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2004 Grant Awards: Literature Fellowships (Prose)

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

The 2004 Literature Fellowships recognize the following writers of prose, encouraging the production of new work by affording these writers the time and means to write. Each literature fellow receives a $20,000 award.


Jennifer Ackerman
Charlottesville, VA

Julene Bair
Laramie, WY

Peter Balakian
Hamilton, NY

Tom Barbash
San Francisco, CA

Judy Blunt
Missoula, MT

Carrie Brown
Sweet Briar, VA

Bo Caldwell
Cupertino, CA

Alexander Chee
Brooklyn, NY

Bernard Cooper
Los Angeles, CA

Justin Cronin
Houston, TX

Ann Darby
New York, NY

James DeVita
Spring Green, WI

Carolyn Ferrell
Bronx, NY

Cristina Garcia
Santa Monica, CA

Julia Glass
New York, NY

T. Greenwood
San Diego, CA

Michael Griffith
Cincinnati, OH

Joshua Harmon
Portsmouth, RI

Noy Holland
Heath, MA

Karl Iagnemma
Cambridge, MA

Wayne Karlin
St. Mary's City, MD

 

Charles Kemnitz
Williamsport, PA

Ivonne Lamazares
Winter Park, FL

Dorene O'Brien
West Bloomfield, MI

Julie Orringer
San Francisco, CA

Michael Parker
Greensboro, NC

John Parras
New Milford, NJ

Alexander Parsons
Portsmouth, NH

Roy Parvin
Fortuna, CA

J. Mark Powell
Mountain Rest, SC

John Price
Fort Dodge, IA

Lia Purpura
Baltimore, MD

Jess Row
Bronx, NY

Jim Ruland
Playa del Rey, CA

Scott Russell Sanders
Bloomington, IN

Dashka Slater
Oakland, CA

Lauren Slater
Somerville, MA

Dao Strom
Austin, TX

Jonathan Waterman
Carbondale, CO

Brad Watson
Foley, AL

Larry Watson
Milwaukee, WI

Andrew Winer
Laguna Beach, CA


Total Literature Fellowship Grants: 42
Total Literature Fellowship Dollars: $840,000