Awards and Honors

Elisa Korenne (Korentayer) has been honored to receive the following awards and grants

Finalist, The Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Finalist, Freddie Award for Writing Excellence, Mystery Writers of America: Florida
Lake Region Arts Council Legacy Grant for show about insanity in history
Minnesota Legacy Funding for Prairie Public Television Songs and Videos
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, Music
ASCAP Plus Grant for Songwriting
Finalist, The Loft Mentor Series, Non-Fiction
Finalist, Song of the Year Contest
Finalist, Writer’s Advice 6th Flash Prose Contest
Winner, Prairie Gate Literary Festival Contest
Isle Royale National Park Artist Residency
Lake Region Arts Council Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy Grant
Lanesboro Art Center Artist Residency
Minnesota Cultural Legacy Grant courtesy of the Lakes Region Arts Council
Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council project support grant
Howard B. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment Fund grant
Southeast Minnesota Arts Council Arts-in-Education grants (x2)
Forrest Goodenough Fellowship for Songwriting
Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow artistic residency
Minnesota Sesquicentennial Fund grant for Minnesota’s Ordinarily Unsung songs and stories
Career Development Grant from the Lakes Region Arts Council/McKnight Foundation
Jerome Foundation Travel Grant, Alternate
Hedgebrook Foundation artist residency
Solarfest Songwriting Contest, Finalist
Ucross Foundation artist residency
New York Mills Cultural Center artist residency/Jerome Foundation fellowship
Album Favorite named Top 50 Indie Release by Singer & Musician Magazine