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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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...
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September 19, 2014
New Study Finds Millennials Read More Than Their Elders
According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, American millennials, defined as ages 16-29 in this study, use the public library as much as their elders and read more than their elders (at least one book in the past year). Read more...
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September 19, 2014
Celebrated Poet Eric Trethewey Has Died
Seventy-one-year-old poet Eric Trethewey, who taught poetry to graduate students at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia; to jail inmates at the Roanoke City Jail; and to his daughter Natasha Trethewey; the 19th US Poet Laureate, died last week. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
The National Poetry Series Raises Value of Cash Prizes Thanks to Grant
The National Poetry Series (NPS), an awards program that publishes five exceptional poetry manuscripts and allocates five corresponding cash awards annually, has increased the value of its cash awards. Read more...
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September 11, 2014
Why Can’t We See Our Own Typos?
Why are typos so easy to miss during the proofreading and editing process? Read more...
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September 11, 2014
Smithsonian Asks Volunteers to Transcribe Its Collections
To make readable and searchable its ever-growing digital archive of documents—such as handwritten Civil War journals and the painting diaries of Oscar Bluemner—the Smithsonian Institution announced last month that it is crowdsourcing the transcription of its materials. Read more...
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September 11, 2014
Norway’s Future Library Project, Margaret Atwood Tantalizes
A new public artwork called Future Library will collect one new work from one author per year for the next century, sealed until their release in 2114. Read more...
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September 11, 2014
Ursula K. Le Guin to Be Honored at the National Book Awards Ceremony
In recognition of her “transformative impact on American literature,” science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin will receive the National Book Awards’ 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Read more...
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September 5, 2014
A Floating Library to Dock in New York City
Floating Library, a pop-up and mobile device-free public library aboard the Lilac Museum Steamship, will dock at Pier 25 on the Hudson River in New York City and run from September 6 through October 3, 2014. Read more...
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September 5, 2014
Winners of the 2014 American Poets Prizes Announced
The Academy of American Poets announced seven winners of its 2014 American Poets Prizes, which consist of stipends and cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $100,000. Read more...