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 25, 2014
Eimear McBride Wins Faber Memorial Prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial prize, which has gone to such award-winning writers as J.M. Coetzee, Julian Barnes, and Seamus Heaney, went to Eimear McBride for her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
The 2014 National Book Award Winners
The National Book Awards Ceremony took place last week, with novelist and award-winning children’s book author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) as host. Read more...
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November 13, 2014
Joshua Ferris Wins 2014 Dylan Thomas Prize
The 2014 Dylan Thomas Prize, which includes a £30,000 cash prize, went to Joshua Ferris, for his novel, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. Read more...
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October 16, 2014
Australia's Richard Flanagan Wins Man Booker Prize
This year’s Man Booker Prize was given to Richard Flanagan of Australia, for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Read more...
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October 10, 2014
Patrick Modiano Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Patrick Modiano was named the 107th winner of the Nobel Prize for literature today, making him the 11th French literature laureate in history. 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...
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October 1, 2014
The Norman Mailer Writing Awards
Last week, one high school teacher, one high school student, and three undergraduate students received 2014 Norman Mailer Writing Awards from the Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Read more...
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September 26, 2014
Brooklyn Poet Wins Free House in Detroit from the Write a House Project
Casey Rocheteau, a 29-year-old Brooklyn poet, has won the first Write a House Project prize of a free house in Detroit, Michigan. Read more...
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September 26, 2014
Rona Jaffe Foundation Awards $30K Each to Six Emerging Female Writers
The Rona Jaffe Foundation has awarded six emerging female writers with its 20th annual Writers’ Awards, valued at $30,000 each. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
Terrance Hayes and Alison Bechdel Among MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Recipients
This year, the MacArthur Foundation selected twenty-one recipients for its “genius grants,” a list that contains four writers and poets, including Alison Bechdel, cartoonist and graphic memoirist; Samuel D. Hunter, playwright; Khaled Mattawa, translator and poet; and Terrance Hayes, poet. Read more...
