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Kira Henehan

Recipient Information
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Year of Award
2025
Grant or Fellowship
Literary Arts Touring Grants
Grant Amount
$5,000
Kira Henehan is the author of Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles, winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. Her work has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and has been published in various magazines and literary journals including Conjunctions, Denver Quarterly, Fence, GQ, Jubilat, and Unsaid. She holds an MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts, lives in New Orleans, and is very grateful to South Arts for its generous funding toward completion of her next novel.
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