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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April 22, 2015
D.A. Powell Receives 2015 Shelley Memorial Award
The Poetry Society of America has announced that D.A. Powell, author of five poetry collections, including Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, has received the 2015 Shelley Memorial Award. Read more...
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April 16, 2015
Poets & Writers Announces Jackson Poetry Prize Winner
Poets & Writers just announced last week that its ninth annual Jackson Poetry Prize, which comes with a $50,000 cash award and is given to an American poet “of exceptional talent,” went to X.J. Kennedy. Read more...
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March 19, 2015
Whiting Foundation Announces its Ten Whiting Award Winners
The Whiting Foundation has announced its Whiting Award winners, which are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Read more...
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March 18, 2015
National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Include Claudia Rankine & Marilynne Robinson
The recipients of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards were awarded their prizes last week at a ceremony at the New School. Read more...
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February 11, 2015
Ireland Appoints Anne Enright as its Inaugural Laureate for Fiction
Ireland has announced that Man Booker prize-winning novelist Anne Enright will serve as its first fiction laureate, a post that is the first of its kind. Read more...
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February 10, 2015
American Library Association Awards Newbery Medal to Three Diverse Writers in the Wake of #WeNeedDiverseBooks Campaign
The American Library Association announced its winners for the 2015 Youth Media Awards this week during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition in Chicago. Read more...
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January 26, 2015
National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2014 Prizes
The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) announced its 30 nominees for awards in six categories of books published in 2014 (memoir, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) on Monday night. Read more...
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January 26, 2015
Online Magazines Now Eligible for Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes, which are administered at Columbia University, have expanded eligibility for the categories of Investigative Reporting and Feature Writing to include online and print magazines. Read more...
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December 16, 2014
The Whiting Foundation and Slate Celebrate Authors’ Second Novels
The Whiting Foundation and Slate Book Review have teamed up on a campaign called “We Second That” in an effort to honor and draw attention to the best “under-recognized” second novels of the last five years. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Julian Hoffman Wins National Outdoor Book Award
Julian Hoffman, winner of the 2012 AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction, received a National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) in the National History Literature category for The Small Heart of Things: Being at Home in a Beckoning World. Read more...
