Uchechukwu Okonkwo, a Master of Fine Arts student in creative writing, was awarded the George Bennett Fellowshipat Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, for 2020-2021. T

his prestigious post-MFA fellowship is awarded to an author of outstanding promise who has not yet published a book. As Writer in Residence, the Fellow lives at Exeter; is provided with an office in the Class of 1945 Library; is invited to give a reading of her work during the spring; and receives a stipend, housing, meals, and benefits.