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“An escape into inspiration”
A group of major Portuguese authors have found a way to keep themselves and their readers busy during the lockdown: they’re writing a serial novel, with each...
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Notice of Cancellation
In consideration of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have made the decision to cancel Disquiet 2020. We're sorry to miss it, but looking forward to picking up where we left off and celebrating 10 years in 2021.
Lit Prize and Fellowships
Congratulations to our DISQUIET Lit Prize and Luso/Luso-American Fellowship winners for 2020!
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Lisbon
Disquiet is, to my way of thinking, the very best program of its type in the world.
- George Saunders, 2012 Guest Writer
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International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal June 20 - July 2, 2021
meet our Faculty
2021 North American Faculty & Guests to include Gabriel Bump, Tayari Jones, Shayla Lawson, Annie Liontas, Ben Lerner, T Kira Madden, Maaza Mengiste, Cyriaco Lopes, Katherine Vaz, Joy Williams, Terri Witek, and editors from The Common, Granta, and others, with more TBA!
aboutThe Program
Workshops, costs and deadlines, additional activites and other information about the program.
Congratulations to Our Winners
Congratulations to our DISQUIET Lit Prize, Luso/Luso-American Fellowship, and scholarship award winners for 2020!
Issue 19 of The Common out today!
The Common is one of the best-looking (and just plain best) journals out there. You can browse the new issue (including a portfolio of Sudanese fiction...
New Short Fiction Roundup: David Beaty, Anna Catalano,...
There’s a lot of great new fiction out there by DISQUIET alumni. Here are a few that we know about – check them out if you can! David...
All-Star Essay Collection including Jen Hirt
Disquiet alum Jen Hirt joins Jericho Brown, Camille T. Dungy, Naomi Shihab Nye, Elena Passarello, and many, many more in Dear America: Letters of Hope,...
“Withdrawal” by Alysia Sawchyn in...
Alysia Sawchyn’s debut essay collection, A Fish Growing Lungs, is coming your way from Burrow Press on June 9, 2020 – but you can read one of the...
Out Now! Bubblegum by Adam Levin and Borrowings of the...
Two new releases by Disquiet faculty and alumni are available today! Adam Levin‘s new novel Bubblegum is out today, with an excerpt in Guernica for your...
