Applications for Puerto Rican Writers

The Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund have issued a call for applications for the 2022 cohort of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship.

The fellowship was designed to identify, elevate, and amplify the voices of Puerto Rican writers on the archipelago and across the United States diaspora who have continued their practice while enduring natural disasters, political turmoil, and limited funding opportunities. The second cohort of 20 fellows will receive unrestricted grants of $25,000 each. In addition, fellows from both the first and second cohorts will be invited to a convening in Puerto Rico, tentatively scheduled for April 2023, that will allow all 40 writers to share their work, discuss their creative process, and share their experiences as Letras Boricuas fellows.    

Writers must work in poetry (including spoken word), fiction, creative nonfiction (e.g., memoir, personal essays, and related forms), and/or children’s literature and demonstrate a publication history.

To be eligible for the Letras Boricuas Fellowship, writers must be 21 years or older at the time of application, be a current resident of Puerto Rico or the United States, and have Puerto Rican heritage. Only individual writers may apply. 

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Mellon Foundation website.