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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March 13, 2011
Politics and Prose Finds New Owners
According to the Washington Post, Politics and Prose will be bought by former Post journalists Bradley Graham and his wife, Lissa Muscatine for about $2 million in May. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Awards
Award listing for March/April 2011. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Reynolds Price (1933-2011)
Reynolds Price, 77, died on Thursday January 20, 2011 in Durham, N.C. after suffering a heart attack. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Writers Rally to Support Ailing Dean Young
On January 20, a benefit reading was held for Dean Young, who is in critical need of a heart transplant, at the National Arts Club in New York City. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Christine Sneed Named Finalist for L.A. Times Book Prize
Christine Sneed, winner of the 2009 AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, became one of five finalists for the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the First Fiction (Book) Category Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Goldie Goldbloom Wins 2011 GLCA New Writers Award
The Great Lakes Colleges Association announced that Goldie Goldbloom has won the 2011 GLCA New Writers Award for her novel, Toads’ Museum of Freaks and Wonders, published by New Issues Poetry and Prose. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
AWP Gives Garrett Award to Askold Melnyczuk
At the 2011 AWP Annual Conference and Bookfair, our association honored Askold Melnyczuk as this year’s recipient of the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Expanding the Translation Market
According to the New York Times, translated literature makes up just three percent of the American book market. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Borders Files for Bankruptcy
According to Publishers Weekly, on February 16, 2011, Borders Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read more...
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March 1, 2011
Books by the Foot
According to the New York Times, the business of decorative, creative bookselling is seeing some recent growth. Read more...