University of Wisconsin

WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIPS

Six writers received the 2018–2019 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships in Poetry and Fiction. Aria Aber of New York City received the Ron Wallace Poetry Fellowship; Chekwube O. Danladi of Urbana, Illinois, received the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship; Natasha Oladokun of Roanoke, Virginia, received the First Wave Poetry Fellowship; Lucy Tan of New York City received the James C. McCreight Fiction Fellowship; Mary Terrier of Baltimore received the Carl Djerassi Fiction Fellowship; and Kate Wisel of Chicago received the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship. Each fellow receives a stipend of $38,000 plus benefits, and teaches one creative writing workshop at the University of Wisconsin each semester and gives one public reading. The nine-month fellowships provide time, space, and an intellectual community for poets and fiction writers working on a first or second book. Applicants must hold an MFA or PhD in creative writing and must have published no more than one book. (SEE DEADLINES.) University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships, English Department, 6195C Helen C. White Hall, 600 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706. Sean Bishop, Contact. institutemail@english.wisc.edu

www.creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships.html