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 17, 2015
AWP Award Series Creative Nonfiction Prize
This year, our judge for Creative Nonfiction, Lia Purpura, did not select a winner for the competition. Read more...
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August 5, 2015
Update on the University of Akron Press
Last week, AWP ran a news story on the firing of the staffs of not only the university press but also the multicultural center and the performing arts center, E.J. Thomas Hall, at the University of Akron. Since that news spread, many supporters of these institutions have raised concerns and expressed outrage about these actions to University of Akron President Scott Scarborough and the Board of Trustees. Read more...
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July 1, 2015
Writers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Ruling: “It’s Not Over”
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, Los Angeles Times writers Carolyn Kellogg, David Ulin, and Nick Owchar compiled a list of twenty “classic” works of gay literature Read more...
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May 18, 2015
Update Regarding the AWP Los Angeles 2016 Subcommittee
AWP has removed Vanessa Place from the AWP Los Angeles 2016 Subcommittee. Read more...
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May 7, 2015
Bob Shacochis Wins the 2015 George Garrett Award
The AWP Board of Directors presented this year’s George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature to Bob Shacochis. Read more...
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February 11, 2015
Publisher Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature to Launch Literary Hub at AWP Conference
Independent Publisher Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature have partnered up to launch “a new go-to source for literary culture on the web” called Literary Hub on April 8, 2015 at the AWP Conference. Read more...
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February 10, 2015
Salman Rushdie to Publish New Novel after Seven Years in September
British Author Salman Rushdie will release his first novel in seven years, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, his publishers reported. Read more...
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December 2, 2014
Donate to AWP’s Intro Journals Project!
It’s #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. Read more...
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October 20, 2014
AWP Receives $15,000 Grant from the McKnight Foundation to Support Writers in Minnesota
AWP is pleased to announce a new grant of $15,000 from the McKnight Foundation. The grant funds will be used to provide complimentary registrations to 100 writers throughout Minnesota to attend the #AWP15 Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis. Read more...
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October 1, 2014
The Stoneslide Snap Contest: Win a Free AWP Conference Registration
The Stoneslide Corrective, an e-magazine operated and published by Christopher Wachlin and Jonathan Weisberg of Stoneslide Media LLC, is offering a free pass to the AWP conference in Minneapolis (April 8-11, 2015). Read more...
