Fire Relief Resources

Dear Readers, 

We wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the devastation of our beloved city over the past few days. It happened so quickly that we all still feel a little disoriented. So many members of our staff, as well as our writers, our readers, and our friends, have been affected by the fires that it’s difficult to contemplate how to address this publicly. The losses are both broad and painfully specific. This is a different city from the one it was a week ago.

There’s no separation between this publication and the people who write for us, who read us, who are simply a part of the city we live in. This is a shared disaster, and our thoughts are with you and with everyone affected by these fires. 

You’ll find a list of resources from Mutual Aid LA here. We’re hoping for a collective safety and looking forward to a communal recovery.

Yours, 
Medaya

Arts workers

For grants and funding from the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (LACDAC), click here
For the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, click here
For Arts for LA’s resource list for artists and cultural workers, click here

Writers

For PEN America’s 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires Emergency Grant Program, click here
For the Humanitas Groceries for Writers program, click here
For the Inevitable Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund (available to disabled writers), click here
For emergency financial assistance from the Dramatists Guild Foundation (for playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists), click here
For the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (available to professional nonfiction freelance writers), click here

Bookstore workers

For the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s financial assistance form, click here

Support the Los Angeles Public Library

To donate to the LAPL Palisades Branch Recovery Fund, click here
To donate to the LAPL Staff Emergency Support Fund, click here