title: Hollands Maandblad
text: # Hollands Maandblad
  
  Hollands Maandblad (formerly Hollands Weekblad) is a Dutch literary and political magazine founded by K. L. Poll.
  
  ## History
  
  It was founded on 20 May 1959, as a weekly called Hollands Weekblad. Its founding editor was K. L. Poll, who for decades was also its only editor (he was also editor for the Algemeen Handelsblad, later merged into NRC Handelsblad). After 1962 the weekly became a monthly and was given its current title. Besides being known as a publication venue for beginning writers (Maarten Biesheuvel published his first story in the magazine), it is also a popular forum for essayists and politicians.
  
  It shares many prose writers with Maatstaf.
  
  ## Subsidy and award
  
  Like most Dutch literary magazines, it was initially subsidized by the government, but after 1997 this changed, when the advising agency thought the magazine was "too journalistic" and didn't generate enough discussion. The magazine continued without subsidy, but the subsidy was restored in 2004 after the magazine was judged to be trendsetting. In 2007 the magazine received an award from the Lucas-Ooms Fonds, an organization that promotes magazine journalism, as one of the most outstanding literary magazines.
  
  ## Editors
  
  After the death of K.L. Poll, in 1990, the magazine was edited by J.J. Peereboom, who collaborated with Poll from the magazine's early days. At the end of 1994 an editorial team of four was instated, consisting of Peereboom, Marie-Anne van Wijnen, Maarten Doorman, and Bastiaan Bommeljé. In January 2001, the latter became the sole editor; he resigned in January 2019 and was succeeded by David Garvelink.
  
  ## Hollands Maandblad scholarships
  
  Since 2004 the magazine awards scholarships to promising young writers of prose, poetry, and essays.
  
  | Year | Poetry | Prose | Essay |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002/2003 | Cor Gordijn | Cathelijn Schilder | Megchel Doewina |
  | 2003/2004 | Vrouwkje Tuinman | Yusef el Halal | Thomas Bersee |
  | 2004/2005 | Froukje van der Ploeg | M.A.C. Paanakker | Esther ten Dolle |
  | 2005/2006 | Floor Buschenhenke | Anke Scheeren | Margriet de Koning Gans |
  | 2006/2007 | Annemieke Gerrist | Ilse Bos | Fredie Beckmans |
  | 2007/2008 | Krijn Peter Hesselink | Thijs de Boer | not awarded |
  | 2008/2009 | Vicky Francken | Ivo Bonthuis | Hans Hogenkamp |
  | 2009/2010 | Iris Brunia | Nina Roos | not awarded |
  | 2010/2011 | Emma Burns | Philip Huff | Krijn Peter Hesselink |
  | 2011/2012 | Kira Wuck | Stephan ter Borg | Machiel Jansen |
  | 2012/2013 | Esther Porcelijn | Bregje Hofstede | Maxim Roozen |
  | 2013/2014 | Olga Kortz | Jochem van den Dijssel & Emma Burns & Olga Kortz | not awarded |
  | 2014/2015 | Anne van Amstel & Marieke Lucas Rijneveld | Kitty Pouwels | not awarded |
  | 2015/2016 | not awarded | Erik Wietse Rietkerk & Daniëlle van Versendaal & Pieter Kranenborg | not awarded |
  | 2016/2017 | Jan-Willem Dijk | Gerda Blees | not awarded |
  | 2017/2018 | Anne van Winkelhof | Renske van den Broek | not awarded |
  | 2018/2019 | Dorien de Wit | Tjeerd Posthuma | not awarded |
  | 2019/2020 | Johannes van der Sluis | not awarded | Kim Schoof |
  