Literary Arts (and Van Lier) Fellows
1998-2005

Two nine-month literary fellowships are given annually to writers who reside in the Bronx, regardless of age (new eligibility criteria). An award of $5,000 is given to each winner and a community service project at the Bronx Writers' Center is required.

BWC Literary Arts Fellows

2005/2006
Cecily Parks, poetry
Jesse W. Donaldson, fiction

2004/2005
Joshua Kendall, fiction
Craig Morgan Teicher, poetry

2003/2004
Shelagh Patterson, poetry
Paula Younger, fiction

2002/2003
Anthony Morales, poetry
Matthew Pitt, fiction

Van Lier Fellows

2001/2002
Saladin Ahmed, poetry
Ominike Akinyemi, screenwriting
Mirlande Jean-Gilles, fiction

2000/2001
Hayan Charara,poetry
Julienne Kim, fiction
Flaco Navaja, poetry

1999/2000
Suheir Hammad, poetry
Mariposa, poetry
Nelly Rosario, fiction 

1998/99
Anthony DeMore, playwrighting
Sarah Jones, poetry
Angie Cruz, fiction