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 28, 2016
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and Kate Tufts Discovery Award Finalists Announced!
Claremont Graduate University announced the finalists for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Read more...
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October 21, 2015
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hanya Yanagihara, and Pam Muñoz Ryan Receive Kirkus Prizes
NPR reports that last week, the Kirkus Prizes—now in their second year—went to three writers: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hanya Yanagihara, and Pam Muñoz Ryan. Read more...
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October 14, 2015
White House Names Five Teen Ambassadors for the National Students Poets Program
Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the National Students Poets Program (NSPP) ceremony, where five teen students—selected from a pool of 20,000+ students from around the nation—read their work and received their awards. Read more...
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October 14, 2015
Svetlana Alexievich Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
The Swedish Academy announced Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarussian journalist and narrative nonfiction writer, as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature last week “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” Read more...
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October 14, 2015
Marlon James Wins 2015 Man Booker Prize; NBA Finalists Announced
A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James’s novel of an assassination attempt on Bob Marley, and much more, has won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. Read more...
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September 30, 2015
MacArthur Foundation Names Its Annual Fellows
The MacArthur Foundation announced this year’s winners of its annual fellowships. Read more...
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September 30, 2015
James Patterson Wins Literarian National Book Award
For his commitment to increased literacy among children, James Patterson will receive the Literarian National Book Award at the 66th National Book Awards ceremony this November. Read more...
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September 22, 2015
The National Book Awards’ 2015 Longlist is Here!
The National Book Awards’ 2015 longlist includes several fierce contenders in the genres of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Read more...
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September 15, 2015
Joy Harjo Wins Prestigious Wallace Stevens Award
The Academy of American Poets this year has awarded its highest honor, the Wallace Stevens Award, to Joy Harjo. The award is given “for proven mastery in the art of poetry.” Read more...
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September 10, 2015
2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows Announced
The Poetry Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships. Read more...
