McKnight
McKnight Fellowships for Writers
Award is Closed
Award is currently closed for applications
McKnight Fellowships for Writers
This year's award is in Prose & Children's Lit Ages 8 and Older. Submissions are now closed. The deadline was Nov 18, 2022. The 2024 cycle will open for applications in fall of 2023.
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.
McKnight Fellows 2023
Congratulations 2023 McKnight Fellows!
The Loft Literary Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers, Loft Awards in Creative Prose and Loft Award in Children's Literature (Older 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 Alexander Chee in creative prose and Aida Salazar in children’s literature.
The Loft received 44 qualified applications in children’s literature and 87 qualified applications in creative prose. This year’s recipients are children’s writer Art Coulson (Apple Valley) and creative prose writers Naomi Cohn (Saint Paul), Gen Del Raye (Minneapolis), Hilal Isler (Saint Paul), and Kao Kalia Yang (Saint Paul).
Read the full linked press release.
Congratulations 2023 Fellows!
McKnight Artist Fellowships
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.
McKnight Fellow Donte Collins
