- VONA - Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation
VONA faculty and alumni support the movement for Black lives by sharing works they’ve written and wisdom from literary elders on issues of race, justice, and social change
- Our Story — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
The premier multi-genre workshop for BIPOC Writers, VONA is a Home where writers of color come to hone their craft and be in community VONA honors its writers' unique histories, traditions and aesthetics and provides a protected mentoring space for learning and fellowship
- Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation - VONA
The pandemic lockdown allowed us to cultivate a new form of the VONA workshop, the Virtual Workshop for BIPOC writers In these sessions, participants from around the globe will come together for a week-long workshop with faculty teaching in a variety of spaces and places
- Board — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
Before I found VONA, or VONA found me, I don’t think I really understood how important community can be to a writer It’s our lifeline It holds us as we do the critical work of storytelling, of documentary and speculation, of world building VONA’s effectively my writing home ”
- Writing Workshops FAQ — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
What are VONA Workshops? VONA offers summer week-long programs and shorter intensives and talks throughout the year Typical week-long programs include workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, political content, travel writing, and tv screenwriting
- In Memory of Andrew Xuan Pham — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
A tribute by VONA alum, Nahshon Dion Andrew X Pham, the award-winning Vietnamese American author, journalist, translator, and engineer, passed away on April 30, 2025 A funeral service was held in Thailand, and his ashes were scattered in the ocean on May 6
- Prose Workshop 2024 — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
The scholarship is new this year and will be awarded annually to a returning VONA participant who actively centers social justice, reverses the erasure of historically marginalized voices, and promotes a sense of belonging in their work and actions
- Summer 2023 Workshops — VONA - Voices of Our Arts Foundation
In 2023, VONA offers two sessions of week-long workshops We are pleased to return to in-person workshops to be held in Miami from June 25-July 1st Our second session is a virtual week-long seminar that will take place from July 2-8th
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