McKnight

Poetry

Fellows: Robert Bly, Marisha Chamberlain, Michael Moos, William Meissner
Judges:  [Maura Stanton, Harold Jaffe, Al Young], Linda Pastan, William Stafford  

Prose

Fellows: Patricia Hampl, Susan Allen Toth, Susan Welch, Robert Williams
Judges: [Maura Stanton, Harold Jaffe, Al Young], Elizabeth Hardwick, Robley Wilson, Jr.

Poetry

Fellows: John Engman, Kate Green, Sheryl Noethe, Susan Marie Swanson
Judges: Joy Harjo, Gwen Head, Carolyn Forche, Kenneth Koch

Prose

Fellows: Emilio DeGrazia, Ellen Hawley, Lynn Levine, Stephen Rosen
Judges: Dianne Benedict, James Alan McPherson, Alice Adams, Tobias Wolff

Poetry

Fellows: Philip Dacey, Howard Mohr, David Mura, Catherine Stearns
Judges: Maggie Anderson, Ted Kooser, Donald Hall

Prose

Fellows: Sam Avery, Ruth Hammond, Robert Lacy, Brenda Graves
Judges: Elizabeth Arthur, Tomas Rivera, James Atlas

Poetry

Fellows: David Brunet, Margaret Hasse, Jim Moore, Warren Woessner
Judges: Faye Kicknosway, Nicholas Christopher, June Jordan

Prose

Fellows: Jill Breckenridge, Rick Christman, Steven Polansky, Will Weaver
Judges: Moira Crone, Scott Russell Sanders, Rudolfo Anaya

Poetry

Fellows: Michael Dennis Browne, Roseann Lloyd, Sheila Packa, John Reinhard
Judges: Marilyn Waniek, Judith Minty, Michael Harper

Prose

Fellows: Paulette Bates Alden, Julie Landsman, John Minczeski, Lynna Williams
Judges: David Long, Susan Mernit, Penelope Gilliatt

Poetry

Fellows: John Caddy, Louis Jenkins, Barton Sutter, Cary Waterman
Judges: Christianne Balk, Ronald Wallace, Clarence Major

Prose

Fellows: Jonis Agee, Robert Cowgill, Vicky Lettman, James Thornton
Judges: Patricia Henley, Joyce Kornblatt, Clark Blaise

Poetry

Fellows: Candace Black, Florence Dacey, Kathy Houser, Patricia Kirkpatrick
Judges: Naomi Shihab Nye, John Engels

Prose

Fellows: Sandra Benitez, Michael Chauss, Anne Farrer Scott, Frank Wilderson, III
Judges: Ishmael Reed, Mary Lee Settle

Awards of Distinction: Poetry

Joe Paddock, Cary Waterman
Judge: Norman Dubie

Poetry

Fellows: Beverly Acuff Momoi, Sheila O'Connor, David Pink, Francine Sterle
Judges: Alberto Rios, Marilyn Hacker

Prose

Fellows: Ron Banet, Christian Davis, Tricia Baatz, Peter Wykes
Judges: Stanley Crouch, Josephine Humphreys

Awards of Distinction: Prose

Joseph Maiolo, Bill Meissner
Judge: Peter Taylor

Poetry

Fellows: Jerry Hansen, Judith Hougen, Teresa Whitman, Morgan Grayce Willow
Judges: Nellie Wong, Haki Madhubuti

Prose

Fellows: Peter Bobbe, Daniel Gabriel, Judith Katz, Carol Masters
Judges: Sherley Anne Williams, Richard Elman

Awards of Distinction: Poetry

Deborah Keenan, Roseann Lloyd
Judge: Nikki Giovanni

Poetry

Fellows: Alvin Greenberg, Yarrow Morgan, Kathleen Patrick
Judges: Dabney Stuart, Irena Kepfisz

Prose

Fellows: Evangeline Braaten, Emily Carter, P.S. Davies, Jack El-Hai, Harold Grey
Judges: Eugene B. Redmond, Valerie Miner

Awards of Distinction: Prose

Jonis Agee, Lon Otto
Judge: Peter Meinke

Poetry

Fellows: Melanie Cockrell, Maureen Gibbon, Kathleen Heideman
Judges: Garrett Hongo, Dborah Pintonelli

Prose

Fellows: David Bengston, Jim Goralski, Martha Roth, Gregory Blake Smith, Brian West
Judges: Bradford Morrow, Shay Youngblood

Awards of Distinction: Poetry

David Mura, Monica Ochtrup
Judge: Miguel Algarin

Poetry

Fellows: Edward Micus, Leslie Adrienne Miller, J.P. White
Judges: Martin Espada, Marilyn Waniek

Prose

Fellows: Pat Francisco, Michael Hatem, Elizabeth Mische John, Kathy Lewis, Nancy Meyer
Judges: Lewis Buzbee, Alison Moore

Awards of Distinction: Prose

Sandra Benitez, Mary Rockcastle
Judge: Clarence Major

Poetry

Fellows: Michael Bonacci, Ana Ortiz de Montellano, Edith Rylander
Judges: Beth Brant, Ken McClane

Prose

Fellows: Karen Me Kyung Muckenhirn, Barrie Borich, Mary Petrie, Jessica Roeder, Mark Ryan
Judges: Abraham Rodriguez, Jr., Ron Rindo

Awards of Distinction: Poetry

Patricia Barone, Alvin Greenberg
Judge: Marilyn Hacker

Poetry

Fellows: Elizabeth Mische, Thom Tammaro, Katharine Whitcomb-Nelson
Judges: Jane Hirshfield, Michael Warr

Prose

Fellows: E.J. Levy, Lynda McDonnell, Emily Meier, Lawrence Sutin, Richard Solly
Judges: John Mort, Debra Spark

Awards of Distinction: Prose

Alan Davis, Margaret Miles
Judge: Susanna Moore

Poetry

Fellows: Glenn Freeman, River Karner, Marilyn Magee
Judges: Dorianne Laux and Adrian Louis

Prose

Fellows: Carolyn Colburn, Lorna Landvik, Alison McGhee, Sheila Packa, Debra Quaal
Judges: Michael Datcher and Sarah Schulman

Awards of Distinction:  Poetry

John Engman, J.P. White
Judge: Yusef Komunyakaa

$10,000 Loft Award in Poetry

Fellows: Janet Holmes, Rick Robbins
Judges: Bruce Bennett and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

$10,000 Loft Award in Creative Prose

Fellows: Eileen Hunter, Sarah Stonich, Beth Weatherby
Judges: Chitra Divakaruni and John Haines

$20,000 Loft Awards of Distinction: Prose

Fellows: Barrie Borich and Pat Francisco
Judge: Rosellen Brown

$10,000 Loft Award in Poetry

Fellows: Stephanie Weller Hanson, Amy Jo Swing
Judges: Amy Gerstler and Jaime Manrique

$10,000 Loft Award in Creative Prose

Fellows: Kate DiCamillo, William Krueger, David Mura
Judges: David Low and Beth Nugent

$20,000 Loft Awards of Distinction: Poetry

Leslie Adrienne Miller and John Reinhard
Judge: Alice Fulton

$10,000 Loft Award in Poetry

Fellows: Carlen Arnett and John O’Brien
Judges: Carl Phillips and Stephanie Strickland

$10,000 Loft Award in Creative Prose

Fellows: Maureen Gibbon, Marc Nieson, Mary Winstead
Judges: Francisco Goldman and Judith Kitchen

$20,000 Loft Awards of Distinction: Creative Prose

Diane Glancy and Lorna Landvik
Judge: Richard Rodriguez

$10,000 Loft Award in Poetry

Fellows: Kate Lynn Hibbard and Jennifer Willoughby
Judges: E. Ethelbert Miller and Cathy Song
Honorable Mentions: Roger Sheffer and Richard Solly

$10,000 Loft Award in Creative Prose

Fellows: Gary Eldon Peter, Beverly Baranowski Rollwagen, Julie Schumacher
Judges: Paul Lisicky and A.J. Verdelle
Honorable Mentions: Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew and Lisa Zhang Warton

$20,000 Loft Awards of Distinction: Poetry

Robert Hedin and Richard Robbins
Judge: Quincy Troupe
Honorable Mentions: Glenn Freeman and Jude Nutter

$25,000 Loft Awards in Creative Prose

Fellows: Judith Katz, Mary Rose O’Reilley, Martha Roth, John Salter
Judge: Dorothy Allison 
Honorable Mentions: Dale Gregory Anderson, Michael Kiesow Moore, Judith Niemi

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature

Fellow: Kate Di Camillo
Judge: Emma K Dryden
Honorable Mentions: Marion Dane Bauer, Lindsay Lee Johnson, Phyllis Root

$25,000 Loft Awards in Poetry

Fellows: Stephen Burt, Ray Gonzalez, Jim Moore, Joyce Sutphen
Judge: Rachel Hadas
Honorable Mentions: John Colburn, Robert C. Grunst, G.E. Patterson, Joanna Rawson

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Susan Marie Swanson
Judge: Melanie Kroupa
Honorable Mentions: Mary Casanova, Marsha Wilson Chall, Wendy McCormick, Phyllis Root

$25,000 Loft Awards in Creative Prose

Fellows: JoAnn Bren Guernsey, Kevin McColley, Steven Polansky, Linda Lightsey Rice
Judge: Clarence Major
Honorable Mentions: Maureen Aitken, Dale Gregory Anderson, Kevin Langton, Anthony Schmitz

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children

Fellow: Laurel Winter
Judge: Alix Reid
Honorable Mentions: Catherine Clark, John Coy, Marsha Qualey

$25,000 Loft Awards in Poetry 

Fellows: Mark Conway, Dana Curtis, Dobby Gibson, Susan McLean 
Judge: Li-Young Lee
Honorable Mentions: Cullen Bailey Burns, David Mura, Kevin O’Rourke

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Janet Graber
Judge: Christy Ottaviano

$25,000 Loft Awards in Creative Prose

Fellows: Margaret Todd Maitland, Valerie Miner, Dara Moskowitz, Jane Jeong Trenka
Judge: Denise Chávez
Honorable Mentions: Sandra Benítez, Heid Erdrich, Cheri Johnson, Julie Landsman, Mary Carroll Moore, Katy Reed, Suzanne Rivecca, Kipp Wessel, Bonnie Smith-Yackel

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children

Fellow: Ann Ylviskar
Judge: Caitlin Dlouhy
Honorable Mentions: Mary Lou Brooks, Sharon Chmielarz, Pete Hautman, Laura Purdie Salas, Will Weaver

$25,000 Loft Award in Poetry 

Fellows: Margaret Hasse, Patricia Kirkpatrick, Yuko Taniguchi, Katrina Vandenberg
Judge: Naomi Shihab Nye
Honorable Mentions: Cullen Bailey Burns, Mary Logue, Linda Back McKay, Marilynn Walton, Kathleen Weihe

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Phyllis Root
Judge: Lucia Monfried
Honorable Mentions: Dara Dokas, Betsy Thomas

$25,000 Loft Award in Creative Prose

Fellows: Anne Campisi, Cheri Johnson, Bonnie Rough, John Salter
Judge: Jane Hamilton
Honorable Mentions: Barrie Jean Borich, Pamela Carter Joern, John Medeiros, Joel Hernandez Turnipseed

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children

Fellow: Catherine Friend
Judge: Margery Cuyler
Honorable Mentions: Rebecca Fjelland Davis, Carol Dines

$25,000 Loft Awards in Poetry and Spoken Word

Fellows: Ed Bok Lee, David Mura, Jude Nutter, Larry Schug
Judge: Martín Espada

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Marsha Wilson Chall
Judge: Emily Easton
Honorable Mentions: Lindsay Lee Johnson, Lauren Stringer, Gwenyth Swain

$25,000 Loft Awards in Creative Prose

Fellows: J.C. Hallman, John Jodzio, John Reimringer, Wang Ping
Judge: Bernard Cooper
Honorable Mentions: Jack El-Hai, Laura Flynn, Rebecca Kanner, Morgan Grayce Willow

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children

Fellow: Trisha Speed Shaskan
Judge: Krista Marino
Honorable Mentions: Mary Casanova, Catherine Clark, Nancy Crocker, Phyllis Root

$25,000 Loft Awards in Poetry and Spoken Word

Fellows: Kirsten Dierking, Susan Carol Hauser, Michael Larson, Elisabeth Workman
Judge: Marilyn Nelson
Honorable Mentions: Sean Hill, Tim Nolan, Mike Rollin, Christine Sikorski

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Debra Frasier
Judge: Andrea Welch
Honorable Mentions: Linda Glaser, Lynne Jonell, Laura Purdie Salas, Constance Van Hoven

$25,000 Loft Awards in Creative Prose

Fellows: John Colburn, Jessica Roeder, Ethan Rutherford, Dominic Saucedo
Judge: Pam Houston
Honorable Mentions: Alicia Conroy, Nick Healy, N.M. Kelby, Sarah Stonich

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children

Fellow: Heather Bouwman
Judge: Arthur Levine
Honorable Mentions: Pete Hautman, Tunie Munson-Benson, Lisa M. Bolt Simons, Joan M. Wolf

$25,000 Loft Awards in Poetry

Fellows: Mark Conway, Amy McCann, Jude Nutter, Matt Rasmussen
Judge: Mark Doty
Honorable Mentions: Dore Keisselbach, Brian Laidlaw, Ethna McKiernan, Anna George Meek

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Lauren Stringer
Judge: Justin Chanda
Honorable Mentions: Marsha Wilson Chall, Terri DeGezelle, Michael Hall, Janet Lawson

$25,000 Loft Awards in Creative Prose

Fellows: Matthew Batt, Eric Braun, Susan Koefed, Kao Kalia Yang
Judge: Luis Rodriguez
Honorable Mentions: Pallavi Dixit, Katie Hae Leo, Jonathan Odell, Yuko Taniguchi

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children

Fellow: Anne Ursu
Judge: Donna Bray
Honorable Mentions: William Alexander, Brian Farrey-Latz, Lynne Jonell

$25,000 Loft Awards in Poetry

Fellows: Danez Smith, Sierra DeMulder, Sun Yung Shin, Carolyn Williams-Noren
Judge: Nikky Finney
Honorable Mentions: Rita Moe, Kristin Naca, and Tracy Youngblom

$25,000 Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Younger Children

Fellow: Molly Beth Griffin
Judge: Jordan Brown
Honorable Mentions: Michael Hall, David LaRochelle, and Janet Lawson

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Creative Prose

Fellows: Shannon Gibney, Susan Power, Susanne Aspley, Josh Ostergaard
Judge: LeAnne Howe
Honorable mentions: Danielle Sosin, Nancy Scott Hanway, Tami Mohamed Brown, Eric Vrooman

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship if Writing, Older Children’s Literature

Fellow: Kelly Barnhill
Judge: Connie Hsu
Honorable mentions: Megan Atwood, Laura Salas, Lynne Jonnell

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Poetry and Spoken Word

Fellows: Khary Jackson, Kristin Naca, David Mura, Anders Carlson-Wee
Judge: Patrick Rosal
Honorable mentions: Hieu Minh Nguyen, Jude Nutter, Katharine Rauke, and Leslie Adrienne Miller.

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship if Writing, Older Children’s Literature

Fellow: Constance Van Hoven
Judge: Andrea Pinkney
Honorable mentions: Aimee Bissonette, Dara Dokas, Stephanie Watson, and Stephen Shaskan

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Creative Prose

Fellows: Erin Kate Ryan, Susan Follett, Heid E. Erdrich, and Taiyon J. Coleman
Judge: Kiese Laymon
Honorable mentions: Rebecca Kanner, Lori Saroya, Tami Mohamed Brown, and Juliet Patterson

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Older Children’s Literature

Fellow: Brian Farrey
Judge: Kate Messner
Honorable mentions: Elizabeth Karre, Alison Behnke, Megan Atwood, and Jane O'Reilly

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Spoken Word

Fellow: Donte Collins (St. Paul)
Judge: Anis Mojgani
Honorable mentions: Keno Evol (Minneapolis), Jeffrey Skemp (Minneapolis), April Gibson (Edina), and Tatyana (Peuo) Tuy (Edina).

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Poetry

Fellows: Hieu Minh Nguyen (Minneapolis), Chris Santiago (Bloomington), Lara Mimosa Montes (Brooklyn Center)
Judge: Solmaz Sharif
Honorable Mentions: Michael Torres (Mankato), Juliet Patterson (Minneapolis), Su Hwang (Minneapolis), and Miriam Karraker (Minneapolis)

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Books for Young Children

Fellow: Yvonne Pearson (Minneapolis)
Judge: Matt de la Pena
Honorable mentions: Megan Maynor (Minneapolis), Peter Pearson (Minneapolis), Barbara DaCosta (Minneapolis), and Elizabeth Karre (Saint Paul)

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Creative Prose

Fellows: John Jodzio, Bronson Lemer, Emily Strasser, T.E. Wilderson
Judge: Cristina Garcia
Honorable mentions: Elizabeth Horneber, Pallavi Dixit, Chris McCormick, Michael Torres 

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Older Children’s Literature

Fellow: Alison Behnke
Judge: Ibi Zoboi
Honorable mentions: Swathi Avasthi, Loretta Ellsworth, Lisa Simons, Artika Tyner

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Spoken Word

Fellow: Blythe Baird
Honorables: Tish Jones, Jeffrey Skemp, and Rebecca Nichloson
Judge: Patricia Smith

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Poetry

Fellows: Michael Torres, Jacob Lindberg, and Claire Wahmanholm
Honorables: Valerie Deus, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, and Preeti Kaur Rajpal 
Judge: Natalie Diaz

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Picture Books

Fellow: Lauren Stringer
Honorables: Phyllis Root, Matt Lilley, and Kao Kalia Yang
Judge: Uma Krishnaswami

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Creative Prose

Fellows: Angela Pelster, Abbey Mei Otis, Carson Faust, and Heather Quinn
Judge: Hanif Abdurraqib
Honorable mentions: Sun Yung Shin, Sheila O'Connor, Elizabeth Horneber, and Emma Torzs

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Older Children’s Literature

Fellow: V.T. Bidania
Judge: Erin Entrada Kelly
Honorable mentions: Heather Bouman, Margi Preus, Swati Avasthi, and Sarah Ahiers

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Spoken Word

Fellow: Khary (K.W.) Jackson
Honorables:  Jeffrey Skemp, Miss Mari, and Tatyana (Peuo) Tuy
Judge: Beau Sia

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Poetry

Fellows: Douglas Kearney, Preeti Kaur Rajpaul, Chavonn Williams Shen
Honorables: Katharine Rauk, Chelsea DesAutels, Halee Kirkwood, and Marlin M. Jenkins
Judge: Ilya Kaminsky

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Picture Books

Fellow: Dr. Artika Tyner
Honorables: Barbara DaCosta, Martin Cozza, Stephen Shaskan, and Art Coulson
Judge: Meg Medina

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, Prose

Fellows: Naomi Cohn, Gen Del Raye, Hilal Isler, and Kao Kalia Yang
Honorables: Lesley Arimah, Zibiquah Denny, Otis Roffman, and Aurelia Wills
Judge: Alexander Chee

$25,000 McKnight Fellowship in Writing, CYA Older 

Fellow: Art Coulson
Honorables: Brita Sandstrom, TiArra Shepherd, Catherine Thimmesh, and Laura Zimmermann
Judge: Aida Salazar

2024 Children's Literature
Catherine Thimmesh (Eden Prairie) 

2024 Poetry and Spoken Word 
Stephani Maari Booker (Minneapolis) 
Sonia Greenfield (Minneapolis)
Ed Bok Lee (Minneapolis)
Aurora Masum-Javed (Saint Paul)