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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September 23, 2016
News Roundup
Some things that caught our attention this week. Read more...
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September 23, 2016
MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 Class of Fellows
The 2016 MacArthur Fellowships, often referred to as “Genius Grants,” have been announced. Read more...
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September 21, 2016
Cave Canem Honored by the National Book Foundation
Cave Canem, the organization dedicated to creating “a home for the many voices of African American poetry and … to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets,” was awarded the 2016 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community by the National Book Foundation. Read more...
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September 16, 2016
National Book Foundation Announces Contenders for 2016 Awards
Over the past week, the National Book Foundation has released the names of contenders for the Young People’s Literature, Poetry, and Nonfiction National Book Awards. Today, the foundation posted its final list—the longlist for the Fiction Award. Read more...
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September 15, 2016
J.D. Salinger’s Home to Become Residency for Cartoonists
J.D. Salinger fans, rejoice: the reclusive author’s old house in Cornish, New Hampshire, will become a residency for cartoonists in early 2017. Read more...
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September 14, 2016
Class of 2016 National Student Poets Announced
First Lady Michelle Obama has appointed five high school students to serve as the 2016 class of National Student Poets. Read more...
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September 12, 2016
Gabriel García Márquez’s Face Graces Colombia’s New 50,000 Peso Bill
Colombia began circulating a new 50,000 peso bill last week that features the late Nobel Prize–winning Gabriel García Márquez. Read more...
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September 9, 2016
Americans Read Twelve Books a Year, Pew Study Finds
Americans read an average of twelve books per year according to the results of a Pew Research Center study released last week. The findings were collected in a national telephone survey of 1,520 American adults conducted March 7 to April 4, 2016. Read more...
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September 8, 2016
Sharon Olds Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets bestowed its highest honor, the Wallace Stevens Award, on Sharon Olds, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner for Stag’s Leap in 2013. Read more...
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September 7, 2016
Susan Muaddi Darraj, 2014 AWP Short Fiction Prize–Winner, Receives American Book Award
Susan Muaddi Darraj’s AWP Award Series–winning short story collection, A Curious Land: Stories from Home, has picked up a 2016 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Read more...
