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 2, 2016
Art Center Commemorating Seamus Heaney to Open in the Nobel Prize—Winning Poet’s Hometown
A police station in the late Seamus Heaney’s hometown of Bellaghy Village in Ireland will soon become Seamus Heaney HomePlace, a 21,527 square foot art center dedicated to the poet’s life and work. Read more...
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September 2, 2016
Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award Winners Announced
The Rona Jaffe Foundation has announced the six winners of its 2016 Writers’ Awards, which are awarded annually to emerging women writers to recognize “the special contributions women writers make to our culture and society.” Read more...
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August 31, 2016
New York Subways Offer Free Ebooks, Timed for Your Commute
New York transit officials have collaborated with Penguin Random House to bring “Subway Reads”—a platform that offers e-literature based on how long riders will be on the subway—to New York subways. Read more...
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August 30, 2016
Oxford Dictionaries Cancels #OneWordMap Initiative, Cites "Severe Misuse"
After just one day, Oxford Dictionaries halted its search for the least popular words in the English language, citing improper use of its survey. Read more...
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August 29, 2016
Disability Is Front and Center in New York Times Opinion Series
The New York Times has started a new weekly series of articles that centers on disability for its opinion section. Read more...
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August 26, 2016
Private University Graduate Students Can Now Unionize
Private university graduate students now have the right to unionize, thanks to a landmark ruling by the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, August 23. Read more...
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August 25, 2016
Study Finds Literary Fiction Improves Emotion Recognition Skills
Literary fiction improves our understanding of other people’s emotions, while genre fiction does not, a study finds, as Research Digest reports. Read more...
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August 23, 2016
Kickstarter Records $100 Million Milestone in Pledges to Publishing Projects
Kickstarter—a crowdfunding service that allows individuals to raise money for various projects—has passed a milestone of receiving over $100 million in pledges to its general-publishing projects since the company’s founding in 2009, Publishers Weekly reports. Read more...
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August 22, 2016
Website Address 2016: Its Fourth Year's Features & Its Future
Discover the past year’s special features and what’s in store for the future of the website. Read more...
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August 19, 2016
Female Crime Writers Organization Lacks Diversity, Report Finds
Sisters in Crime, an organization that supports female crime writers, released a report on diversity in the mystery community, which revealed that 93% of its membership is white. Read more...
