About

Kim Coleman Foote is author of the forthcoming book, Coleman Hill (SJP Lit/Zando, September 2023), which fictionalizes her family’s experience of the Great Migration from Alabama and Florida to Vauxhall, New Jersey, c. 1916–80s. An award-winning writer of fiction and memoir, Kim’s work has appeared most recently in The Best American Short Stories 2022, Iron Horse Literary Review, Ecotone, and The Rumpus. Major honors include writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Phillips Exeter Academy, Center for Fiction, Yaddo, MacDowell, and Hedgebrook.

Awards and Recognition

  • National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
  • New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
  • Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
  • B. Frank Vogel Scholarship in Fiction, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
  • Bennett Fellowship, Phillips Exeter Academy
  • Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award
  • Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellowship