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Dead Things and Where to Put Them by Marina Carreira
2024 Luso-American Fellow Marina Carreira’s new book, Dead Things and Where to Put Them, is out now from Cavankerry Press! Grab a copy here.
International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal June 28 - July 10 2026
meet our Faculty
Faculty and guests for 2026 will include Dur E Aziz Amna, Desiree Bailey, Anelise Chen, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Brian Evenson, Arthur Flowers, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Chet'la Sebree, and Terri Witek, with more TBA!
aboutThe Program
We'll be updating program information for 2026 shortly with workshops, costs and deadlines, and other information about the program
Ready? Apply Now
The deadline to apply for our Summer 2026 program has been extended! Apply by December 12 to secure your place in our Summer 2026 program.
Maria, Maria by Jennifer Galvão
We’re excited to learn that 2023 alum Jennifer Galvão’s debut novel, Maria, Maria, is now forthcoming from Random House!
New poem by Carson Wolfe in Poetry!
You can read “Silicon Valley, in the Backseat of a Tesla” here. Carson’s book, Coin Laundry at Midnight, is forthcoming from Button Poetry in...
Vigil by Susie Taylor
Congratulations to 2023 alum Susie Taylor, whose collection Vigil was awarded the 2024 BMO Winterset Award for fiction and the 2025 Alistair MacLeod Award for...
Ellie Black and Aiden Heung in The Common
Congratulations again to DISQUIET Prize poetry finalists Ellie Black and Aiden Heung, whose poems you can read here alongside Pedro Poitevin in The...
“Caribbean Gothic” by Tylea Richard out now!
Congratulations again to the winner of the 2025 DISQUIET Prize in Nonfiction, Tylea Richard! Tylea’s winning essay, “Caribbean Gothic,” is...
