National Endowment for the Arts Announces FY 2017 Creative Writing Fellowships
Hadara Bar-Nadav of Kansas City among 37 recipients nationwide
Kansas City, Missouri— Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Hadara Bar-Nadav is one of 37 writers to receive an FY 2017 individual creative writing fellowships of $25,000.
“The NEA has an excellent record of supporting writers who have gone on to have impressive literary careers,” said NEA Director of Literature Amy Stolls. “With their talent and diverse backgrounds, this year’s Creative Writing Fellows, including Hadara Bar-Nadav, will add to our country’s rich literary history.
Ms. Bar-Nadav was selected from more than 1,800 eligible applicants. Through its creative writing fellowships program, the National Endowment for the Arts gives writers the time and space to create, revise, conduct research, and connect with readers. Applications are reviewed through an anonymous process on their artistic excellence. Fellowships alternate between poetry and prose each year and in FY 2017 fellowships are in poetry. The full list of FY 2017 Creative Writing Fellows is available here.
Many American recipients of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and Fiction were recipients of NEA creative writing fellowships early in their careers. For more information on NEA Creative Writing Fellowships, visit the NEA’s Writers’ Corner.
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For further information, you can reach Hadara Bar-Nadav at hadarabar@gmail.com or by phone at 816-235-6033.