In partnership with We Need Diverse Books (WNDB), we are happy to announce the launch of the second annual Black Creatives Fund Revisions Workshop. The program supports unpublished Black writers with completed manuscripts and will feature esteemed fa
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) and Penguin Random House are excited to announce the two winners of the inaugural Revisions Workshop, who will each receive grants of $4,500. The Revisions Workshop is one of three initiatives within WNDB’s Black Creative
WNDB Launches Black Creatives Fund By Jim Milliot | Feb 17, 2021
As part of its increased efforts to bring more change to book publishing, We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) is partnering with Penguin Random House on a series of programs designed to get more books by Black writers published. Operating under the Black Creatives Fund banner, the initiative consists of three parts: a “Revisions Workshop,” a mentoring program, and market symposia conducted in partnership with the Brown Bookshelf.
Dhonielle Clayton, an author and COO of WNDB, is overseeing the entire initiative. She said that after surveying Black authors, it became apparent that the area in which they struggle the most in the writing process is making revisions. “Authors repeatedly hear that their books are ‘not ready for market,’” Clayton told