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Zora Neale Hurston Writing Fellowship

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Bard welcomed the first cohort of Hurston Fellows to the College in summer 2022 for a three-week residency. Founded by Visiting Associate Professor of Literature and American Studies Donna Ford Grover, the Hurston Fellowship enables writers from all disciplines the opportunity to develop their scholarship, and supports writers who are employed as adjuncts or visiting professors with terminal degrees who have not yet published a book-length work. The Fellowship recognizes the particular challenges that BIPOC women encounter in the academy, and the program seeks to assist these underrepresented voices in the publication of their work. Fellows reside on campus, with housing and meals provided. They may participate in a program of workshops and meetings, offered in collaboration with the Institute for Writing and Thinking (see page 339). The residency also includes visits by literary agents and editors, and readings and lectures by established writers and scholars. For more information or to submit materials for 2023, email [email protected].