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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. VONA fosters the development of personal and political writing and engages in the work of social justice as we build our global community of writers.

Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, established in 1999 by writers and activists Elmaz Abinader, Junot Díaz, Victor Díaz and Diem Jones, is a community-based organization that puts writers of color, their narratives, voices, and experiences at the center of all conversations. VONA supports individual writer growth, creates platforms for community engagement rooted in social justice, and provides workshops and mentors focused on expanding writing opportunities.

Over 2,500 writers from around the globe have participated in VONA since 1999. Cinelle Barnes, Devi Laskar, Elaine Castillo, Jennifer De Leon, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Patricia Engel, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Daisy Hernandez, JP Howard, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Tayari Jones, Zeyn Joukhdar, Lisa Ko, Vanessa Martír, John Murillo, Daniel José Older, Melissa Rivero, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and Danez Smith are among the more than 500 alumni who have published books, receiving literary prizes and international recognition.