Veterans Fellowship
TALENT PORTAL
With a strong emphasis on experiential learning, the fellowship’s mission is to provide educational resources, professional guidance, and career-building opportunities for Veterans Writing Project alumni who are on the threshold of breaking into the industry.
If you have any specific hiring needs, our staff will curate recommendations or facilitate introductions on your behalf. To make a request, email WGF’s Director of Community Programs Kira VandenBrande at kvandenbrande@wgfoundation.org.
In addition to the talent profiles linked below, WGF also crafts a dedicated lookbook featuring each graduating class. Click the links below to view the 2024 and 2025 Fellowship Lookbooks!
Annual Lookbooks
Alumni Profiles
Christopher Harris
Christopher David Harris is a gay Air Force veteran from Virginia. A huge nerd, he writes quippy sci-fi, fantasy, and superhero stories that explore themes of transformational journeys, religious and family trauma, connection to adversity, and the power of claiming your truth, with an eye towards LGBTQIA+ inclusion and representation.
Corinthian Maldonado
A proud Borícua from New York, Corinthian serves in the U.S. Air Force. He found his passion for writing in the middle of the desert during a deployment and has pursued it ever since. A graduate of the Veterans Writing Project and of the Veterans Writing Fellowship, he tells stories of loss, home, and the fight to belong.