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Gift of Freedom Award Recipients

2006-2007

Summer Wood is a largely self-taught writer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the recipient of the 2006-2007 Gift Of Freedom Award in Fiction. The finalists were Kirsten Dinnall Hoyte, Rebecca Meacham, Michele Moore, and Mary Ann Sanger. Click here for more information about Summer.

2003-2004

Meredith Hall of Pownal, Maine was chosen as the recipient of the 2003-04 Gift of Freedom Award for Creative Nonfiction. Finalists for the award were Mira Bartok, Ann Daum Kustar, Rebecca Skloot, Eliot Sloan, and Lois Williams. Click here for more information about Meredith.

2002-2003

The 2002-2003 Visual Gift of Freedom Award for sculpture was awarded to Jeannine Harkleroad of Richmond, Virginia has been chosen as the recipient. To see information about Jeannine and her work, please view these images and excerpts from her application. Katie Grinnan and Hilja Keading were the finalists for the award. Please also see excerpts from their applications.

2001-2002

The recipient of the Foundation’s first Gift of Freedom award in June 2001 was Jennifer Tseng of Los Angeles, who received $50,000 over two years to create a book of poetry. Please see excerpts from her application.

Congratulations to these exceptional women and thank you to all who applied!