Did you miss the Black Writers Fellowship online info session yesterday?

Don’t worry! We’re happy to announce that the recorded Zoom info session for the Black Writers Fellowship 2026, which took place on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, is now available on our Vimeo page. The recording includes a presentation about the fellowship as well as a live Q&A session.

Click here to watch the recorded Zoom info session.

The deadline for the Black Writers Fellowship 2026 is October 10, 2025, at 5:00 PM ET. Please download the RFP form here to learn more about the fellowship.

For reference and inspiration, please review Hand Papermaking’s guiding principles and peruse the table of contents of recent magazine issues. To see two published

Black Writers Fellowship: Researcher articles, these two are available during the application period:

‍[Payton Harris-Woodard’s interview with Howardena Pindell] and [sadé powell’s article on young Black emerging paper artists].

You can search for topics published in the magazine’s history on the website. Applicants can receive up to two article PDFs if requested by October 3: bwfresearcher@handpapermaking.org.

We look forward to seeing your submissions!

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Sincerely,
Hand Papermaking Team

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