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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May 30, 2018
Golden Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
For the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has announced the five finalists for the Golden Man Booker Prize. Read more...
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May 29, 2018
Philip Roth, Celebrated Novelist: 1933–2018
Acclaimed author and icon Philip Roth passed away in a Manhattan Hospital due to congestive heart failure on May 22. Read more...
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May 14, 2018
University of Montana: “Canary in the Coalmine” for Creative Writing Program Funding
State funding of public colleges and universities has never recovered since the Great Recession, and current funding levels are significantly lower than they were in 2008. In response, public higher education administrators have looked to various measures—increases in tuition, cuts in course offerings, increased use of part-time and adjunct faculty, and reductions in full time faculty appointments. Read more...
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May 9, 2018
AWP Receives a $70,000 Art Works Grant from the NEA to Support Services to American Writers
AWP has been awarded a $70,000 grant to support its upcoming Conference & Bookfair in Portland, Oregon, and the continued production of the organization’s website and magazine The Writer’s Chronicle. This grant is part of the NEA’s second round of 2018 Art Works awards totaling $80 million. Read more...
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May 9, 2018
MIT to Investigate Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Junot Díaz
On Monday, May 7, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced in a statement that the university will investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against creative writing professor Junot Díaz. Read more...
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May 8, 2018
NEA Chair to Step Down
Jane Chu announced that she will step down from her position of chair of the National Endowment for the Arts when her four-year term ends on June 4. Read more...
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May 7, 2018
2018 Nobel Prize in Literature Postponed
For the first time since 1949, the jury for the Swedish Academy that selects the annual winner of the world’s most prestigious literary honor will not award a Nobel Prize this year. Read more...
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May 4, 2018
Martín Espada Awarded 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
The Poetry Foundation announced that Martín Espada has been awarded the 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which is presented annually in recognition of the lifetime achievements of a living US poet. Read more...
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May 2, 2018
2018-2019 Steinbeck Fellows Announced
On Monday, April 30, the Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies announced in a press release the six writers selected for this year’s Steinbeck Fellowships. Read more...
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May 2, 2018
Epiphany Announces Inaugural 2018 Breakout 8 Writers Prize Winners
In a release on April 26, the Epiphany literary journal announced the selection of eight student writers for the inaugural Breakout 8 Writers Prize. Read more...
