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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June 1, 2020
AWP Receives an Amazon Literary Partnership Grant
The Amazon Literary Partnership announced that the Association of Writers & Writing Programs has received a grant of $5,000 to support its Writer to Writer Mentorship Program. Read more...
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May 29, 2020
Frontextos (border/texts)—Process, Image, Text, & Resistance with poets Octavio Quintanilla & Connie Voisine
We are welcoming Octavio Quintanilla and Connie Voisine to our summer Virtual AWP: Conversations with Writers schedule. Read more...
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May 26, 2020
#AWP21 Conference Update
We can all agree this has been a year like no other! The Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has changed us in unimaginable ways. At AWP, we are using this turn of events to imagine what is possible in the virtual space in response to the needs of all of our stakeholders. Read more...
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May 19, 2020
The AWP Virtual Book Club Features Aimee Liu for June in Craft-Focused Discussion
Join us for the AWP Virtual Book Club, a book club with a unique craft focus. Our featured book for June is Glorious Boy from bestselling author Aimee Liu. Read more...
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May 8, 2020
Writers in Conversation with David Hassler, Katie Daley, Dr. Mary K. Anthony, & Taryn Burhanna on the “Some Days” Community Poem Project
Join us in honor of National Nurses Week 2020 (May 6, 2020) for a special Virtual AWP: Writers in Conversation & Reading event with David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. Read more...
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April 16, 2020
Beyond Sunrise, There Is a Song We Follow: US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in Conversation
Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, talks with us on May 8 about her work in the position as well as the role poets and poetry can play right now. Read more...
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April 15, 2020
The AWP Virtual Book Club—Writers Talking Books with Other Writers: Craft-Focused Discussion that Gets Up Close and Personal
Join us for the AWP Virtual Book Club: a book club with a unique craft focus. Our featured book for April/May is Sue William Silverman’s How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences. Read more...
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April 13, 2020
Writing News Roundup
Here are a few things that have recently caught our attention. Read more...
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April 2, 2020
Moveable Type: Cherry Tree
A literary venue worth checking out... Read more...
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March 26, 2020
A Note About #AWP20 & COVID-19
This year’s Annual Conference and Bookfair was like no other. All of us returned to a very different and rapidly changing world. Read more...
