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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November 2, 2016
Marilyn Nelson Wins 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature
A biennial prize worth $25,000, the NSK Neustadt Prize was awarded to poet Marilyn Nelson for her “storied literary career exploring history, race relations and feminism in America.” Read more...
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November 1, 2016
National Novel Writing Month Arrives!
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people around the country begin working toward an ambitious goal: to write a 50,000-word novel from November 1–30. Read more...
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November 1, 2016
More LGBTQ Characters Crop Up in YA Fiction
Since the early 2000s saw a wave of young adult fiction that explored LGBTQ undertones, YA novels featuring LGBTQ characters are coming out in larger numbers. Read more...
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October 27, 2016
Literary-Themed Restaurant Opens on Long Island
A new bar and restaurant in Atlantic Beach on Long Island, bills itself as “a literary, cultural experience.” Read more...
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October 27, 2016
Oxford University Press Names Christopher Marlowe Coauthor of Shakespeare’s Henry VI Plays
Since the 18th century, scholars have long speculated about whether Shakespeare is the sole author of his plays—but recent results of text analysis research have convinced Oxford University Press to credit Christopher Marlowe as a coauthor of the three Henry VI plays in a new edition Read more...
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October 26, 2016
Tiffany McDaniel’s The Summer That Melted Everything Wins the Not the Booker Prize
This year’s Not the Booker Prize was awarded to Tiffany McDaniel’s The Summer That Melted Everything. The results were announced via a livestreamed video on YouTube. Read more...
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October 26, 2016
Paul Beatty Wins the Man Booker Prize
Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout has become the first book by an American to win the Man Booker Prize. Read more...
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October 25, 2016
Lucia Perillo (1958–2016)
Poet Lucia Perillo died on October 16. Though the cause has not been stated, she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988. Read more...
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October 24, 2016
Five Finalists for the Inaugural Harriet Tubman Prize Announced
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Translatlantic Slavery at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture announced the five finalists for its inaugural 2016 Harriet Tubman Prize, which was established to recognize nonfiction books that investigate slavery. Read more...
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October 24, 2016
Claudia Rankine to Donate MacArthur "Genius Grant"
Claudia Rankine, AWP 2016 Keynote speaker and author of the National Book Award–winning Citizen: An American Lyric, plans to donate the funds of her MacArthur "genius grant." Read more...
