THE COUNTERFEED™
We feed you what the canon won’t.
The CounterFeed™ is my gate-free, anti-canon drift library — a growing archive of tools, readings, lineage maps, hybrid poetics, and literary resources inspired by Airea D. Matthews’ Non-MFA Resources and Claudia Rankine’s The Racial Imaginary.
The CounterFeed™ is a gate-free, anti-canon drift library — a growing archive of tools, readings, lineage maps, hybrid poetics and literary resources.
It draws inspiration from Airea D. Matthews’ Non-MFA Resources and Claudia Rankine’s The Racial Imaginary.
This space is for writers who live:
between languages
outside institutions
across borders
beyond the traditional “pathways” of poetry.
An archipelago for writers imagining more generous literary futures.
The currents of the CounterFeed begin below.
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CURRENT 01: LINEAGES
Maps of influence, ancestry, and literary kinship across languages and traditions.
Non-MFA Resources: Airea D. Matthews
The Racial Imaginary Institute: Claudia Rankine
The Poetry Bulletin: Emily Stoddard
Lineage Map: Hybrid Poetics (coming soon)
CURRENT 02: tools
Resources for writers navigating craft, publication, mentorship, and community outside traditional literary pathways.
Submitting Work
ChillSubs
Galleyway
Poets & Writers Submission Calendar
Mentorship & Community
POC in Publishing Mentorship
Women Who Submit
Fellowships & Residencies
Artist Communities Alliance Residency Directory
Poets & Writers Conference & Residency Database
BOMB Magazine Fellowship Guide
Erika Meitner — Post-MFA Fellowships
Craft
Non-MFA Craft Resources - Airea D. Matthews
Bread Loaf Archive of Craft Lectures
Poetry Foundation Glossary of Poetic Terms
Felicia Rose Chavez — The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop
CURRENT 03: SIGNALS
Rule-based writing engines that produce unexpected language.
Signal 01 — Gbaka Grammar
Signal 02 — The Syllabus is Flammable
Signal 03 — Writing from inside the Circle
Signal 04 — Self-Portrait Generator (coming soon)
CURRENT 04: poets’ notes
Short reflections from poets working across West Africa and its diasporas — on language, place, craft, and literary futures.
Notes appear as they arrive.
DEW Scholar Notes
Reflections from poets participating in the Donald E. Waterfall Scholarship, a mentorship initiative supporting emerging writers through craft, community, and sustained creative practice.
Isaiah Adepoju — Scholar Reflection
Future DEW Scholar — Reflection
Community Notes
Short craft reflections and dispatches from poets across West Africa and the diaspora.
Poet’s Note — (coming soon)
CURRENT 05: funding
Funding opportunities supporting writers working across the Global South and its diasporas, as well as writers outside dominant literary institutions.
Fellowships & Grants
Miles Morland Writing Scholarship
African Writers Trust Fellowships
Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Programme
Elizabeth George Foundation Grant
Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellowship
Granum Foundation Poetry Grant
Support & Mutual Aid
POMPOM Mutual Aid for Writers
Gasher Journal Submission Fee Fund
PEN Grants for Writers (various programs)
Residencies
Aké Arts & Book Festival Residencies
Artist Communities Alliance Residency Directory
Poets & Writers Residency Database
Bellagio Center Residency Program (Rockefeller Foundation)
Prize Opportunities
Brunel International African Poetry Prize
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
CURRENT 06: field notes
Fragments from the CounterFeed system — observations, language drift, and process notes.
Entries appear as they surface.