Bare Life Review Grants for immigrant writers – Jul 21

Posted by PEN America on June 27, 2023

PEN America invites applications for Bare Life Review Grants program

Founded in 1922, PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide, with a mission to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.

PEN America invites applications for its PEN/Bare Life Review Grants program, which recognizes literary works by immigrant and refugee writers. Two grants of $5,000 each will be awarded to foreign-born writers based in the U.S. and to writers living abroad who hold refugee/asylum seeker status, for works of a literary nature, including fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry. Scholarly or academic work is not eligible. The project must be an unpublished work-in-progress that will not be published prior to April 1, 2025, as the grants are intended to support the completion of a manuscript.

To be eligible, the submitted project must be the work of a single individual, written in or translated into English. In the case of translated works, the grant will be conferred to the original author.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the PEN America website.

Deadline: July 21, 2023