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Homecoming - Step into a celebration of arts education, writing, and community. Get your tickets. Link in bio.
Let's tell the stories of our lives.
Erika Krouse, our 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner, on what this honor means to her and on what NewLit makes possible for writers, readers, and young people. We're grateful right back.
Celebrate with us: Rising Roadshow, Oct 26 – Nov 1
Who will be the next Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner? Submissions Open Oct 1 - Oct 30, 2026. For General Submission Process & Guidelines for the 2027 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, read the press release at the link in our bio. @JoyceCarolOates #newliteraryproject
NewLit '26. RISING ROADSHOW. Meet our 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner: Erika Krouse. Her story collection Save Me, Stranger earned her this year's honor — national recognition for a mid-career author whose work moves people. Oct 26 – Nov 1. Link in bio. #RisingRoadshow
NewLit '26. RISING ROADSHOW - FOR STUDENTS. FOR TEACHERS. FOR READERS. FOR WRITERS. FOR BELIEVERS.
Mark your calendars: Oct 26 – Nov 1. NewLit is hitting the road (well, the East Bay) with a benefit dinner, a bookstore afternoon, and Homecoming — our unforgettable finale night.
We're celebrating our 2026 Bonetti-Bell and Iris Starn Fellows. Learn more at our link. newliteraryproject.org/whats…
New Literary Project Announces Leadership Transition: Founding Executive Director Diane Del Signore to Step Aside After Seven Transformative Years; Vanessa Merina Named Incoming Executive Director
See link in bio for details.
Victoria Tatum, author of More Than Any River, will be in conversation with Joe Di Prisco, Thurs, May 7 at Orinda Books (Orinda, CA) at 7pm. See link in bio to register for this in-person event.
Erika Krouse, of Colorado, is the eleventh recipient of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize awarded by New Literary Project. The author receives $50,000. Her most recent publication is a book of short stories, Save Me, Stranger (Flatiron Books). See link in bio.
newliteraryproject.org/whats…
Joyce Carol Oates in conversation with the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winners Jennine Capó Crucet & Willy Vlautin on June 4, 4pm Pacific. Register with the link in bio.
Jennine Capó Crucet, of North Carolina, and Willy Vlautin, of Oregon, have been named the ninth and tenth Recipients of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prizes (JCO) awarded by New Literary Project (NewLit). Each receives $50,000 on the occasion of NewLit’s tenth anniversary in 2025.
New Literary Project is honored to announce the five distinguished finalists for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize (JCO). Congratulations to our finalists.
newliteraryproject.org/whats…
Calling all Creative Writers who Teach High School: Submissions are now open for the Jack Hazard Fellowship. FInd the details on our website.
Celebrating student readers who attended our creative writing workshop, and shared their work during our October residency. Join our mailing list to keep up to date on upcoming events.
Calling all Creative Writers who are High School Teachers: The Jack Hazard Fellowship Short Documentary is out now. Watch it at buff.ly/4hJgCYL
Submissions open this week. Get ready.
The Jack Hazard Fellowship application is opening soon. Watch our short documentary to learn more. Visit buff.ly/3YVKNVt
We're still celebrating our student readers. These are students who've attended one of our creative writing workshops and then join us at one of our October residency events to present their work. We hope they all continue to write their hearts out. buff.ly/3YVKNVt
