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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December 1, 2006
MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College Celebrates 25 Years
The MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College is celebrating, throughout 2006, its 25 years as a pioneer in the field of low-residency MFA programs. Read more...
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December 1, 2006
Researchers See a Decline In Cursive Writing
When the class of 2006 took its handwritten essay exam as part of the SAT, only 15% of the almost 1.5 million students wrote in cursive Read more...
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December 1, 2006
2006 Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to Turkish Novelist Orhan Pamuk
“who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures,” the Nobel Foundation announced. Read more...
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December 1, 2006
Turkish Novelist Elif Shafak Acquitted
On September 21, Turkish bestselling novelist, Elif Shafak, was acquitted of the charge of “insulting Turkishness” under Article 301 of Turkish Law, which criminalizes insulting the republic. Read more...
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December 1, 2006
The 2006 National Book Award Finalists
Winners will be announced on November 15 in Manhattan, and will receive $10,000 and a bronze statue; finalists receive $1,000 and a bronze medal. Read more...
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December 1, 2006
Kiran Desai Wins Man Booker Prize
The 35-year old Indian writer, author of The Inheritance of Loss, is the youngest woman ever to win the Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award. Read more...
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October 1, 2006
American Book Review Relocates To Texas
The American Book Review will resume publication after nearly a year, under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Di Leo, interim dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Houston, Victoria. Dr. Di Leo will serve as the new editor-in-chief for The Review Read more...
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October 1, 2006
Vermont Studio Center Opens New Building
The Vermont Studio Center, the largest writers’ residency program in the United States, is pleased to announce its new Writing Studio Building. Read more...
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October 1, 2006
University Of Arizona To Open New Poetry Center In Summer, 2007
The new poetry center will offer an extensive 60,000-item collection of books, periodicals, audio and video recordings, broadsides, and photographs. Read more...
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October 1, 2006
Gwendolyn Brooks Black Writers’ Conference To Be Held October 18-21 At Chicago State University
This year’s speakers will include writers Walter Mosley, Lorene Cary, Lamont Steptoe, Patricia Spears Jones, and Frank Jackson; award-winning poets Patricia Smith, Marilyn Nelson, Quincy Troupe, and Askia Toure. Read more...