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New Literary Project Stepping up for readers, writers, students, you. Partnering with UC Berkeley English. Home of the Joy We have grown. Now, to everything there is a season.

The New Literary Project invests in students & teachers, readers & authors, and it inspires and equips writers across the generations to write their hearts out. NLP offers writing workshops free of charge for underserved younger writers; celebrates storytellers and storytelling through a major national award to a mid-career author of fiction (the Joyce Carol Oates Prize); and makes possible readin

gs, events, and publication in our annual anthology of Project-connected authors, Simpsonistas. (In fact, and please don’t take this in the wrong way, our literary events make for great parties.) The Project came together in 2016 in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, English Department, the world’s foremost English Department, in the world’s leading public university, and the Lafayette Library and Learning Center. Until April 2021 we called ourselves the Simpson Literary Project, to honor the example set by Sharon Simpson and the late Barclay Simpson, legendary pillars of soulful support for education, the arts, and social justice. Our dear friend Sharon actively continues to engage and inspire us. With each successive year we serve more and more students and teachers, readers and writers across the generations in ever-evolving ways. It’s a new day, with new challenges, new opportunities, new wrongs to right, new dreams to dream, and hence we have a new name: The New Literary Project.

02/20/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to W***y Vlautin, author of The Horse, published by

02/19/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Laura van den Berg, author of State of Paradise, published by See the list, link in bio

02/18/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Morgan Talty, author of Fire Exit, published by See link in bio.

02/17/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Danzy Senna, author of Colored Television, Published by

02/14/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Rudy Ruiz, author of The Border Between Us, published by See the Link in bio

02/13/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Regina Porter, author of The Rich People Have Gone Away, published by

02/12/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Andrew Porter, author of The Disappeared, published by View the Longlist, see link in bio

02/11/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Julia Phillips, author of Bear, published by

02/10/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Kimberly King Parsons, author of We Were the Universe, published by See the full Link in bio.

02/07/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Tommy Orange, author of Wandering Stars, published by See the full Link in bio.

02/06/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Chigozie Obioma, author of The Road to the Country, published by See the full list. Link in bio.

02/05/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Sarah Manguso, author of Liars, published by Hogarth See the link in bio.

02/04/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Hilary Leichter, author of Terrace Story, published by See the link in bio.

02/03/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Caroline Leavitt, author of Days of Wonder, published by

01/31/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to R. O. Kwon, author of Exhibit, published by

01/30/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Lisa Ko, author of Memory Piece,

01/29/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Crystal Hana Kim, author of The Stone Home, published by /

01/28/2025

Introducing the Longlist. Congratulations to Porochista Khakpour, author of Tehrangeles, published by

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Thank you to everyone who applied to become a 2025 Jack Hazard Summer Fellow, we wish you luck. And thank you to all of our 2024 Jack Hazard Fellows. We've been so inspired by you.

TODAY is the DEADLINE to apply for 2025 Jack Hazard Fellowship. Boost your creative writing project this summer. Get your application in before 11:59 pm EST. #HighSchoolTeachers

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1 DAY LEFT to apply for the 2025 Jack Hazard Summer Fellowship. The Jack Hazard Fellowship is designed to support creative writers who teach high school. Learn more on our website.

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Start the New Year off right. Apply to our Jack Hazard Summer Fellowship. See details on our website. Applications close on January 3, 2025.

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Apply for the 2025 Jack Hazard Summer Fellowships! Boost your writing with a $5K award. #WritingCommunity #TeacherWriters

Inspired to apply to our Jack Hazard Fellowship Program? The deadline is coming up on January 3, 2025. See our website for details.

Why support NewLit? We provide opportunities for young people to teach, write, and showcase their creative writing. Hear from Chris Arnold, head of the creative writing department at Saint Mary's College of CA. Consider supporting our work. For a limited time all donations will be matched. See https://www.newliteraryproject.org/donate

Thinking about applying to our 2025 Jack Hazard Summer Fellowship? Hear from our 2024 Fellows on where they find inspiration. Apply By January 3, 2025.

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2024 JCO Prize Winner Ben Fountain, author of Devil Makes Three, on how America has transformed in the past.

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Thank you to Girls Inc CEO Julayne Virgil for joining us at our Fall residency week and sharing how NewLit empowers girls by publishing their work in our annual anthology. Out now Simpsonistas, Vol. 6. Available at https://buff.ly/4eElFat

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What sorts of projects do our Jack Hazard Summer Fellows work on? Whatever they dream up! Learn more. Watch our 7-minute documentary to learn more about what it's like to be a Jack Hazard Fellow. Learn more about our Jack Hazard Fellows at https://buff.ly/4eG4N2M

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How do creative writers who teach high school stay inspired? Watch our 7-minute documentary to learn more. View it on our homepage.

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About the Simpson Literary Project

The Simpson Literary Project honors the profound impact of Barclay and Sharon Simpson, distinguished philanthropic sustainers of the arts and education. For many years, they have inspired us all by championing the work and lives of artists, students, life-long learners, and underserved children.

The Simpson Literary Project pursues two overarching and closely connected objectives: lasting educational outreach into schools, universities, and libraries, as well as celebrating and supporting authors across a great spectrum: from fledging young writers to mid-career writers of distinction to internationally celebrated authors.

The Simpson Literary Project offers four core initiatives: outreach to high school-age writers, a writer-in-residence program, a national literary prize, and our annual anthology—Simpsonistas: Tales from the Simpson Literary Project.