Conversations

(coming soon)

MIAL Conversations documents the voices, ideas, work, and creative lives of MIAL honorees.

DERRICK BARNES

2025 • YOUTH LITERATURE

On Writing and Place

ADDIE CITCHENS

2025 • FICTION

ANNE E. MARSHALL

2025 • NONFICION

LAUREN RHOADES

2026 • LIFE WRITING

SADDIQ DZUKOGI

2026 • POETRY

CECIL PRICE WALDEN

2026 • MUSICAL COMPOSITION (CLASSICAL)

MOLLY THOMAS

2026 • MUSICAL COMPOSITION (CONTEMPORARY)

ELLEN ANN FENTRESS

2026 • SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

KAT FITZPATRICK

2026 • PHOTOGRAPHY

DAVID RAE MORRIS

2026 • SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

JERROD PARTRIDGE

2026 • VISUAL ARTS

RICHARD FORD

2026 • LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH