MCC Daily Tribune

Professor Angelique Stevens Awarded a MacDowell Fellowship in Literature

Please congratulate Professor Angelique Stevens who was recently awarded a MacDowell Fellowship in Literature. As a MacDowell fellow in residency in Peterborough, New Hampshire this past spring, Angelique worked on her debut memoir—a collection of essays about growing up in poverty and the myth of the American Dream—forthcoming from Simon and Schuster.

“MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 200 Fellowships to artists working in seven disciplines from 25 states and 15 countries for the Spring-Summer season. These artists will arrive at MacDowell’s historic campus in Peterborough, NH from March through August 2025 for an average stay of four weeks. The incoming group of artists-in-residence were selected from a pool of 2,222 applications with an acceptance rate of 6.8 percent. Fellowships are awarded based on a work sample judged by independent panels of experts in each of MacDowells’ seven disciplines.”

Since 1907 MacDowell’s mission has been to “create a space where inspiration happens on a daily basis.” MacDowell has hosted over 9,000 artists in residence from seven disciplines including winners of Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, and Guggenheim Fellowships. MacDowell artist residency accepts visual and interdisciplinary artists, architects, filmmakers, composters, playwrights, poets, and writers. Notable artists include James Baldwin, Colson Whitehead, Louise Erdrich, and Melissa Febos.

Matthew Fox
English and Philosophy
05/07/2025