Recipients of the Emerging Artist Award
2024
Literature
Visual
2023
Literature
Leyla Zeynalova
Nicholas Johnson
Sheila del Bosque
Isabel Randall
Visual
2022
Literature
Music
Caroline Corrales
Camila Cortina Bello
Arson Fahim
Kiyoshi Hayashi
Ira Klein
Graeme Steele Johnson
Alyssa Wang
Visual
2021
Literature
Music
Tahanee Aluwihare
Andrew Barnwell
Nicholas Brown
Maria Gabriela Cotter
Burcu Gulec
Zhanbo Zheng
Visual
2020
Literature
Blake Campbell
McKenna Marsden
Vhalla Otarod
Kat Read, Don Kissel Award for Nonfiction
Megan Waring
Jaime Zuckerman
Music
Aaron Clarke
Motti Fang-Bentov
Giovanni Formisano
Clara Kim
Geneva Lewis
Zack Sheets
Visual
Annika Early
Tessa O’Brien
Mika Obayashi, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Samara Pearlstein
Anthony Young, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Zhidong Zhang
2019
Literature
A.H.Jerroid Avant
Nora Caplan-Bricker, Don Kissel Award for Nonfiction
William Dowd
Opal Gayle
Elisse Kang (E.K. Ota)
Grace Yun
Music
Jonah Ellsworth
Stephanie Lamprea
Brianna Robinson
Jonathan Shin
Zahili Gonzalez Zamora
Visual
Aishwarya Gathwala
Garrett Gould, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Elaine Ng
Ross Normandin
Brooke Stewart
Margery Thomas Mueller, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Nafis White
2018
Literature
Hilary Dobel
Kit Haggard
Cindy House, Don Kissel Award for Nonfiction
Neshat Khan
Shelley Senai
Music
Do Yeon Kim
Amanda Ekery
Manual Garcia-Baro
Ona Jonaityte
Clare McNamara
Visual
Rebecca Davis
Ea Domke
Barbara Ishikura
Natalia Leginowicz
Eden McDowell, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Destiny Palmer, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Ian Solaski
Rachel Zheng
2017
Literature
Sam Cha
Rage Hezekiah
Genevieve Plunkett
Sara Rivera
Sophia Starmack
Robert Sykora
Music
Thea Lobo
Mike Williams
Alexander Hersh
Angela Kim
Marjorie Gere
Visual
Yorgos Efthymiadis
Kevin Frances
Jillian Freyer
Anina Major, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Azita Moradkhani
Gianna Stewart, Mary Shannon Grant winner ($7,500) for Public Art
Shannon VanGyzen
Christopher Volpe, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
2016
Literature
Sari Boren
Krysten Hill
Brionne Janae
Aaron Krol
Caitlin McGill
Janice Obuchowski
Music
Junhan Choi
Jessica Petrus
Daniel Sedgwick
Jeffrey Means
Rane Moore
Visual
Taylor Butler, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Ricardo DeLima
Devra Freelander
Leekyung Kang
Greg Lookerse, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Martin McDermott
Iaritza Menjivar
Estefania Puerta
2015
Literature
Catherine Elcik
Megan Grumbling
Jillian Jackson
Danielle Jones-Pruett
Whitney Scharer
Stephanie Soleau
Music
Maria Finkelmeier
Patrick Greene
Ashleigh Gordon
Kameryn Lueng
Sarah Moyer
Margot Rood
Visual
Anthony Bragg, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Stephanie Cardon
Jennifer Cawley
Pat Falco
Andrew Hammerand
Dinora Justice, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Mike Marks
Sam Okerstrom-Lang
Remi Thornton
2014
Literature
Erin Almond
Duy Doan
Matthew Neill Null
Mackenzie Van Engelenhoven
Mai Wang
Music
Ben Cosgrove
Jeremy Flower
Rui Urayama
Laurent Warnier
Hui Weng
Visual
Clint Baclawski
Noah David Bau
Elizabeth Corkery
Jenny Dougherty
Rashin Fahandej
Samantha Fields, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Henry Glavin
Eben Kling
Nathan Miner, Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Kenji Nakayama
Danny Schissler
Patrick Short
2013
Literature
Stephen Cowperthwaite
Emma Duffy-Comparone
Robin Merrill
Annie Sloniker
Jodie Noel Vinson
Music
Robyn Bollinger
Elizabeth England
Barbara Lieurance
Emily Marvosh
Caroline Park
Meng Tian
Visual
Amanda Bonaiuto
Edwige Charlot
Paul Endres, Jr., Nellie Taft Award Winner for Painting
Wylie Sofia Garcia
Lina Giraldo
Kelly Goff, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Phillip Jung
Jonathan Mess
Pilar Nadal
Corinne Spencer
2012
Literature
Nathan Beyer
Jay Franzel
Anne Gray Fischer
Sara Majka
David Moreau
John Stazinski
Music
Michael Dahlberg
Gabriela Diaz
Michael Laurello
Shaw Pong Liu
Dana Schnitzer
Visual
Carlos Jiménez Cahua
Leah Craig
Andrea Sherrill Evans
John C. Gonzalez
Joo Lee Kang
Carolyn Shadid Lewis
Greg Nemes
Dan Paluska
Leah Piepgras
Hannah Verlin, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
2011
Literature
Henry “Chip” Cheek
Claire Hersom
James Scott
Music
Jen Ash
Livia Lin
Deepti Navaratna
Robin Scott
Adrian Smith
Visual
Elizabeth Alexander
Katherine Bell
Natasha Bregel
Caleb Cole
Karen Gelardi
Lisa Greenfield
Lisa Pixley
Andy Rosen, Amelia Peabody Award Winner for Sculpture
Dennis Svoronos
Tim Winn
Bahar Yurukoglu
2010
Literature
Kimberly Elkins
Trent Masiki
Linwood Rumney
Farley Urmston
Music
David Kim
Owen Macintosh
Tamar Shalvashvili
Ryan Yure
Visual
Amy Bilden
Bill Gusky
Stephanie Plourde-Simard
Randy Regier
Patti Sandberg
Henry Wolyniec
Angela Yarian
2009
Literature
Meghan Dunn
Sonya Larson
Heather Madden
Emily Shelton
Music
Sean Flemming
Olga Kachanova
Robert Mollicone
Adam Simon
Visual
Dana Clancy
Nelson DeCosta
Anna Hepler
Nancy McCarthy
Gregory Thielker
2008
Literature
Elaine Dimopoulos
Kathleen Foster
Paul Harding
Hillary Nelson
Music
Elzbieta Brandys
Linda Blanchard
Katherine Chi
Jodi Hitzhusen
Salomé Sandoval
Visual
Ria Brodell
Anthony Cioe
Ariel Kotker
Danielle Krcmar
Adam Lampton
Viktor Lois
Lazaro Montano
Sarah Slifer
2007
Literature
Urban Waite
Maya Sloan
Paul Yoon
Music
Igor Iwanek
Michelle Trainor
Aaron Trant
Jessi Rosinski
Visual
Cree Bruins
Hannah Cole
Robin Mandel
Allison Newsome
Adrian Rodriguez
Nadya Volicer
Dana Mueller
Maya Sloan
Paul Yoon
2006
Literature
Brian Baise
Susanna Brougham
Kathleen Spencer
Melissa Wessels
Music
Eliot Gattegno
Marisa Michelson
Klaudia Szlachta
Visual
Claire Beckett
Ethan Berry
Chris Frost
Ross Miller
Mary O’Malley
2005
Literature
Jennifer Barber
Katherine Bell
Eleanor Brown Steele
Ian Ganassi
Ralph Sneeden
Music
Nina Wishnok
Sarah Bob
Curtis Hughes
Derek Jacoby
Yoko Kida
Carmen Staaf
Visual
Mariliana Arvelo
Reese Inman
Chris Nau
Liz Nofziger
Mary Stuart Lang
Nina Winshnok
2004
Literature
Ellen Dudley
William Giraldi
David Khoury
S. Fredrick Liss
Stephanie Saldana
Cynthia Shur
George Van Deventer
Music
Constantin Finehouse
Jorge Grossmann
Tali Morgulis
Paul Preusser
Kate Vincent
Visual
Robert Hannan
Timothy Horn
Masako Kamiya
Gabrielle Keller
Rachel Perry Welty
Marisa Privitera
Sa Schloff
Laura Steele
2003
Literature
Hilary Rao
Jonathan Fink
Julie Rold
Yael Shinar
Olette Trouve
Ellen Wilbur
Music
Amy Feather
Michael Gardiner
Mickey Katz
Jose Lemos
Ian Linsey
Andrew List
Visual
Michelle Bova
Linda Brown
Taylor Davis
Randy Garber
Blyth Hazen
Kathy Speranza
2002
Literature
David Daniel
Carol Dine
Carol Edelstein
Michael Lowenthal
Maryanne O’Hara
Roger Sedarat
Jessica Treadway
Music
Esther Budiardjo
Alicia DiDonato
Joe Dan Harper
Michael Norsworthy
Yukiko Sekino
Kathryn Zeager
Visual
Bebe Beard
Catherine Carter
Khalid Kodi
Peter Lyons
Oscar Palacio
Wendy Prellwitz
Henry Samelson
Jane Tuckerman