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Disquiet is an international literary program held annually in Lisbon, Portugal. Contact: [email protected]

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"[L]et’s get political, let’s fight for our communities, let’s make the world a fairer, livelier place," writes Jacinto Lucas Pires in a recent post on his Substack, "Pardon My English." Jacinto Lucas Pires has been a Portuguese guest with the DISQUIET International Literary Program for many years, and we highly recommend subscribing to his newsletter for more thoughts on politics, literature, art and the occasional football match.

You can read more of "Let's get political" and other posts here: https://jacintolucaspires.substack.com/ by @disquietilp

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We have an incredible lineup of instructors for the 2027 DISQUIET International Literary program! Join us next summer to work with Chris Feliciano Arnold, Gabriel Bump, Anelise Chen, Erica Dawson, Brian Evenson, D/Annie Liontas, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Joseph Earl Thomas, and more writers who will be announced soon.

Applications to the program are open now until December 15, 2026: https://disquietinternational.org/apply-now/

For scholarship consideration, please enter the DISQUIET Literary Prize, which is open now until January 4, 2027. Read the full details here: http://disquietinternational.org/the-program/contests-scholarships/the-disquiet-prize/.

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Scholarship and fellowship applications are open for the 2027 DISQUIET International Literary Program!

Emerging Writer Scholarships:

Emerging writers can win publication and a full tuition waiver to attend DISQUIET in 2027 by entering the DISQUIET Literary Prize! This year's contest is for writing in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, by a writer who has not yet published more than one full-length book with a major publisher. (Entrants who have published short pieces, chapbooks, one book, or no books are all welcome, as are self-published authors and those who have no prior publications). The first prize winners in each genre will be published -- the nonfiction winner in Ninthletter.com, the poetry winner in The Common, and the fiction winner in Electric Lit.

One grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship including tuition, lodging, and a $1,000 travel stipend to attend DISQUIET in Lisbon (June 27-July 9 2027). Genre winners will receive a tuition waiver in addition to publication.

Winners who are unable to attend the program may elect to receive a $1000 cash prize in lieu of the tuition waiver.

Apply now until January 4, 2027: http://disquietinternational.org/the-program/contests-scholarships/the-disquiet-prize/.

Luso/a-American Fellowships:

Four full fellowships are available for North American writers of Luso descent to attend DISQUIET. Entrants must be 18 or older by the month in which the program starts (June 2027), and residents of the United States or Canada who have a genealogical link to any Lusophone country. Please email us at info@disquietinternational.org if you have questions about your eligibility.

Winners will receive airfare stipend, accommodations, and full tuition to attend DISQUIET in Lisbon, and a place in our multi-genre workshop “Writing the Luso Experience." Runners-up will be offered partial tuition scholarships.

Apply now until January 4, 2027: https://disquietinternational.submittable.com/submit.

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The DISQUIET International Literary Program is open for applications! Apply now to be part of our two-week summer program, which will take place June 27-July 9, 2027 in Lisbon, Portugal.

We will be joined by an incredible cohort of faculty members — Gabriel Bump, Anelise Chen, Brian Evenson, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Diana Khoi Nguyen, and Joseph Earl Thomas, and even more to be announced soon!

Apply to DISQUIET 2027 between now and December 15, 2026, using this link or the application page linked in our bio: https://disquietinternational.org/apply-now/

DISQUIET offers scholarships! Emerging writers can win publication and a full tuition waiver to attend DISQUIET in 2027 by entering the DISQUIET Literary Prize, which is open now until January 4, 2027. Read the full contest deadlines here: http://disquietinternational.org/the-program/contests-scholarships/the-disquiet-prize/.

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Look at all these DISQUIET alumni reading in Bushwick on Tuesday at @bookclubbar!

Eric Baker ( @baekboi_sung) hosts the Miradouro Reading Series, with @henrykoskoff, @sanumpatel, and @liddyalt reading along with @cinnamont0astmunch and @noahaaronhale at 8PM, September 15.

Get the details here:
https://www.bookclubbar.com/events/6114020260915 by @disquietilp

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Alum @victoriahulbert's debut novel SCREEN MEMORY will be out from @eccobooks in March 2027! You can order it here:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/screen-memory-victoria-hulbert by @disquietilp

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DISQUIET alum @natashahakimizapata's book Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America From Around the Globe is now out in paperback! Order it from @thenewpress or wherever paperbacks are found:

https://thenewpress.org/books/another-world-is-possible/ by @disquietilp

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I can't think of a better way to spend the fall of 2026 than reading Samuel R. Delany's massive sci-fi masterpiece with DISQUIET alum Zack Graham (@zgraham19) at the @center4fiction. This eight-week class takes place on Zoom, so you don't even have to be in Brooklyn! Find details here:

https://centerforfiction.org/group-workshop/samuel-r-delanys-dhalgren-with-zack-graham/ by @disquietilp

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Calling all Brooklynites! Alysia Sawchyn will read and discuss her new book with Vic Liu at @booksaremagicbk on Montague Street, Tuesday, September 1! See here for details:
https://booksaremagic.net/events/5850020260901

Or check Alysia's website for more book events coming up soon:
https://alysiasawchyn.com/readings-and-events/ by @disquietilp

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DISQUIET alum and former staff member Alysia Li Yin Sawchyn's new book, I Have This Thing for Flowers, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books in just a few days! You can read an excerpt at @electricliterature here:

https://electricliterature.com/even-better-than-saving-a-life-is-a-life-that-does-not-need-to-be-saved/

Preorder here:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-have-this-thing-for-flowers-essays-on-the-roots-of-relationships-alysia-li-ying-sawchyn/f0f4d669d1e2ea03?ean=9781250397614 by @disquietilp

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"In America, there is no cult of the writer." Diario de Noticias, one of Portugal’s leading newspapers, has interviewed DISQUIET faculty members Brian Evenson, D/Annie Liontas, and Erica Dawson. Congratulations, all! by @disquietilp

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We had a wonderful two weeks at the 2026 DISQUIET International Literary Program! What a beautiful series of writing workshops, publishing panels, readings, and community events. Thank you to all of these incredible people for making this program a phenomenal literary experience in Lisbon, Portugal.

Photo credits:

©EGEAC – Teatro São Luiz, Pedro Rosário Nunes

Inês Pinto Gonçalves/FLAD

@steventagle by @disquietilp

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