The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown has awarded ten Fellowships to emerging poets and fiction writers and ten Fellowships to emerging visual artists. Each Fellow receives a seven-month stay at the Work Center, from October 1, 2007, to April 30, 2008, and a monthly stipend. The next application deadline is December 1, 2007 for writers, and February 1, 2008 for artists.

THE FIRST-YEAR FICTION FELLOWSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO:

Michael Hinken of Washington, Illinois
Cheri Marie Johnson of Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
Nadia Kalman of Brooklyn, New York
Amanda Rea of Marvel, Colorado

The jurors were: Jaimy Gordon, Marcie Hershman, Victor LaValle, Paul Lisicky, Salvatore Scibona, Roger Skillings, Chris Stuck, and Kellie Wells.

THE SECOND-YEAR POETRY FELLOWSHIP WAS AWARDED TO:

Fiona McFarlane of Sydney, Australia.

The judge was Jhumpa Lahiri.

THE FIRST-YEAR POETRY FELLOWSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO:

Pilar Gómez-Ibáñez of Madison, Wisconsin
Cynthia Lowen of New York, New York
John Murillo of Los Angeles, California
Melissa Range of Atlanta, Georgia

The jurors were: Keith Althaus, L.S. Asekoff, Maggie Dietz, Patrick Ryan Frank, Major Jackson, Kathryn Maris, Gail Mazur, and Martha Rhodes.

THE SECOND-YEAR POETRY FELLOWSHIP WAS AWARDED TO:

Nancy Kathleen Pearson of Washington, D.C.

The judge was Jane Miller.

THE FIRST-YEAR VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO:

Christy George, Meghan Gordon, Robert Gutierrez, Janelle Iglesia, Roberta Flemming Jefferies, Kambui Olujimi, Minako Shirakura and Xin Song

THE SECOND YEAR VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO:

Nathalie Jacqueline Miebach and Steve McClure