Letras Boricuas
Letras Boricuas Fellowship launches the 2025 call. Apply from March 18 until April 30 at 5:00 p.m.
A Fellowship Aimed at Supporting Puerto Rican Writers Across Literary Genres
Home to a rich literary tradition, Puerto Rico has produced some of today’s most celebrated writers, yet there are few dedicated platforms for the elevation and amplification of Puerto Rican literary voices, including funding to support artists in the field. The Letras Boricuas Fellowship aims to identify and connect writers from diverse backgrounds and identities who embody the vastness, diversity and complexity of Puerto Rican experiences.
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What is the Letras Boricuas Fellowship?
The Letras Boricuas Fellowship is an opportunity sponsored by the Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Arts Fund that will impact more than 100 writers with $25,000 per fellow.
The last cohort of writers was announced in November 2024, the second cohort was announced in November 2022, and the first cohort in November 2021.
The fellowship provides recipients with an unrestricted grant of $25,000 each.
In addition to providing unrestricted funds to support writers, the Letras Boricuas Fellowship identifies and connects writers from diverse backgrounds and identities who embody the vastness, diversity, and complexity of Puerto Rican experiences.
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All applications must be submitted through the Submittable platform. Check the supporting documents and click on the link and apply.
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Partners
The Letras Boricuas Fellowship is a collaboration between The Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Arts Fund
Partners
The Letras Boricuas fellowship a collaboration between the Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Arts Fund of the Flamboyan Foundation.
The Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive.
Guided by the belief that all children deserve the opportunity to live a fulfilling life, the Flamboyan Foundation works to ensure every child in the US and Puerto Rico receives an outstanding education. In D.C., Flamboyan is accelerating student learning by helping educators and school systems transform their relationships with families. In Puerto Rico, Flamboyan is ensuring students are reading in Spanish on grade level by third grade while building a thriving philanthropic and nonprofit sector, which includes arts and cultural organizations.
The Flamboyan Arts Fund is a partnership between the Flamboyan Foundation, Lin-Manuel Miranda, his family, and the Broadway musical HAMILTON to preserve, amplify, and sustain the arts in Puerto Rico. Since its creation, the Fund has disbursed over $15 million to 100 organizations and 900 artists. The Flamboyan Arts Fund supports all facets of the arts community, including music, theater, visual arts, dance, literature, and youth arts education, to ensure that the arts and culture continue to flourish during the rebuilding of Puerto Rico.