The Mellon Foundation and the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund have announced the second cohort of Letras Boricuas Fellows—20 Puerto Rican authors whose work spans literary genres and writing styles, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s literature.

The fellowship provides writers, both on the island and in the mainland United States, with unrestricted grants of $25,000 as well as a convening in Puerto Rico with the inaugural class to foster connection and share creative processes and fellowship experiences. Funded by the Mellon Foundation as part of its long-term commitment to sustaining and enriching Puerto Rico’s cultural, knowledge, and memory ecosystems, the fellowship helps amplify Puerto Rico’s literary legacy, while highlighting the dynamism and diversity of experiences for emerging and established writers.

“The Flamboyan Arts Fund is pleased and proud to support, together with our trusted partners at the Mellon Foundation, this group of Puerto Rican writers with this grant,” said Flamboyan Foundation executive director Carlos Rodríguez Silvestre. “Letras Boricuas is more than a fellowship, it is a recognition of their work and the potential they have to continue contributing to the arts and humanities both in Puerto Rico and in the diaspora. Letras Boricuas exemplifies what can be accomplished through alliances and the union of common purposes. Special thanks to the Mellon Foundation for believing in our writers and being part of this wonderful process with us.”

For a complete list of Letras Boricuas Fellows, see the Flamboyan Foundation website. 

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