06/18/2026
π£ ANNOUNCING the 2026 recipients of the π±ππππ π΅ππππ βπΆπππππππ π½ππππβ πΎπππππβπ πΉππππ
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βοΈ Jadyn Baria
βοΈ Lily Mueller
βοΈ Stellan Knowles
In partnership with Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) they will receive a paid scholarship, travel & housing for a 1-week workshop in Provincetown, MA this summer. The winners also receive 4 months of mentorship, which is already well underway.
Weβre SO pleased to announce the dedicated LGBTQ+ writer-mentors theyβve been paired with (bios below):
π« AJ/ Amara Brady
π« Sparrow Murray
π« Eddie Maisonet
Weβre thrilled to uplift these young βoriginal voicesβ and commemorate our beloved Julie Novak w the 2nd year of this new residency. Congrats to all!
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π«Amara/AJ Brady is a generative artist & cultural dramatug. Her work centers the humanity and divinity of Black femmes. MacDowell- James Baldwin Fellow 2023, WP Theaterβs Playwrighting Lab (2022-2024), The Public Theaterβs Devised Theater Working Group (2023-2024), and Bernardaβs Daughters (Audible). All Power to all people. AshΓ©.
π«Sparrow Murray is a transfeminine writer, visual artist, and educator. She is the recipient of the 2024 Stanley and Evelyn Lipkin Prize for Poetry, selected by Chessy Normile. Outside of her writing practice, she creates glass and paper objects. She produces Poetry Unbound and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
π«Eddie Maisonet is an afroboricua, disabled, q***r, trans, Boston-based storyteller, facilitator, and audio describer. He uses hybrid forms of essay, poetry, and spoken word to tell his own stories about growth, family, and community.
