Mass Cultural Council is honored to announce the 2018 Artist Fellowship awards in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. The awards include 19 fellowships of $12,000, and 17 finalist awards of $1,000. See a list of this year's fellows and finalists, to date. The awards are anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and creative ability of the … [Read more...]
Mira T. Lee: Everything Here Is Beautiful
Mira T. Lee (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow '12) is publishing her debut novel, Everything Here is Beautiful, later this month (book launch event at Harvard Bookstore Jan. 19, 7 PM). The novel has already been selected by the American Booksellers Association as one of Winter/Spring 2018's Top 10 Debut titles. We asked the author about the journey of writing the book, her … [Read more...]
Apply Now for an Artist Fellowship in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting
We're excited to announce that Mass Cultural Council is now accepting 2018 Artist Fellowship applications in the categories of Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Deadline: Monday, January 29, 2018. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, competitive grants of $12,000 and finalist awards of $1,000, in recognition of artistic … [Read more...]
Lou Cove: Man of the Year
Amherst writer Lou Cove recent published the memoir Man of the Year, his debut book (though technically, it's his second - more on that, below). The author will discuss the book at the JCC of the North Shore in Marblehead (11/9, 7 PM). Here, he discusses the memoir, the Massachusetts locales that have impacted him as a writer and person, and more from his career creating and … [Read more...]
Brendan Mathews: The World of Tomorrow
Brendan Mathews, a fiction writer whose stories have twice been selected for the Best American Short Stories anthologies, just published his first novel, The World of Tomorrow. We asked Brendan about the book, "balance" and "control" as a literary artist, and what's next. Where did the idea for your new novel The World of Tomorrow begin? And what has been its journey since … [Read more...]