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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July 31, 2018
2019 Accepted Community Events
283 accepted events identified themselves as related to a particular affinity group. AWP accepted a total of 556 events out of 1,715 proposals. Read more...
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July 16, 2018
Kaveh Akbar Awarded Levis Reading Prize
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Kaveh Akbar’s first full-length poetry collection, has been awarded the annual Levis Reading Prize. Read more...
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July 10, 2018
Michael Ondaatje Wins Golden Booker Prize
To celebrate a half century of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has awarded its Golden Booker to Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, based on a public survey of finalists. Read more...
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June 29, 2018
Cynthia Sherman: Director of Conferences
AWP is pleased to announce the promotion of Cynthia Sherman as our new Director of Conferences. Read more...
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June 25, 2018
Donald Hall, 1928 – 2018
Former US poet laureate Donald Hall died on Saturday, June 23 at the age of eighty-nine. Read more...
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June 22, 2018
Findings from the 2017 VIDA Count
VIDA has released their 2017 VIDA Count, which tallies the gender disparity in major literary publications and book reviews. Read more...
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June 14, 2018
NEA Research Indicates Surge in Poetry Readership
According to a new report based on the NEA for the Arts’ 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the percentage of US adults who have read poetry in the last year has risen by roughly 5% since 2012. Read more...
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June 7, 2018
Crowdfunding Ursula K. Le Guin’s Final Poetry Collection
Copper Canyon Press is currently raising money to fund the publication of Ursula K. Le Guin’s So Far So Good, her last collection of poems before she passed away on January 22, 2018. Read more...
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June 6, 2018
Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced
Now in its 30th year, the Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the “Lammys,” identify and celebrate the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books of the year. Read more...
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June 1, 2018
Moveable Type: Jet Fuel Review
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