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Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters

Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters

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1989 Fiction winner Larry Brown, photo by 1994 Photography winner Tom Rankin.
The Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters celebrates and nurtures Mississippi’s greatest natural resource—its creative culture.
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2027 awards weekend

JUNE 4-5 | HATTIESBURG, MS
Hattiesburg mural by Steffi Lynn.
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Award Winners

MIAL Award winners since 1980

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ARTIST INTERVIEWS

About place, practice, and artistic process

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From the Archive

Photography and archival documents

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

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MIAL is a self-perpetuating non-profit, sustained by its individual and institutional members. 

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