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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June 16, 2011
Edith Pearlman to Receive PEN/Malamud Award
Last week it was announced that Edith Pearlman is to receive the 2011 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Read more...
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June 13, 2011
Téa Obreht Wins U.K.'s Orange Prize for Fiction
Téa Obreht, at 25, became the youngest writer ever to receive the Orange Prize for Fiction, according to the BBC News. Read more...
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June 6, 2011
Canada's Griffin Prize Winners Announced
Gjertrud Schnackenberg and Dionne Brand received the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize, which, at $65,000 (Canadian) for each winner, is the largest prize in the world for a single book of poetry written in English. Read more...
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May 19, 2011
David Ferry Wins Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
The Poetry Foundation presented David Ferry with the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize at the Pegasus Awards in Chicago on May 11. Now in its 26th year, this $100,000 lifetime achievement award is one of the nation’s largest literary prizes and is awarded annually to a living U.S. poet to recognize extraordinary accomplishments. Read more...
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May 11, 2011
Duke University Honors Rita Dove With PhD
On May 15, Duke University will award Rita Dove an honorary PhD in a ceremony along with Duke's current graduating students. Read more...
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May 4, 2011
Poetry Out Loud National Finals
In a poetry recitation competition, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, featuring over 365,000 participants from high schools all across the nation, sixteen-year-old Youssef Biaz, from Auburn, Alabama, was named the champion. Read more...
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May 1, 2011
Chase Twichell Wins the 2011 Kingsley Tufts Award
On April 28, at the Garrison Theatre in Claremont, CA, Chase Twichell received the prestigious Kinglsey Tufts Poetry Award of $100,000 for her book Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been. Read more...
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May 1, 2011
Awards
From the May 2011 issue of the Writer's Chronicle Read more...
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May 1, 2011
Julian Barnes wins David Cohen Prize
According to the BBC, Julian Barnes, known best for his novels Flaubert’s Parrot and England, England received the 2011 David Cohen Prize for Literature. Read more...
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May 1, 2011
Chance to Sleep in J.D. Salinger’s Dorm Room
According to the New York Times, since 2006, Ursinus College has been offering the Ursinus College Creative Writing Award to incoming freshmen. Read more...
