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1998 Grant Awards: Creative Writing Fellowships (Prose)

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

The 1998 Creative Writing Fellowships recognize creative writers in prose and help recipients set aside time to write, conduct research, and otherwise advance their art form.

Bloom, Steven
Heidelberg, Germany
$20,000

Brown, Alan

New York, NY
$20,000

Buck, Charlie Elizabeth
Virginia City, NV
$20,000

Chambers, Veronica
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000

Chang, Lan Samantha
Appleton, WI
$20,000

Cockrell, Nancy Amanda
Roanoke, VA
$20,000

Cooke, Carolyn
Point Area, CA
$20,000

Cornell, Jennifer C.
Corvallis, OR
$20,000

Daniel, John
Elmira, OR
$20,000

Daugherty, Tracy D.
Corvallis, OR
$20,000

Davies, Peter Ho
Eugene, OR
$20,000

Durban, Pam
Atlanta, GA
$20,000

Evans, Elizabeth J.
Tucson, AZ
$20,000

Grant, Stephanie
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000

Homer, Arthur T.
Omaha, NE
$20,000


Huynh, Ngoc (Jade) Quang
Boone, NC
$20,000

Jones, Louis B.
Nevada City, CA
$20,000

Karlson, Kathy J.
University Park, MD
$20,000

Keesey, Anna Maria
Portland, OR
$20,000

Levine, Miriam
Arlington, MA
$20,000

Mathias, Anita
Williamsburg, VA
$20,000

Matter, Holly W.
Seattle, WA
$20,000

McPhee, Martha S.
New York, NY
$20,000

Meier, Emily
St. Paul, MN
$20,000

Reisman, Nancy B.
Providence, RI
$20,000

Schultz, Robert D.
Decorah, IA
$20,000

Treadway, Jessica
Arlington, MA
$20,000

Tyau, Kathleen
Gaston, OR
$20,000

Vassallo, Marc John
New Haven, CT
$20,000

Walbert, Kate
Stony Creek, CT
$20,000

The 1998 Creative Writing Fellowships also support translation projects in prose.

Lammers, Wayne P.
Tigard, OR
$20,000
To support the translation from Japanese of Shono Junzo's 1965 novel Yube no Kumo (Evening Clouds), which details events surrounding a post-war family"s move to an undeveloped area outside of Tokyo.


Oles, Brian Thomas
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the translation from Russian of Marina Palei's 1991 novella, Cabiria of the Obvodny Canal, which details the turbulent life and death of Monka Rybnaia, a young woman from a squalid neighborhood in Leningrad.


 
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