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 18, 2011
AWP 2011 Elections
Individual Members! Please vote by November 22nd,, 2011. Read more...
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November 12, 2011
Brief Interview with Novelist Scott Blackwood
Scott Blackwood was one of ten recipients of this year’s recently announced Whiting Writers’ Awards, largely for his 2009 novel, We Agreed to Meet Just Here, which won the AWP Prize for the Novel, judged by Robert Eversz. Read more...
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November 1, 2011
This Year's Whiting Writers' Awards Winners
The Whiting Foundation has announced the ten recipients of the 2011 Whiting Writers’ Awards winners, featuring novelist Ryan Call, poet Don Mee Choi, nonfiction writer Paul Clemens, and playwright Amy Herzog. Read more...
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October 27, 2011
Janet Sylvester Appointed Director of First Low-Res BFA Program at Goddard College
On October 26, Goddard College announced that award-winning poet and professor, Janet Sylvester, would be Director of America’s first low-residency Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program. Read more...
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October 27, 2011
Ira Silverberg to be Director of the NEA's Literature Program
Known for his work as a literary agent, most recently for Sterling Lord Literistic, Ira Silverberg is to be the next Literature Director of the National Endowment for the Arts, starting December 5, 2011. Read more...
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October 21, 2011
The Importance of Literary Prizes by Daniel D'Angelo
Writers find prizes important because they bring at least a little fame, a little cash, and hopefully a prominent publication. Read more...
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October 21, 2011
Julian Barnes Wins Man Booker Prize
According to BBC News, on October 18, Julian Barnes won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Sense of an Ending. Read more...
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October 18, 2011
Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to Tomas Transtromer
On October 6, 2011, poet and psychologist Tomas Transtromer became the first Swedish recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature since 1974. Read more...
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October 18, 2011
Censorship in America's Prisons
According to the Huffington Post, Mark Melvin, an inmate at Kilby Correctional Facility in Alabama, has filed a lawsuit after prison officials refused to give him a copy of the book Slavery By Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon. Read more...
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October 3, 2011
The Michigan Poet
The Michigan Poet distributes poetry from major Michigan based poets to: 1) Highlight the “backyard” talent of contemporary poets, and 2) Use poetry as a means of developing deep, unique cultural identities that have formerly suffered under commercial and industrial economic emphasis. Read more...