Ohioana Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant: 2005
Margot Kahn of Seattle WA
 Margot Kahn, born in
Cincinnati and raised in Cleveland, attributes her writing skills to the efforts of a series of dedicated
Ohio teachers throughout grade school and high school.
As she remembers, “Practically every English teacher I had in those years encouraged and enhanced
my love of literature and writing.”
She earned her B.A. in English from Bates College in Maine, then continued on to earn her M.F.A. in
nonfiction writing from Columbia College in New York City.
The Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant is awarded to a writer under the age of 30 who has yet to publish a book.
Margot was awarded the grant on the strength of her manuscript-in-progress, Horses That Buck.
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