Congratulations to Michener Center for Writers alum, Zachariah Ezer (MCW ‘23), for being awarded one of the 2026 Inaugural State of the Art Prizes from Creative Capital.

For the first time in Creative Capital’s 25-year history, the inaugural State of the Art Prize will provide a $10,000 unrestricted grant to 53 individual artists, one in every state, as well as Guam, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. With this new grant, Creative Capital extends its democratic, national, open call to serve more artists at the grassroots level and to foster creativity and innovation in a broad range of rural, regional, and urban communities. More details and complete list of winners available: https://tinyurl.com/yvwvvzth