.The recipients of the 2024 MacArthur Groundwork Fellowships have actually been actually revealed. Frequently referred to as the Brilliant Grant, it supplies a $800,000 gratuity per Other, disbursed over 5 years. Marlies A. Carruth, Director of the MacArthur Fellows claims, "The 2024 MacArthur Fellows pursue rigorous concern along with desire and also reason. They expose prejudices developed into developing innovations as well as social units as well as fill critical gaps in the knowledge of cycles that sustain lifestyle in the world. Their job highlights our shared humanity, centering the organization of disabled people, the complexion and pasts of Native areas, the mental lifestyles of youngsters, and also viewpoints of rural Americans." A number of the 22 MacArthur Fellows this year have actually posted publications, whether as their profession, like adolescent and also middle grade writer Jason Reynolds, or as a result of their job, like special needs justice activist Alice Wong. Right here are actually ten of this year's MacArthur Fellows who are writers, starting with those who acquired the alliance for their writing.