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NEA cancels decades-long creative writing fellowship

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The NEA Creative Writing Fellowships have launched many prominent literary careers.

For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.

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