The Robert B. Silvers Foundation

The Silvers Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Silvers-Dudley Prizes—six prizes totaling $135,000, two each in literary criticism, arts writing, and journalism, the genres championed by Robert B. Silvers, co-founding editor of @nybooks.

Less than two weeks remain to submit your application for a Silvers Grant. Up to $10,000 towards your non-fiction project. Visit silversfoundation.org/grants/ for details.

Just under one month remains to submit your application for a Silvers Grant. Up to $10,000 towards your non-fiction project. Details at silversfoundation.org/grants/

This week the Silvers Foundation held its second annual Silvers-Dudley Gala in New York, honoring the Silvers-Dudley Prize winners. Thank you to the donors whose contributions help make our grants and prizes possible, and congratulations once again to our winners!

Up to $10,000 towards your non-fiction project. Apply now at silversfoundation.org/grants/

Attn nonfiction writers, journalists, critics! The @silversfound is now accepting applications for the 2026 Silvers Grants for Work in Progress. Apply for support of up to $10,000. For more info, please visit silversfoundation.org/grants

Absolutely delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Silvers-Dudley Prizes in Literary Criticism, Arts Writing, and Journalism!

Honored!

The Robert B. Silvers Foundation announced the six winners of the 2026 Silvers-Dudley Prizes, awarded in the categories of literary criticism, arts writing, and journalism. This year’s winners include Adam Shatz and Vivian Gornick. @silversfound ow.ly/L9W650XSAGC

@andrewdurb1n @friezeofficial “It has been a huge pleasure for me and our Board to be able to bestow these prizes on brilliant writers and critics whose work exemplifies the qualities of incisiveness of expression, stylistic verve, and originality of thought that Bob Silvers fostered.” —@DAMendelsohnNYC

The Silvers Foundation extends is gratitude to this year’s prize judges: author and editor Charles McGrath, poet and essayist Diane Mehta, and Andrew Durbin (@andrewdurb1n), author and editor of @friezeofficial.

The Silvers Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Silvers-Dudley Prizes—six prizes totaling $135,000, two each in literary criticism, arts writing, and journalism, the genres championed by Robert B. Silvers, co-founding editor of @nybooks.

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Congratulations to all our 2026 Silvers-Dudley Prize winners. To learn more about how the Silvers Foundation supports writers with grants and prizes, visit silversfoundation.org

Rozina Ali (@rozina_ali) is awarded a 2026 Robert B. Silvers Prize for Journalism. “Ali is the rare investigative reporter who traces not only a story but the moral weight of a story. She probes conspiracies, deception, [and] betrayal…and never misses a tender detail.”

Garry Wills is awarded a 2026 Robert B. Silvers Prize for Journalism. “In more than fifty books, Wills is an erudite voice with an electric style, and a philosopher-critic of religion and society. He is a wit who dispels myth and a first-rate storyteller.”

The Silvers Foundation is proud to have supported Sean’s work. To learn more about how a Silvers Grant can help fund your work in progress, visit silversfoundation.org/grants

Read Silvers Grantee (‘24) Sean Patrick Cooper’s (@SeanCooper24) latest: a clear-eyed, ruthlessly researched investigation into how wastewater management practices by Amazon and Big Ag have poisoned Eastern Oregon’s water. (@RollingStone) rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…