EVENT LINK: https://loft.org/awards/mcknight

FEE: Free to apply

2026 McKnight Artist Fellowships

Calling all MN writers! Applications for the 2026 McKnight Artist Fellowships are now open. Five $25k fellowships will go to one writer for children under 8 years old and four writers of poetry/spoken word.

Deadline: 11:59 p.m. CT on Nov 30, 2025.

APPLY: https://loft.org/mcknight

Questions? Attend an online info session on Oct 29 or Nov 8 to learn more: https://loftlit.co/mcknightinfosessions

PLUS: On Oct 24, join us at the Loft for a public reading by the 2025 McKnight Judge in Creative Prose, acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, Valeria Luiselli. She will be joined in conversation by the Loft’s Executive and Artistic Director, Arleta Little. RSVP: https://loftlit.co/valeriareading