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A private foundation passionate about investing in writers and the literary arts 📖

08/11/2026

APPLY NOW! The de Groot Foundation is honored to sponsor The Koyaanisqatsi Fellowships for the Storyknife Writers Retreat.

Based in Homer, Alaska, StoryKnife hosts residencies for women worldwide to give them the time and space to explore their craft without distraction. In addition to the Koyaanisqatsi Fellowships, there are many other fellowship opportunities for the 2027 season.

Applications close August 31st! Learn more & apply: https://degrootfoundation.org/koyaanisqatsi-fellowships-storyknife/

07/30/2026

Meet 2026 Director's Grantee Alfredo Aguilar! 🎉

Alfredo was awarded a grant for his poetry collection MY NORTH COUNTRY, forthcoming in Spring 2027 by University of Akron Press.

MY NORTH COUNTRY is a collection of poems that chronicles the intersecting histories of increased militarization on the U.S/Mexico border alongside personal and familial memory.

🔗 Learn more about Alfredo's work: https://degrootfoundation.org/alfredo-aguilar-directors-grant/

07/23/2026

COMING SOON! Director's grantee & COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Shelley Stoehr's memoir, GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS: ONE WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE AS A S*X WORKER IN THE 1990S will be published by Legacy Book Press on September 22, 2026!

"From the neon-lit stages of New York City to the debauched clubs of San Francisco, Stoehr chronicles the dualities of creating art while being objectified, and of finding camaraderie among fellow dancers while enduring an increasingly abusive marriage."

Learn more: https://degrootfoundation.org/girls-girls-girls/

07/14/2026

"[This book] would speak to anyone who's ever experienced erasure in its myriad forms, whether bodily, linguistically, geographically, or historically."

2026 Director's Grantee Abdelrahman ElGendy talks about his memoir HUNA: A MEMOIR OF REVOLUTION, PRISON, AND BECOMING, forthcoming from Hogarth on September 1, 2026!

🔗 Learn more about Abdelrahman's work and pre-order your copy: https://degrootfoundation.org/abdelrahman-elgendy-directors-grant/

07/07/2026

Meet 2026 Director's Grantee Abdelrahman ElGendy! 🎉

Abdelrahman was awarded a grant for his memoir HUNA: A MEMOIR OF REVOLUTION, PRISON, AND BECOMING, forthcoming from Hogarth on September 1, 2026.

HUNA is a memoir that grapples, through the lens of a six-year political incarceration journey in Egypt, with what it means to inhabit a space designed to erase you—and insist on being.

🔗 Learn more about Abdelrahman's memoir and pre-order your copy: https://degrootfoundation.org/abdelrahman-elgendy-directors-grant/

06/13/2026

Meet the 2026 Director's Grant Recipients! 🎉

We periodically award Director’s Grants to writers and artists who have contracts or projects well underway. Congratulations to our new grantees! We can't wait to see your projects out in the world!

🔗 Learn more about the Director's Grantees & their projects: https://degrootfoundation.org/directors-grants/

06/10/2026

Congratulations to The Dial for the publication of their first book, HOW WE SEE IT through The New Press!

Twelve of the most talented and insightful journalists from around the world shift and expand our frame of reference, our self-awareness, and our understanding of how much our world has changed since the election of 2024.

🔗 Learn more & order your copy: https://degrootfoundation.org/how-we-see-it-the-dial/

06/03/2026

CONGRATULATIONS RASHEED! Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris Rasheed Newson, Author's newest book, THERE'S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD, was just published by Flatiron Books!

"Written as part-confessional, part-cris de coeur, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a searing portrait of the movie industry as a manicured minefield and a compelling journey into the q***r history of Los Angeles."

🔗 Learn more & order your copy: https://degrootfoundation.org/theres-only-one-sin-in-hollywood/

05/29/2026

COMING SOON: June 11th, 2026! Director’s Grant Recipient & COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Anthony Aycock’s nonfiction book, JUST PLAIN FILTHY: THE STORY BEHIND BOOK BANNING'S TRIAL OF THE CENTURY will be published by Bloomsbury! This is especially exciting, as this is the project for which Anthony was awarded both grants!

"With the threat to intellectual freedom increasing around the country, this book takes a look at the first ever school book ban case to be decided by the high courts, and offers insights into how we can use history to help the future."

🔗 Learn more & pre-order your copy: https://degrootfoundation.org/just-plain-filthy/

05/22/2026

PRE-ORDER: July 1st, 2026! LANDO finalist Jason Prokowiew’s book, WAR BOYS: A FATHER AND SON MEMOIR, will be published by Trio House Press!

WAR BOYS is an extraordinary exploration of a family experiencing intergenerational trauma: an adult son seeking to understand his terrifying father, interwoven with a biography of his father, who experienced unimaginable horrors as a child during World War II.

🔗 Learn more and pre-order your copy: https://degrootfoundation.org/war-boys/

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