The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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August 8, 2018
Who is Anna March?
The organizer of “Endings for the End Times?” replaced Anna March on the panel immediately. Read more...
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August 8, 2018
US Senate and House Increase NEH and NEA Budgets
On Wednesday, August 1, Congress passed an FY19 budget that included a $155 million budget for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more...
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July 31, 2018
Drnaso's Sabrina Makes History as First Graphic Novel Ever on Man Booker Prize Longlist
For the first time in the history of the Man Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious award for novelists, a graphic novel has been named to the list of 13 finalists. Read more...
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June 22, 2018
Findings from the 2017 VIDA Count
VIDA has released their 2017 VIDA Count, which tallies the gender disparity in major literary publications and book reviews. Read more...
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June 14, 2018
NEA Research Indicates Surge in Poetry Readership
According to a new report based on the NEA for the Arts’ 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the percentage of US adults who have read poetry in the last year has risen by roughly 5% since 2012. Read more...
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June 7, 2018
Crowdfunding Ursula K. Le Guin’s Final Poetry Collection
Copper Canyon Press is currently raising money to fund the publication of Ursula K. Le Guin’s So Far So Good, her last collection of poems before she passed away on January 22, 2018. Read more...
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May 30, 2018
Golden Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
For the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has announced the five finalists for the Golden Man Booker Prize. Read more...
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May 14, 2018
University of Montana: “Canary in the Coalmine” for Creative Writing Program Funding
State funding of public colleges and universities has never recovered since the Great Recession, and current funding levels are significantly lower than they were in 2008. In response, public higher education administrators have looked to various measures—increases in tuition, cuts in course offerings, increased use of part-time and adjunct faculty, and reductions in full time faculty appointments. Read more...
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May 9, 2018
MIT to Investigate Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Junot Díaz
On Monday, May 7, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced in a statement that the university will investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against creative writing professor Junot Díaz. Read more...
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May 8, 2018
NEA Chair to Step Down
Jane Chu announced that she will step down from her position of chair of the National Endowment for the Arts when her four-year term ends on June 4. Read more...
