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We're thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Periplus Fellows! This year's cohort was selected from a pool of nearly 500 applicants from across the country.  To learn more about the 2025 class, read today's announcement in @lithub👇 Congrats to all! ✨ lithub.com/announcing-the-20…
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Applications are now open for our 2025 Spring YA Workshop, which includes a scholarship for BIPOC Writers. The deadline to apply is March 17th. #thyao tinhouse.com/workshop/ya-wor…
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On 2/15, Erica Rivera (Fellow '25) will teach "Intro to Hybrid Writing,” a two-hour generative workshop exploring successful impactful hybrid writing by esteemed writers artists. More info👇 ko-fi.com/s/3746ce634d
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We're thrilled to share that Periplus mentor @therakhahimself's new novel THE DISSENTERS (Graywolf Press) will be released on Feb 4! Pre-order the book via the link👇and be sure to catch Youssef on tour in the coming weeks! graywolfpress.org/books/diss…
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🗣️ Calling all fiction writers! @ShenandoahWLU will open for submissions on January 15th. Submissions will be considered by @NSAhmed99 (Fellow '22), who was named Shenandoah's Fall 2025 Editorial Fellow in Fiction.
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We are pleased to announce that author and mentor @nicolesjchung will serve as our 2025 Periplus Secretary - a role vital to continuing Periplus' mentorship program and sustaining a community of writers of color. We look forward to welcoming her in the coming year.✨
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And a special thank you to author and mentor @vauhinivara, who was instrumental in establishing and expanding the role of Periplus Secretary during her tenure from 2021 to 2024.✨
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The deadline is Monday. Your last chance to apply!
Budding Journalists: Applications for the 2025-2026 are now open through Dec. 2. Some new ones: an A.I. initiatives fellow and a news video fellow. nytco.com/press/applications…
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⏰CLOSING SOON! The 2025 Kweli Fellowship Program application for emerging #BIPOC writers of adult fiction, nonfiction, and poetry closes NEXT WEEK! ➡️ Swipe for glimpses of our October Fellowship Retreat, led by the one and only Edward P. Jones! LEARN MORE at link in bio.
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⏰ Fellowship application closes in two weeks!
NOW OPEN! The Kweli Fellowship Program provides emerging #BIPOC writers of adult fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, a fellowship that includes: ★ $2000 Stipend ★ Editorial Support ★ Paid Writing Retreat MORE Apply OCT 29 to NOV 19 LEARN MORE➤ kwelijournal.org/kweli-fello…
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Hello #freelance writers! As we look to fill out our editorial calendar through the rest of the year, I am once again humbling requesting your @Thrillist pitches for travel stories. These can be sent to pitches@thrillist.com. What are we looking for, you might be wondering? (1/)
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Great news folx! @pastelesaregood's (Fellow '24) new story, "nobody wants to get deported" is published in the Fall 2024 print issue of @pleiadesmag. To purchase your copy, visit: secure.touchnet.com/C20040_u…
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NEXT WEEK! Join The Art of the Short Story Workshop, a safer space for Black, Indigenous, SWANA, AAPI, Latine, LGBTQIA writers, led by Kweli Founding Editor/Publisher Laura Pegram. ➤ Craft seminars ➤ In-class writing ➤ Masterworks study ➤ Peer reviews REGISTER➤ LinkInBio
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Hey Peripals! Pre-sales are live for @lauranlora's (Fellow '23) first short story collection in Spanish with Puerto Rican press Editora Educación Emergente. 🎉 To reserve your copy of DESAPARICIONES Y OTRAS CUENTAS, please email editora@editoraemergente.com
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Meet me in St. Louie (or online!!): Monday, 10/21, 6:00 PM CT @ Left Bank Books ~ @kimbiliofiction Reading Series with Joseph Earl Thomas, RSVP (free): left-bank.com/event/kimbilio…
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We’re delighted to share that Gerardo Mercado’s (Fellow ‘24) debut Spanish-language poetry book, DESDE EL FONDO DE UN ESPEJO is now available for order in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland. Order your copy👇 bit.ly/3Y4f170
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Making sure I say this now so folks who are interested know, it's looking like the general submission for my issue @ShenandoahWLU will be happening sometime in Jan, so if you got a short story in the works & want yb to have a look at it & possibly be your editor, get it ready🫡
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