Pearl Street Publishing Writing Fellowship
will be renewed in the spring of 2012


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The Inspiration

The Pearl Street Publishing Writing Fellowship evolved as we developed our publishing venture. Our mission to publish the works of those "who dare to act on their dreams" has attracted a number of works by people who are not professional writers. In some instances, we have received submissions which have such promise that we decided to create a writing fellowship. The  fellowship  provides the writer with the editorial support required to produce a publishable manuscript. The Writing Fellowship also provides  a stipend and, upon completion of the Fellowship, an offer of a Pearl Street Publishing contract.

To qualify for a writing fellowship the applicant must have completed a work and have a profession other than writing . We consider all of life’s important work a profession. Parenting, homemaking, and care taking are obviously included. Indeed, the inspiration for The Pearl Street Publishing Writing Fellowship is Nellie Kollister, maternal grandmother of the publisher, Sherry Seiber. She was a mother and homemaker in rural Ohio in the first half of the twentieth century. Yet, she somehow found the time and energy to organize a family band and to write poetry. Although she died when  her granddaughter was a year old, her legacy lives on vividly in her poetry.

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The Recipients

Sheryl Mebane was the first recipient of the Pearl Street Publishing Writing Fellowship for her novel, Lady Bird.   Sheryl received her PhD in Chemistry from Berkeley in 2003. To order and learn about Lady Bird and her author click:

Vyshali Manivannan for her novel Invictus which she describes as being "the story of a bioroid, or living robot, named Phalanx-his conflicts with himself and his environment, his struggles with identity , his search for deeper meaning." In addition to being a talented young writer, Manivannan was  recognized early for achievements in the scientific field and planned to pursue this interest in college. Her intent in writing Invictus was "to show that moral decency is crucial to science and that the strength of human emotion cannot be underestimated."  She has changed her career path to writing. To learn more about the author and Invictus click:

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