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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January 10, 2013
AWP Announces Finalists for the 2013 Small Press Publisher Award
AWP is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2013 Small Press Publisher Award. Read more...
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November 14, 2012
AWP Releases 2013 Boston Conference & Bookfair Schedule: 1,900 Presenters, 520 Literary Events
The 2013 AWP Conference & Bookfair schedule contains more than 500 events. Offsite events can now be submitted. Read more...
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November 1, 2012
An Important Letter to AWP’s Membership
This academic year, the election of new board members will be conducted at the AWP Conference & Bookfair in Boston. The Boston ballot will also ask for your approval of a number of changes in AWP governance that are necessary to bring the organization into compliance with the laws of the state of Virginia. Read more...
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September 25, 2012
Ulysses to a Scholar: Catching Up with a Joyce Scholar Just After the Annual Bloomsday Celebrations in Dublin
Every time it's significant. Every time it's somewhat different. And every time I just needed to get back to the text. The book gets different as you age–your relationship to the story changes as you change. When you're younger than the characters, or the same age, or older, it changes Read more...
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September 11, 2012
The Early Days of AWP
In the beginning, at the dawn of the 1970s, there was Verlin and Kay Cassill at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Read more...
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September 7, 2012
Natasha Trethewey Gives Inaugural Reading as Poet Laureate
Natasha Tretheway, a member of AWP's board of directors since 2010, will give her inaugural reading as Poet Laureate next Thursday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE. Read more...
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September 4, 2012
Career Advice Article Opportunities for Writers: Teaching English Abroad
You've completed your degree and are ready to do something different. But you need to earn money, too. Living and working abroad, whether short- or long-term, can be a valuable experience, especially for writers. Read more...
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September 4, 2012
Advice from the Field MA and MFA: The Final Word
While an MFA in creative writing is considered by most to be the terminal degree for those writers seeking academic training and the rewards thereof, many English departments and writing programs offer an MA in English (magister artium in the Latin) where creative writing can be chosen as a specialization area rather than technical communication, rhetoric/composition, literature, linguistics, or even film. Read more...
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August 22, 2012
AWP Launches Redesigned Website & Releases List of Accepted Events for 2013 Conference Online Services to Members and Writers Enhanced. 516 Events Accepted for Annual Conference & Bookfair in Boston.
AWP has launched a redesigned website at awpwriter.org with new community-building features and enhanced functionality. The site, which is visited by nearly 80,000 unique users each month, includes updates to AW'P's Guide to Writing Programs, the Directory of Writer's Conferences & Centers, the AWP Job List, the Writer's Calendar, and the Writer's News. Read more...
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August 15, 2012
An Interview with Claudia Emerson by Brian Brodeur Podcast Episode #48
The AWP Podcast Series episode 48 brings you an interview with Claudia Emerson, conducted by Brian Brodeur at the 2012 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Chicago. Read more...
