Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters
The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) is a privately funded foundation created to recognize annually the greatest accomplishments in
William Winter, Dr. Cora Norman, Dr. Aubrey Lucas, and Dr. Noel Polk in 1978, and the first awards were given out in 1980.[1]
Nominations for a Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award may be made only by registered members of the Institute. The winners are chosen by a jury of prominent academics in each of nine fields:[1]
- Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Life Writing
- Youth Literature
- Visual Art
- Music Composition (Classical)
- Music Composition (Contemporary)
- Photography
- Poetry
The ceremony is held in a different Mississippi city each year.
Partial list of past winners
Some of the notable winners of this award have included:
Stephen Ambrose, Steve Yarbrough, Tom Franklin, Brad Watson, Shelby Foote, Natasha Trethewey, Birney Imes, Maude Schyler Clay, William Grant Still, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Maurer, Wyatt Waters, Logan Skelton, and many others.[2]
Lifetime achievement awards have been presented to artists such as Gulf Coast painter and potter Walter Anderson, Jackson writer Eudora Welty, and the distinguished film actor from the Delta, Morgan Freeman.
References
- ^ a b "Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters". Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "MIAL Winners". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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