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“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...
International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal June 22 - July 4 2025
meet our Faculty
Faculty and guests for 2025 will include Gabriel Bump, Camille Bordas, Erica Dawson, Emma Copley Eisenberg, John Keene, Adam Levin, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Cyriaco Lopes, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Terri Witek and editors from The Common and Granta, with more TBA!
aboutThe Program
Workshops, costs and deadlines, additional activities and other information about the program.
Ready? Apply Now
Applications for 2025 are open now! Apply by December 2 to secure your place in our Summer 2025 program.
New translation by Jay Boss Rubin
2015 alum Jay Boss Rubin’s translation of the Swahili novel Rosa Mistika by Euphrase Kezilahabi is out today! Rosa Mistika was first published...
“Exterminations” by Susan Li in Georgia...
2024 alum Susan Li’s essay “Exterminations,” runner-up for the Georgia Review Prose Prize, is out now in the Winter 2024 issue of The Georgia...
New essay by Steven Tagle!
Read DISQUIET staff member Steven Tagle’s essay “To the First-Time Porn Star” in Off Assignment here.
Veronica Vo in The Offing
DISQUIET alum Veronica Vo has a new piece in The Offing! You can read “Dictionary” here.
“Men Smoking” by Emily Mathis
DISQUIET alum Emily Mathis is the winner of the Sonora Review Erotic Contest for her essay “Men Smoking”! Congratulations, Emily! Read “Men...
