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NEW AND EVENTS
We are pleased to announce that The Common is among the 99 literary nonprofit organizations to be presented with a 2025 Literary Magazine Fund Grant by the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund, in conjunction with the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses.
NEWS AND EVENTS
The Common has announced Kei Lim ’25 as the 2025-26 Literary Editorial Fellow, marking the sixth year of the fellowship at Amherst College’s award-winning, open-access literary journal.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Award-winning, international literary journal The Common announced today that Aidan Cooper '26 will be the third recipient of the David Applefield ’78 Fellowship.
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