Heyday Roundhouse Native California Writer Fellowship

The Heyday Roundhouse Native California Writer Fellowship sponsors two Native California writers who have book contracts with Heyday to spend two weeks at Mesa Refuge. This is an annual fellowship for Native California writers with Heyday’s Berkeley Roundhouse. Heyday Books is a Berkeley-based, independent, nonprofit publisher, and their California Indian publishing program brings books by and about Native Californians to press. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, publications under the Roundhouse umbrella amplify the traditions, artwork, and insights of the West Coast’s first peoples. From tribal memoirs to children’s stories to cookbooks, these books preserve cherished knowledge and offer eye-opening perspective with integrity and deep respect. Heyday’s Berkeley Roundhouse program celebrates California’s diverse Indian cultures through a quarterly magazine, News from Native California, and books on Native life. In addition to publishing the magazine as well as over 50 books devoted to California Indian culture and history, Heyday has sponsored hundreds of events, launched museum shows that have traveled the state, and partnered with tribal communities in a number of meaningful ways.