Congratulations to the 2020 MacArthur Foundation fellows!

The MacArthur Foundation revealed its 2020 fellowship recipients today, and several wordsmiths were among them.

Recipients of the twenty-one “genius grants” (worth $625,000) included:

• Tressie McMillan Cottom, a sociologist, writer, and public scholar.

• Larissa FastHorse, a playwright.

• N.K. Jemisin, a speculative fiction writer.

• Fred Moten, a cultural theorist and poet.

• Cristina Rivera Garza, a fiction writer.

• Jacqueline Woodson, a children’s and young-adult writer. 

In the foundation’s words, the prize money is a “no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.”

For more on each fellow, click on his or her name.