Sundress Publications is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2025 Light Bill Incubator Microgrant is Mckendy Fils-Aimé. He will receive $500 and a residency at the Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) in Knoxville, TN.
Mckendy Fils-Aimé is a New England-based Haitian American poet, organizer, and teaching artist. He has received fellowships from Callaloo, Cave Canem, and The Watering Hole. Mckendy’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poem-a-Day, Adroit, Obsidian, American Literary Review, Bellingham Review, and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection, Sipèstisyon, will be published by YesYes Books in 2026.
We would also like to recognize our finalists:
- Shams Alkamil
- Siobhan Ekeh
- Moriah Hampton
- Tsedi Mathebula
- Sydney Mayes
- NmaHassan Muhammad
- Abdulbasit Oluwanishola
- Damilola Omotoyinbo
- Maya Williams
