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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August 8, 2018
Who is Anna March?
The organizer of “Endings for the End Times?” replaced Anna March on the panel immediately. Read more...
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August 8, 2018
US Senate and House Increase NEH and NEA Budgets
On Wednesday, August 1, Congress passed an FY19 budget that included a $155 million budget for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more...
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August 6, 2018
Community Participation in the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair
The information here compiles demographics for presenters of accepted events, as well as information on the extent to which various communities participate in the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair. Read more...
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August 3, 2018
Association for Writers & Writing Programs Will Spin off from Partner Universities, Keep Location in UMD’s Discovery District
AWP announces that they will be changing to an autonomous non-profit model and will no longer be affiliated with a university. Read more...
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July 31, 2018
Jason Gray Wins 2018 Idaho Prize for Poetry
Lost Horse Press announced this week that judge Piotr Florczyk has selected Jason Gray’s Radiation King as the winner of the 2018 Idaho Prize for Poetry. Read more...
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July 31, 2018
Drnaso's Sabrina Makes History as First Graphic Novel Ever on Man Booker Prize Longlist
For the first time in the history of the Man Booker prize, the UK’s most prestigious award for novelists, a graphic novel has been named to the list of 13 finalists. Read more...
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July 31, 2018
2019 Accepted Community Events
283 accepted events identified themselves as related to a particular affinity group. AWP accepted a total of 556 events out of 1,715 proposals. Read more...
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July 16, 2018
Kaveh Akbar Awarded Levis Reading Prize
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Kaveh Akbar’s first full-length poetry collection, has been awarded the annual Levis Reading Prize. Read more...
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July 10, 2018
Michael Ondaatje Wins Golden Booker Prize
To celebrate a half century of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has awarded its Golden Booker to Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, based on a public survey of finalists. Read more...
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June 29, 2018
Cynthia Sherman: Director of Conferences
AWP is pleased to announce the promotion of Cynthia Sherman as our new Director of Conferences. Read more...
