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International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal June 25 - July 7 2023
Our faculty and guests for 2023 will include Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jessica Anthony, Chris Feliciano Arnold, Mikael Awake, Abigail Chabitnoy, Erica Dawson, Deanne Fitzmaurice, Arthur Flowers, Chang-Rae Lee, Lili Loofbourow, Cyriaco Lopez, Juan Martinez, Kevin Moffett, Young Smith, Terri Witek, and editors from The Common and Granta, plus Portuguese guests still TBA.
Workshops, costs and deadlines, additional activities and other information about the program.
Applications are open through December 1 for the 2023 program.
The wait is over! You can now read Avigayl Sharp’s winning story, “Animals After Dark,” at Granta.com!
The debut poety collection by Disquiet alum and 2020 Luso-American Fellow Emily Marie Passos Duffy is out now from Perennial Press! You can order it here.
DISQUIET 2015 alum Shelly Puhak’s National Poetry Series winning book of poetry, Harbinger, is out today from Harper Collins! You can read her poem...
DISQUIET alum and 2018 Luso-American Fellowship winner Bruna Dantas Lobato has a new short story out in the New Yorker! Read “Snowstorm” here....
We’re happy to announce that Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, the debut collection by DISQUIET Prize (and O. Henry Award) winner Sindya Bhanoo is available now...
The staff of Dzanc Books and Disquiet have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine with horror. Like many, we’re trying to find small ways to help....