February 2024
The Writer-on-Writer Memoir
Thomas Larson
Thomas Larson on the trend of memoirs preoccupied with another writer’s life and work.
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Allegories for the Future
Helena Feder
Helena Feder speaks with the celebrated fiction writer about climate change, empathy for animals, and her two forthcoming books.
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Poetry of Freedom and Dignity
Laima Vincé
Laima Vincé talks to the Ukrainian poet about resistance, loss, and the role of poetry during wartime.
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States of Being
Jarek Steele
Jarek Steele on the intersection of the writing life, his trans identity, and the red state he calls home.
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Four Poems by Halyna Kruk
Halyna Kruk, Amelia M. Glaser, and Yuliya Ilchuk
Translated by Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk From A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails Arrowsmith Press, 2023
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Rochelle Spencer
Rochelle Spencer talks to four Black women redefining the limits of contemporary storytelling.
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The 2023 AWP Award Series Winners on Their Winning Books
Join the Writer’s Chronicle in congratulating the 2023 AWP Award Series winners! Each year AWP hosts four book contests in the genres of creative nonfiction, the novel, poetry, and short fiction. An esteemed judge chosen by AWP selects one winning manuscript to be published by a partner press. Winning authors also receive a cash prize between $2,500 and $5,500.
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Introducing the 2024 AWP Award Series Judges
The 2024 AWP Award Series invites book-length entries between January 1 and February 28, 2024. Check out all details and full submission guidelines on our Submittable page. AWP will post the longlist of up to ten finalists in each genre on our website in May 2024. From those finalists, judges will select one winning manuscript each in creative nonfiction, the novel, poetry, and short fiction by late summer.
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Queering and Disrupting Appalachian Narratives
Neema Avashia, W. David Hall, Mesha Maren, Carter Sickels, and Jamie Lyn Smith
Neema Avashia, W. David Hall, Mesha Maren, Carter Sickels, and Jamie Lyn Smith discuss how their work reflects their lived experience in an often-misunderstood region.
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Meet the 2022 AWP Award Series Winners at the #AWP24 Conference & Bookfair
Celebrate the 2022 AWP Award Series winners at the #AWP24 Conference & Bookfair! On Friday, February 9, 2024, AWP will host a reading, reception, and book signing to honor the 2022 AWP Award Series winners and the partner presses who publish their winning manuscripts.
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From the Bakery to the Bar
Amber Caron
Amber Caron analyzes how patterns and routines lend shape to fiction.
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