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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May 1, 2012
Moveable Type: Spotlight on Fugue and New Ohio Review
Creating a dialogue and gaining inspiration from technology. Read more...
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May 1, 2012
Columbia University Receives Big Gift to Fund MFA Students
Columbia University received a gift of $800,000 from the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation in late March of this year. Read more...
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May 1, 2012
A New Study Finds Financial Aid Ineffective for Student Success
A study by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) found that financial aid given to community college students in the state of Louisiana had “no significant impact†on their academic success. Read more...
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May 1, 2012
Poetry on the Small Screen
Copper Canyon Press received a $100,000 grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation earlier this year with the expressed purpose of producing e-books and working to improve the quality of poetry on e-reader devices. Read more...
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May 1, 2012
CLMP on Digital Publishing and How Data Collection May Save Arts Funding
The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, since its founding in 1967, has guided literary magazines and presses to greater success in the business of publishing through a "balance of art and business," as is declared on CLMP's website. Read more...
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April 23, 2012
Writer's Bloq Takes on the Nation's Writing Scene
Writer's Bloq, an online writing community that went live in February of this year, has quietly gained buzz around the New York City MFA and post-MFA writing scenes. Read more...
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April 23, 2012
Novelist Doris Betts Has Died
Doris Betts, author of six novels and three short story collections, died of lung cancer at 79, at her home near Pittsboro, North Carolina on April 21, 2012. Read more...
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April 19, 2012
The AWP/ODU Years: Occasional Grace
Since its inception, AWP has relied on a "host institution" to provide the organization with office space and other support. AWP was based at Brown University, first; Washington College, second; then Old Dominion University (ODU), where it enjoyed its longest stay, until moving to George Mason University in 1994. Read more...
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April 3, 2012
FSG Novel goes to Netfilx
According to a report from Publishers Weekly, publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, well known around writing programs for its classy books of poetry, is having one of its novels adapted into an original series for Netflix, the direct-to-consumer distributor of television shows and movies, online and in the mail. Read more...
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April 3, 2012
The Riots Wins GLCA First-Book Award
The Riots, a collection of nonfiction essays by Danielle Cadena Deulen, has won the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. Read more...