McKnight
AWARD IS CLOSED
This year's award is in Prose & Children's Lit Ages 8 and Older
The Loft administers the McKnight Fellowships for Writers. Five $25,000 awards are presented annually to accomplished Minnesota writers and spoken word artists. Four awards alternate annually between creative prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry/spoken word. The fifth award is presented in children’s literature and alternates annually for writing for ages eight and under and writing for children older than eight.
The Loft Literary Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers, Loft Awards in Poetry, Spoken Word, and Loft Award in Children's Literature (Younger Children). The fellowships are judged by prominent American authors and editors, and the winners, all from Minnesota, are awarded $25,000 each. The judges this year were Ilya Kaminsky in poetry, Beau Sia in spoken word, and Meg Medina in children’s literature.
The Loft received 94 qualified applications across all three categories this cycle. This year’s recipients are children’s writer Dr. Artika Tyner (Saint Paul); spoken word artist K.W. Jackson (Saint Paul); and poets Douglas Kearney (Saint Paul), Preeti Kaur Rajpal (Minneapolis), and Chavonn Shen (Saint Paul).
Submissions are now closed. The deadline was Nov 18, 2022. This year's award is in Prose & Children's Lit Ages 8 and Older
Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts and culture program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for individual working Minnesota artists has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 14 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and structure them to respond to the unique challenges of different disciplines. Currently the foundation contributes about $2.8 million per year to its statewide fellowships. For more information, visit mcknight.org/artistfellowships.