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Meet this year’s literary Guggenheim fellows.

For the past hundred years, the coveted Guggenheim fellowship has granted funds “to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form.” Today, the Guggenheim Foundation announced its class of 2026. Given

This article was originally published by Literary Hub and is republished here under license.

For the past hundred years, the coveted Guggenheim fellowship has granted funds “to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form.” Today, the Guggenheim Foundation announced its class of 2026.

Given resources to work under the “freest possible conditions,” the Guggenheim fellow is typically at the top of their field. This being Lit Hub, here are all the fellows recognized this year for their significant contributions to the literary arts.

Prose (Fiction, Nonfiction, Criticism)

Andre Alexis

Jessica Anthony

Elisa Gabbert

Amitav Ghosh

Elizabeth Goodstein

Donovan Hohn

Christoph Irmscher

Lucy Ives

Marlon James

Bret Anthony Johnston

John J. Lennon

Joseph Luzzi

Megha Majumdar

Anders Nilsen

Emily Ogden

Pamela Petro

Maurice Ruffin

Namwali Serpell

Madeleine Thien

Poetry

Raymond Antrobus

Paula Bohince

Heather Christle

Myronn Hardy

Christopher Kempf

Suji Kwock Kim

Edgar Kunz

Rickey Laurentiis

Vivek Narayanan

V. Penelope Pelizzon

Drama & Performance Art

Penny Arcade

Stephanie Fleischmann

Haruna Lee

Ralph B. Peña

Alva Rogers

Elaine Romero

You can find the full list of fellows—including the academics, researchers, scientists, musicians, filmmakers, and fine artists who fall out of our jurisdiction—here.

Congratulations, class of 2026!

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