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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August 21, 2018
AWP Releases Final Report on Accessibility
AWP wishes to share with our members the results of Cindy Shima Kauffman’s assessment carried out between July 17, 2017 and March 10, 2018 regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its impact on AWP’s conferences accessibility and inclusion. Read more...
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August 17, 2018
New Poems by Writers With Disabilities Published by The New York Times
On August 15, The New York Times published new work by ten disabled poets in its Opinion section. Read more...
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August 14, 2018
V.S. Naipaul; 1932–2018
Prolific novelist, nonfiction writer, and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature, V.S. Naipaul, has passed away. Read more...
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August 10, 2018
Robley Wilson; 1930—2018
On August 7, poet, fiction writer, editor, and teacher Robley Wilson passed away. Read more...
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August 8, 2018
Who is Anna March?
The organizer of “Endings for the End Times?” replaced Anna March on the panel immediately. Read more...
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August 8, 2018
US Senate and House Increase NEH and NEA Budgets
On Wednesday, August 1, Congress passed an FY19 budget that included a $155 million budget for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more...
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August 6, 2018
Community Participation in the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair
The information here compiles demographics for presenters of accepted events, as well as information on the extent to which various communities participate in the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair. Read more...
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August 3, 2018
Association for Writers & Writing Programs Will Spin off from Partner Universities, Keep Location in UMD’s Discovery District
AWP announces that they will be changing to an autonomous non-profit model and will no longer be affiliated with a university. Read more...
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July 31, 2018
Jason Gray Wins 2018 Idaho Prize for Poetry
Lost Horse Press announced this week that judge Piotr Florczyk has selected Jason Gray’s Radiation King as the winner of the 2018 Idaho Prize for Poetry. Read more...
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July 31, 2018
Drnaso's Sabrina Makes History as First Graphic Novel Ever on Man Booker Prize Longlist
For the first time in the history of the Man Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious award for novelists, a graphic novel has been named to the list of 13 finalists. Read more...
