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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January 26, 2012
AWP Chicago Conference Sold Out!
AWP's Annual Conference & Bookfair has sold out. There will be no on-site registration in Chicago. Read more...
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January 23, 2012
Tree Swenson to Step Down as Executive Director of Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets announced today that Tree Swenson is stepping down from her role as Executive Director, following a 10-year tenure at the literary organization. Read more...
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January 20, 2012
Reading Fiction is Good for You
A study performed in 2006 shows that readers of fiction tend to have higher "emotional intelligence." Read more...
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January 20, 2012
Jane Hirshfield, Toi Derricotte, and Arthur Sze Become Newest Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets
On January 17, 2012, Tree Swenson, Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets, announced that Jane Hirshfield, Toi Derricotte, and Arthur Sze were elected to the AAP’s Board of Chancellors. Read more...
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January 6, 2012
Carol Ann Duffy Wins Costa Poetry Award
In 2009, Carol Ann Duffy broke new ground for UK poets in several ways: she became Britain's first female, first Scottish, and first openly gay Poet Laureate. Read more...
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January 6, 2012
Unemployment Tougher on Arts Graduates
A new study from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce states that the rate of success in the current job market is related to one's major in college. Read more...
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January 6, 2012
The First Montreal Poetry Prize Goes to Mark Tredinnick
For his poem “Walking Underwater,†Australian poet Mark Tredinnick, won the first-ever Montreal Poetry Prize, which had over 3,000 entries from fifty-nine countries. Read more...
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December 19, 2011
The 2011 United States Artists Fellows
Annually, United States Artists (USA) awards $50,000 grants to fifty artists from different disciplines including music, theater, dance, crafts, & writing, among others. This year’s fellows included five writers: poets Terrance Hayes, A.E. Stallings, & Campbell McGrath, fiction writer Karen Tei Yamashita, & playwright Annie Baker. Read more...
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December 19, 2011
Helen Vendler, Rita Dove, & Poetry of the 20th Century
Following the Fall 2011 release of The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry, edited by Rita Dove, The New York Review of Books published a rather pointed review by Helen Vendler, renowned poet & professor at Harvard University Read more...
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December 19, 2011
Need Help Finding an Agent?
Since 1991, the Association of Author’s Representatives (AAR) has served to define professional ethics & standards for its members, primarily agents. Read more...