthia Ona Innis
Glendaliz Camacho
Julia Clift
Gemma Cooper-Novack
Yalitza Ferreras
Anya Groner
Kate Hope Day
Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins
Laura Petrovich-Cheney
Dominica Phetteplace
Rachel Pollock
Christa Romanosky
Alexa Smith
Karen Smyte
Tegan Swanson

Grants Awarded May 2015
Grants Awarded Nov 2015

Susan Abulhawa
Elizabeth Alexander
Claudia Alvarez
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Shevaun Brannigan
Janet Braun-Reinitz
Blaire Briody
Melissa Chadburn
Helena Vallee Dallaire
Rachel Farmer
Lynn Casteel Harper
Caitlin Hayes
Joy Katz
Patricia Grace King
Jennifer Lunden
Elizabeth Malaska
Delita Martin
Ansley Moon
Lissette J. Norman
Nina Puro
Emily Raboteau
Glenda Reed
Elizabeth Wetmore
Monica Sok
Patricia Spears Jones
Leni Zumas

Grants Awarded May 2014
Grants Awarded Nov 2014

Brit Blalock
Jasmin Darznik
Carol V. Davis
Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Pamela Dodds
Lauren Flores Fantauzzo
Doyali Farah Islam
Bethany Hays
Katie Hovencamp
Barb Johnson
Tsering Lama
Annie Liontas
Sonja Livingston
Lee Reilly
Staci R. Schoenfeld
Carrie Mae Smith
Anna Vodicka
Hope Wabuke
Jude Whelchel

Grants Awarded May 2013
Grants Awarded Nov 2013

Kiley Ames
Elise Atchison
Anne Champion
Shirl Chouinard
Barbara Cole
Alicia DeBrincat
Melissa Febos
Emily Fridlund
Sarah Beth Goncarova
Mesha Maren
Monica Lynn Manoski
Amy Meng
Sara Michas-Martin
Bonnie J. Morris
Farnoosh Moshiri
Laura Rena Murray
Terese Svoboda
Voltrina Williams

Grants Awarded May 2012
Grants Awarded Nov 2012

Gaiutra Bahadur
Marion Bell
Nikia Chaney
Cara DeAngelis
Laura Hartford
Alice Lichtenstein
Carey Lovelace
Marit MacArthur
Katy Resch
Deborah Riley
Anne Marie Rooney
Amy Rowland
Greta Schuler
Susanna Starr
Tracy Strauss
Kathryn Trueblood
Julie Marie Wade

Grants Awarded Nov 2011

Carol Dine
Caitlin Doyle
Joy Ann Juvelis
Heather Harpham
Elizabeth Haussler
Shabnam Piryaei

Mary Jo Bole
Emily Jacir
Elizabeth Maclaren
Becky Siemmons
Reesa Grushka
Julia Fierro
Maureen O'Brian
Paula Peterson
Xochiquetzal Candelaria
Tina Chang
Sharmita Voorakkara
Sachiko Akiyama
Rachel Camm
Dorothy Wall
Lucrecia Guerrero
Katherine Noel
Aimee Phan
Kate Small
Amity Stoddard
Summer Wood
Jennifer Chang
Mia Angela Leonin

Vadis Turner
Sharon Heitzenroder
Jean Campbell
Joan Connor
Annameekee Hesik
Marie Myung-OK Lee
Evelyn Somers Rogers
Parnaz Foroutan
Michelle Lanzoni
Susan Southard
Julija Sukys
Traci Brimhall
Carolyn Creedon
Alessandra Lynch
Cori A. Winrock
January O'Neil

Andrea Cote
Jennifer Erin Hughes
Louise LaPlante
Elizabeth Menges
Laura J. Bennett
Juliann France
Eileen Palmer
Diana Rico
Susi Wyss
Latasha N. Nevada Diggs
Pilar Gomez Ibanez
Catherine Jagoe
Crystal A. Williams
Ruth Fox Blader
Emily Raboteau

Diane Corbeau
Lois Cremmins
Adela Leibowitz
Helen Bishop Santelli
Amy Seidule
Beth Rooney
Sion Dayson
Gerri George
Ghida Hamze-Sinno
Hillary Jordan
Bushra Rehman
Kristen Wares
Ana-Maurine Lara
Faith Shearin
Francine Marie Tolf
Laura Van Prooyen
Beverly Bell
Sarah Levine
Michelle Otero
Robin Parks
Mary Ellen Sanger

Carson Fox
Amanda Koster
Holly Wong
Zelda Alpern
Susan Stinson
Ilana Stanger-Ross
Julia Older
Jocelyn Bartkevicius
Marie Hummel
Laura Resau
Lory Bedikian
Melissa Crowe
Jennifer Militello
Cherise A. Pollard

Ruth Geneslaw
Meredith Stern
Clarity Haynes
Dorian E. Gossy
Maura Greene
Kelly Magee
Therese Stanton
Roz Unruh
Christina Hutchins
Sharon Olinka
Patricia Albers
Patti Horvath
Patricia O'Kane

Penny Herscovitch
Karen Ostrom
La Shonda Katrice Barnett
Sally Bellerose
Debra Dean
Jennifer Dickinson
Stella Pope Duarte
Jennifer Sears
Erin Soros
Mira Bartok
Sonja Livingston
Bonnie T. Summers
Elizabeth Gordon
Kathryn Gordon
Christine Rhein

Judy Johnson-Williams
Laura Seftel
Natalie Smith Parra
Lois Williams
Andria Cole
Lynda Schor
Elizabeth Wetmore
Carol V. Davis
Patricia Monaghan
Victoria Sammartino
Peggy Ann Tartt
Kathy Desmond
Marisol L. Martinez
Jill M. Starkey
Linda Welker
Eula Biss
Christine Hemp
Hannah J. Wilson
Robin Ekiss
Cynthia S. Gaver
Marilyn Johnson

Mary Jo Bole
Emily Jacir
Elizabeth Maclaren
Becky Siemmons
Reesa Grushka
Julia Fierro
Maureen O'Brian
Paula Peterson
Xochiquetzal Candelaria
Tina Chang
Sharmita Voorakkara
Sachiko Akiyama
Rachel Camm
Dorothy Wall
Lucrecia Guerrero
Katherine Noel
Aimee Phan
Kate Small
Amity Stoddard
Summer Wood
Jennifer Chang
Mia Angela Leonin

Katie Baldwin
Maureen Cummins
Pat De Caro
Cory Jaeger
Adela Liebowitz
Faith Adiele
Deborah McCutchen
Elena Schwolsky
Elizabeth Ann Severn
Terry Ann Thaxton
Shelley Ettinger
Maggie Miles
J. Alicia Shank
Kelle Groom
Danielle Montgomery
Lisa J. Parker
Michele Thorsen
Joan Hornig
Susan Crane
Janice Eidus
Daisy Hernandez
Aleida Rodriguez
Maureen Stanton
Jackie Zakrewsky
Kate Betterton
Marie Myung-OK Lee
Gina L. Ochsner
Mary Yukari Waters
Millicent C. Borges
Sara Greenslit
Beth Thomas

D. Shiels
Jennifer Tseng
Cynthia Anderson
Julie Gard
Yvonne A. Jackson
Caroline Patterson
Elizabeth Sachs
Dao Strom
Alice Templeton
Michelle Valois
Fran Zell
Yona Harvey
Susan Thomas
Suzanne Wise
Shivaun Rakauskas
Pauline Yun
Ilana Blumberg
Martha M. Harris
Brenda Serotte
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Laraine Herring
Leza Lowitz
Pat Cenulty
Madelena Monteil
Leslea Newman
Shara McCallum
Marilyn Bogusch Pryle
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Nancy Brett
Judith Lang Zaimont
Monica Woelfel
Teresa Stores
Courtney Davis
Laura Marello
Zana Briski
M. Eliza Hamilton
Robin Flinchum
Sibyl Johnston
Joan S. Logghe
Christine Palamidessi Moore
Misako Akimoto
Donna Hennes
Morissa Lou Williams
Lisa Weasel
Adrian Oktenberg
Billie Livingston
Sue Kwock Kim
Katina Huston
Deborah Stein
Aife Murray
Gail Siptak
Kari Smalkoski
Lisa Bernstein
Patricia Edith
Karen Bucher
Kim Miller
Raquel Higgins
Mary C. Martin
Mary Michael Shelley
Judith Copeland
Sorrel Doris Hayes
Tracy Winn
Ruth Green
Susan Lippman

Catherine Gammon
Sheila Ortiz Taylor
Danielle Legros Georges
Rhoda Shapiro
Lilian Friedberg
Marjan Helms
Elizabeth A. Heller-Mason
Denise Duhamel
Lisa Natalie Pearson
Lisa Link
Jennifer Rose
Letta Simone-Nefertari Neely
Katrina Wreede
Carol Dine
Marian Roth
Jennifer Kolsky
Nancy Rapoport
Edwidge Danticat
Jean Schachtschneider
Regina Keane
Susan Eisenberg
Marghreta Cordero
Melissa Kwasny
Susan Ingraham
Martha Yates

Christine Heindl
Jill Gussow
Amanda Gable
Margaret Kay
Elouise Burrell
Paula Dyer
Elfrieda Abbe
Amy Hill
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
Ivy Parsons
Liz Waldner
Nighat Majid
Vera Anderson
Achy Obejas
Janice Gordon
Amy Fusselman
Mei Kum Ng
Janet Reed
Harmony Hammond
Joy Harjo
Kartar Dhillon
Sandra Steingraber
Ann Marie J. Bryan
Merideth McGregor
Susannah Briski
Linda Gammell
Sandra Menefee Taylor
Lucia Stanton White
Deborah Schwartz
Jessica Williams
Jennifer Jazz
Christine Hemp

Kim Sherman
Laura Kasischke
Virginia Beth Shields
Susan Zwinger
Jeanne Brossart
Rachel Kadish
Linda Lee
Kathleen Ford
Mary Morten
Margaret Almon
Catherine Russo
M.J. Anderson
Donna Henes
Leila Philip
Miriam Sagan
Lusia Slomkowska
Joan Frank
Sarah Schulman

Rebecca Stowe
Sigrid Nunez
Ann McAllister
Jane Gillooly
Hettie Jones
Carol Redmond
Jennifer Markasas Greisz
Camille Cole Howard
M. Corinne Mackey
Jill Livermore
Lynda Frese
Julie Fay

Debra Clem
Sandy Boucher
Elizabeth Graver
Judith Sloan
Linda Marie
Erika Block
Liselotte Erdrich
Deborah Stein
Beverly Durio
Theresa Tollini
Marcia Eckert
Lee Stoliar
Nancy Fried
Pamela Beere Briggs
Deborah Donnelley
X. P. Callahan
Judith McDaniel
Brown Cardwell
Leslie Sills
Jennifer Sloan
Aurora Levins Moreales
Barbara Strnad
Caffyn Kelley

Carolina Pesquiera
Erin & Lucinda The Train-ed Poets
Shirley Lauro
Aishah Rahman
Juilie Clark
Sandra Lundy
Sheree Rensel
Heidi Zednik
Martha Cummings
Hilary Sloin
Jean Hoenninger
Maxine Fine
Ruth Hardinger
Jewelle Gomez
Terry Baum
Patricia Gilmore
Phyllis Koestenbaum
Marilyn Keating
Vickie Sears
Irena Klepfisz
Kathleen Abromeit
Paula Sharp
Paris Poirier
Julie Checkoway
Dean Robertson
Gloria Vando
Chocolate Waters
Teresa Funiciello

Chitra Divakaruni
Nona Caspers
Nina Wise
Judy Hiramoto
Beth Brant
Jeannette Muzima
Meg Scales
Susan Griffin
Sue Bernhard
C. Regina Kelley
Nancy Van De Vate
Lucille Rhodes
Angela Bower
Brenda Sherburn-Zimmer
Terry Jenoure
Sy Montgomery
Chrystos
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Stephanie Mendelson
Lorena Garcia
Laurel Speer
Kerr & Malley
Elizabeth Evans
Barbara Laing
Sarah Schulman
Jennifer Abod
Mary Patten
Lisa Kanemoto

Carolann Barrett
Mary Fuller
Zoe Walker
Judith Barrington
Cathy Cade
Erlene Stetson
Theresa Tollini
Virginia Maksymowicz
Karen Marshall
Mary Peck
Kaja Gam
Lydia Ann Douglas
Susan Robbins
Nizette Brennan
Anna Kainen
Fanchon Shur
Millie Wilson
Diana Davenport
Stacey Foiles
Jane Gillooly
Maureen Brady
Kate Lissard

Catherine Allport
Kweli Smith
Holly Metz
Darlene Nicgorski
Bettye Lane
Shay Youngblood
Mary Czarecki
Harmony Hammond
Nancy Van De Vate
Elizabeth Seaton
Florence Champagne
Deborah Kruger
Chase Morrison
Pam Walton
Kathy A. Perkins
Cynthia Cohen
Erika Thorne
Diane Edington
Shirley Kassman
Phyllis A. Yes
Carole G. Friedman
Elizabeth Evans

Mary Houtchens-Kitchens
Katharina Wilson
Anne Finger
Christine Berl
Shay Youngblood
Lesly Poling-Kempes
Pam Sisson
Pam Goldman
Judy Adams
Kyra
Barbara Abrash
Martha Sandlin
Lucy Winer
Linda Whitesitt
Anne Lundy
Sandy Rapp

Erin Younger (Atlatl)
Sally Roesch Wagner
Nancy Kelly
Melane Lohmann
Lois Maharg
Shelley Anne Richtmyer
Andrea Ko Harmin
Pamela Shoemaker
Donna Henes
Sandy Rapp
Juana Maria Paz
Debra Zimmerman
Irene June Lee
Eileen Lotozo
Irene Zabytko
Lavonne Mueller
Hilary Roberts
Phyllis Lynd
Meri Weingarten
Nancy Cusick
Susan Friedman
Thea Schrack
Carole Robb
Susana Munoz