Sundress Publications is pleased to announce Daphne DiFazio as the recipient of the 2025 Sundress Microgrant for Trans Writers. She will receive $500, a one-week residency at the Sundress Academy for the Arts in Knoxville, TN, and the potential for publication with the press.
Daphne DiFazio is a writer, editor, and performer studying poetry in Texas. She currently serves as co-ambasssador for the Austin chapter of the Authors Guild. You can find more of her work at daphnedifazio.com.
We would also like to recognize our finalists—Marina Robinson, Chris Watkins, Alie Rain Davis, James Brunton, and Zara Jamshed—and our semifinalists—Max Gregg, Jo Bear, Kyla-Yen Huynh Giffin, Aimee Herman, Ryan Lerrik, Ali Shuaib, Myra Scott, Julian Shendelman, Momo Alvarado, Aiden Grace Smith, Marianne Reese, June Glass, Robin Reid Drake, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, Fin Leary, Charlie Sorrenson, Dakota Edwin Collins, Luca Ettinger, and Imani Davis.
