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Craig Allen Johnson (born January 16, 1961) is an American author who writes mystery novels. He is best known for his Sheriff Walt Longmire novel series. The books are set in northern Wyoming, where Longmire is sheriff of the fictional county of Absaroka.
In 1981, the Ucross Foundation was created, and in 1983, the nonprofit began welcoming its first artists in residence. An artist residency on a 20,000-acre ranch, Ucross Foundation has a residency program that has hosted more than 2,600 artists, writers, composers, and choreographers. [4]
The Ucross Foundation, located in Ucross, Wyoming, is a nonprofit organization that operates a retreat for visual artists, writers, composers, and choreographers working in all creative disciplines. History
Theodore Morrison Fellow in Fiction, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (2007) [6] Writer-in-Residence, the Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming (2007, 2012) [13] Finalist, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for First Fiction for The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space (2006) [3] Anthologized, "Girls I Know," in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006 [14]
In 2014, Liz Harris had a residency at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. While there, a cold snap kept her indoors and she began to write and record the songs that became Grid of Points. [1] The writing period lasted a week and a half before she developed a fever and stopped. Describing the process, Harris said, "Though brief, it is complete.
The winner is selected by a panel of three distinguished fiction writers and receives a cash prize of US$25,000. [1] Along with the winner, two finalists and two runners-up receive a Ucross Residency Fellowship at the Ucross Foundation, a retreat for artists and writers on a 22,000 acre (89 km²) ranch on the high plains in Ucross, Wyoming.
The Sundance Playwright's Retreat at Ucross, Wyoming is an eighteen-day writing colony where five playwrights and a composer convene each year and where a Sundance dramaturg can respond to work at an early stage of the creative process. Like the other two Labs, the Ucross Retreat includes both emerging and established artists.
Kennedy has received a fellowship from the Ucross Foundation, a Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, [12] and a Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award. [ 13 ] The Mark of the Tala , the first book in the Twelve Kingdoms series, [ 8 ] was the winner of a 2014 Seal of Excellence award from Romantic Times [ 14 ] and a finalist for the 2014 ...