Recipient Information
Location
Lafayette, Louisiana
Year of Award
2023
Grant or Fellowship
Leaders of Color Fellowship
Grant Amount
$0
Courtney C. Young
Writer
Courtney Young is a writer of fiction, screenplays, popular culture criticism and creative nonfiction. She is a recipient of residencies from Willapa Bay Air, Vermont Studio Center, Faber, Hambidge, Hedgebrook, Bainbridge and Chateau D’Orquevaux. A graduate of Spelman College and New York University, she received her bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in management and her master’s degree from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, completing an interdisciplinary program that combined entertainment business, performance, and Africana studies. She was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana.