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 21, 2015
Entire Class of MFA Students at the University of Southern California Withdraws to Protest University Administration
The entire class of seven first-year MFA students dropped out of the University of Southern California’s arts and design school in protest of faculty and curriculum changes, according to The Huffington Post. Read more...
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May 21, 2015
Writers Challenge Conventions of the Book with Diary-Like Modes
There’s been much buzz around books that verge into the diary-like mode, and this buzz has raised questions about their conventions and applicability. Read more...
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May 18, 2015
Update Regarding the AWP Los Angeles 2016 Subcommittee
AWP has removed Vanessa Place from the AWP Los Angeles 2016 Subcommittee. Read more...
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May 15, 2015
Writers Tweet Fiction During #TwitterFiction Festival
This week on Twitter, established and emerging writers everywhere created 140-character-sized fiction pieces as part of the annual #TwitterFiction Festival: “a celebration of storytelling on Twitter.” Read more...
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May 14, 2015
McSweeney’s Reaches Over Half of Its Fundraising Goal
In just eight days, McSweeney’s has raised over half of its fundraising goal of $150,000 as part of a campaign to fund its publishing projects. Read more...
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May 14, 2015
Transgender Former Employee Sues Barnes & Noble for Discrimination
A transgender woman is saying that she was bullied about her appearance and fired by Barnes & Noble—which has touted its “perfect score” on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for the last seven years—after informing her manager of her planned transition. Read more...
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May 14, 2015
University of Georgia Press Establishes Bruce and Georgia McEver Fund
The University of Georgia Press has announced its development of the Bruce and Georgia McEver Fund for the Arts and Environment, according to a recent statement. Read more...
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May 8, 2015
Writers Speak Out Against the Closing of City University of Hong Kong’s MFA Program
City University (CityU) of Hong Kong has decided to close its low-residency MFA program. The chair of the English department announced the closure, citing financial and low-enrollment concerns. Read more...
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May 7, 2015
United Airlines Distributes In-Flight Literary Magazine to First-Class and Business Flyers
Rhapsody is United Airline’s first literary magazine, offering “elegant prose by prominent novelists,” reports New York Times writer Alexandra Alter, and is available to first-class and business flyers. Read more...
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May 7, 2015
New Project Sets James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake to Music
In an effort to open up James Joyce's experimental novel Finnegan’s Wake to new interpretations, seventeen musicians contributed to an unabridged, musical version of the book, called Waywords and Meansigns. Read more...