Roxane Gay Books, a new imprt of Grove Atlantic, will publish three books a year a variety of genr, wh the thor herself stg a wi terms of the
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- ROXANE GAY HAS STARTED A $25,000 WRG FELLOWSHIP—FOR SUBSTACKS.
- GAY LNCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEME FOR ASPIRG WRERS THROUGH SUBSTACK
- JOELLE TAYLOR EARNS T. S. ELT PRIZE, ROXANE GAY LNCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WH SUBSTACK, AND MORE
- ROXANE GAY IS STARTG A NEW IMPRT AT GROVE ATLANTIC.
- ROXANE GAY’S IMPRT OPENS DOORS
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- PURDUE’S ROXANE GAY, BT-SELLG THOR, AWARD GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
- THE JOEL GAY CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS | ROXANE GAY & SUBSTACK
- THE WORLD OF ROXANE GAY: A FIERCE VOICE WHAT SHE LLS 'AN AGE OF ELASTICY'
ROXANE GAY HAS STARTED A $25,000 WRG FELLOWSHIP—FOR SUBSTACKS.
Roxane Gay is lnchg a new one-year fellowship programme which will see her support three aspirg wrers. * roxane gay fellowship *
Big news for aspirg bloggers everywhere: yterday, Roxane Gay announced that, partnership wh Substack, she is lnchg a new wrg fellowship for three emergg wrers to velop and publish a Substack newsletter this year.
Gay will also meet wh fellows once a month over the urse of the year as a mentor on both wrg craft and bs, and promote each fellow regularly via her Substack, The Audacy.
GAY LNCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEME FOR ASPIRG WRERS THROUGH SUBSTACK
Roxane Gay Books & The Audacy Submissn Manager Powered By Submtable - Accept and Curate Digal Content * roxane gay fellowship *
The Joel Gay Creative Fellowships, named after Gay’s late brother, are open to any wrer who don’t have a book published or unr ntract.
Wrote Gay her announcement, “The fellowships are open to wrers om all backgrounds but I am prrizg wrers om unrreprented muni. This is the latt curatnal move om Substack, who lnched their Substack Fellowship for Inpennt Wrers 2019, and has nsistently given sizeable advanc to notable wrers—like Chuck Palahni, Gee Snrs, and Gay herself. When Gay lnched her own newsletter, she wrote, “It didn’t matter how different the bloggers [whose blogs I ed to read] were.
JOELLE TAYLOR EARNS T. S. ELT PRIZE, ROXANE GAY LNCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WH SUBSTACK, AND MORE
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Roxane Gay is lnchg a new one-year fellowship programme which will see her support three aspirg wrers. The thor and profsor has announced the Joel Gay Fellowship through her Substack, The Audacy. As a part of the programme, Gay will meet wh each of the fellows once a month throughout the urse of the year to provi mentorship on both the craft and navigatg the bs of wrg, and will also promote each fellow on a regular basis via her Substack.
"I am thrilled to partner wh Substack on the Joel Gay creative fellowships, " said Gay.
ROXANE GAY IS STARTG A NEW IMPRT AT GROVE ATLANTIC.
In partnership wh Substack, I am tablishg the Joel Gay Creative Fellowships to support three emergg wrers over the urse of the year as they velop and publish a newsletter on the Substack platform. Fellows will receive a $25,000 stipend, paid monthly om the ial publitn of their newsletter, as well as up to $15,000 servic om … * roxane gay fellowship *
This fellowship begs to addrs that shortage while also honourg the memory of my brother, Joel Gay, who was so passnate and creative and eager to engage wh the world.
Roxane Gay has partnered wh Substack to lnch the Joel Gay Creative Fellowships, named honor of her late brother. Each fellow will also meet wh Gay monthly and receive up to $15, 000 servic om Substack, such as edorial support and sign assistance.
ROXANE GAY’S IMPRT OPENS DOORS
ROXANE GAY BOOKS IS CLOSED TO UNAGENTED SUBMISSIONS UNTIL 2024 BECAUSE WE ONLY PUBLISH THREE BOOKS A YEAR AND HAVE TITLES THROUGH AUDACITY IS CLOSED TO EMERGING WRITER SUBMISSIONS UNTIL DECEMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE FILLED ALL THE SLOTS FOR 2023. ROXANE GAY BOOKS ACCEPTS submissns om both agented and unagented wrers.
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Roxane Gay Books prriz unrreprented wrers and do so, proudly. Roxane Gay is not jt an acclaimed wrer, she’s a champn of wrers: she’s eded The Bt Amerin Short Stori, found Gay Magaze, and lnched the Audac Book Club to promote readg and discsn of powerful new lerary voic. Roxane Gay Books will publish three tl per year, a mixture of fictn, nonfictn, and memoir.
“I love havg a hand brgg brilliant wrg to the world, and over the past fifteen or so years, I’ve done that var edorial paci that have been credibly gratifyg, ” Gay told The New York Tim.
PURDUE’S ROXANE GAY, BT-SELLG THOR, AWARD GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
” Gay and Grove Atlantic have had a relatnship sce 2014, when Grove Atlantic published Gay’s but novel An Untamed State.
Roxane Gay Books and Grove Atlantic have also announced a paid one-year fellowship program, tend as a crash urse publishg for ndidat who may not have accs to the dtry through tradnal avenu. Said Grove Atlantic VP and Executive Edor Amy Hundley, who works wh Gay: “Roxane is one of those wrers who is always readg and fallg love wh and remendg other wrers, and she has a fabulo eye for talent and a boundls energy for lookg where others don’t.
In the past lerary polymath Roxane Gay has penned two story llectns, the say llectn Bad Femist, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, and the novel An Untamed State, all to acclaim. Now to this résumé she adds acquirg edor for a publishg hoe, as she brgs her acumen to helm Roxane Gay Books, a new imprt of Grove Atlantic announced and edor Roxane Gay announced news of her imprt May 2021.
THE JOEL GAY CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS | ROXANE GAY & SUBSTACK
(Cred: Reggie Cunngham)Roxane Gay Books will put out three tl a year, at least to start, wh the athetilly omnivoro Gay stg a wi terms of the submissns she’s seekg—story and say llectns, novels a variety of genr, as well as nonfictn and memoirs.
) What Gay is not necsarily lookg for is prr publishg experience, blurbs, a social media platform, an agent, an MFA, or a llege gree. In dispensg wh the requirements, Gay tends to ve submissns om wrers tradnally locked out of publishg opportuni: namely, people wh the talent and disciple to wre a powerful work of art but not the nnectns or opportuni that e wh beg llege ted, whe, upper middle class, or loted New York Cy, the dtry’s seat.
While the imprt’s submissns procs is liberately clive, Gay plans on brgg a clear and tentnal edorial pot-of-view to the mancripts she selects.
THE WORLD OF ROXANE GAY: A FIERCE VOICE WHAT SHE LLS 'AN AGE OF ELASTICY'
”“I’m gog to publish books that I love, ” Gay said a recent ll over Zoom, “and that I feel as an edor I n brg somethg valuable to. ”In addn to workg wh thors on eds and revisns, Gay will help them navigate their book lnch and beyond. She herself was grateful to receive guidance early on her reer om novelist Tayari Jon, who, Gay rells fondly, actually lled her on the phone to share dtry advice.
”This imprt is not the only way Gay is disptg typil dtry practic. A fellow will help her sift through submissns and will spl their time workg for Roxane Gay Books and rotatg through the edorial, publicy, marketg, and rights divisns at Grove Atlantic. “They won’t jt be puttg together mailgs, ” says Amy Hundley, a vice print of Grove Atlantic, Gay’s own edor at the publisher, and Gay’s llaborator for the imprt.