New Orleans writer and a Natchitoches artist win $5,000 in South Arts fellowship program

Two Louisiana artists have won $5,000 and placement in a Georgia-based fellowship program for a chance to win $25,000.

South Arts , based in Atlanta, is a nonprofit regional arts organization with a mission to empower artists and increase access to arts and culture. The nonprofit chooses 18 artists every year for its fellowship program, nine visual artists and nine literary artists. Of the 18 awardees, two are from Louisiana: Karisma Price , a New Orleans-based writer, and Edgar Cano Lopez, a visual artist from Natchitoches.

Price and Lopez won a cash prize, placement in the Southern Prize and State Fellowships program and the opportunity to compete with other fellows for the $25,000 award, which will be announced later this year.

Price is an assistant professor of English at Tulane