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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November 17, 2016
National Book Award Winners Announced
Last night, the National Book Award winners were announced at the 67th annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner in New York City at Cipriani Wall Street. Read more...
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November 17, 2016
Lannan Literary Fellows Announced
The Lannan Foundation announced the winners of its Literary Awards and Fellowships. Read more...
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November 2, 2016
Marilyn Nelson Wins 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature
A biennial prize worth $25,000, the NSK Neustadt Prize was awarded to poet Marilyn Nelson for her “storied literary career exploring history, race relations and feminism in America.” Read more...
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October 26, 2016
Tiffany McDaniel’s The Summer That Melted Everything Wins the Not the Booker Prize
This year’s Not the Booker Prize was awarded to Tiffany McDaniel’s The Summer That Melted Everything. The results were announced via a livestreamed video on YouTube. Read more...
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October 26, 2016
Paul Beatty Wins the Man Booker Prize
Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout has become the first book by an American to win the Man Booker Prize. Read more...
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October 24, 2016
Five Finalists for the Inaugural Harriet Tubman Prize Announced
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Translatlantic Slavery at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture announced the five finalists for its inaugural 2016 Harriet Tubman Prize, which was established to recognize nonfiction books that investigate slavery. Read more...
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October 24, 2016
Claudia Rankine to Donate MacArthur "Genius Grant"
Claudia Rankine, AWP 2016 Keynote speaker and author of the National Book Award–winning Citizen: An American Lyric, plans to donate the funds of her MacArthur "genius grant." Read more...
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October 7, 2016
Awards
Award listing reprinted from the October/November 2016 Writer's Chronicle. Read more...
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October 7, 2016
National Book Award Finalists Include Rita Dove, Solmaz Sharif, Colson Whitehead, and Viet Thanh Nguyen
The National Book Foundation has announced its twenty-two finalists for fiction, nonfiction, young people’s literature, and poetry. Among the finalists are two Pulitzer Prize winners, two previous National Book Award winners, and a poet whose book is her first. Read more...
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October 6, 2016
The National Book Foundation Announces Its 5 Under 35 Honorees
The National Book Foundation, which presents the National Book Awards, has announced its “5 Under 35” honorees for 2016. Read more...
