Founded in 2003, Under the Volcano is an incubator of literary talent, a catalyst for writers with books in progress and a diverse community of writers that transcends borders, languages, time and place. Now in its 20th year, and structured as a non-profit that subsidizes more than half its participants, the program has blossomed into a bilingual literary immersion and 3-week residency that attracts accomplished poets, novelists, memoirists, essayists and journalists from Mexico, the US and other countries. The goal is always to identify and encourage talented writers, whether published or unpublished, advanced or emerging. Increasingly, thanks to our growing body of committed alumni, the program’s reach extends beyond our village through our online Community of the Imagination, with events that take our writers to readers around the world.