Marcus Wicker
Recipient Information
Location
Memphis, Tennessee
Medium
Literary Arts
Year of Award
2027
Grant or Fellowship
Southern Artist Spotlight Grant
Grant Amount
$0
Marcus Wicker is the author of three books of poetry: DEAR MOTHERSHIP (forthcoming from Ecco, Sept. ’26), Silencer (Mariner/Ecco, 2017)—winner of the Society of Midland Authors Award—and Maybe the Saddest Thing (Harper Perennial, 2012), selected by D.A. Powell for the National Poetry Series. A recipient of fellowships from the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center, and Cave Canem, his honors include the Poetry Society of America’s Lyric Poetry Award, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship, and Pushcart Prize. Wicker’s poems have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Oxford American, and POETRY. He directs the MFA program at the University of Memphis and leads the Memphis Writing Workshop, an all-levels community writing class for poets and storytellers.
Artist Fee: $2,000 - $5,000
Availability: Flexible. Please contact Marcus directly for further details.
Contact
Email Marcus Wicker
www.marcuswicker.com
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