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.
-
June 25, 2018
Donald Hall, 1928 – 2018
Former US poet laureate Donald Hall died on Saturday, June 23 at the age of eighty-nine. Read more...
-
June 22, 2018
Findings from the 2017 VIDA Count
VIDA has released their 2017 VIDA Count, which tallies the gender disparity in major literary publications and book reviews. Read more...
-
June 14, 2018
NEA Research Indicates Surge in Poetry Readership
According to a new report based on the NEA for the Arts’ 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the percentage of US adults who have read poetry in the last year has risen by roughly 5% since 2012. Read more...
-
June 7, 2018
Crowdfunding Ursula K. Le Guin’s Final Poetry Collection
Copper Canyon Press is currently raising money to fund the publication of Ursula K. Le Guin’s So Far So Good, her last collection of poems before she passed away on January 22, 2018. Read more...
-
June 6, 2018
Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced
Now in its 30th year, the Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the “Lammys,” identify and celebrate the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books of the year. Read more...
-
June 1, 2018
Moveable Type: Jet Fuel Review
A literary venue worth checking out... Read more...
-
May 30, 2018
Golden Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
For the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has announced the five finalists for the Golden Man Booker Prize. Read more...
-
May 29, 2018
Philip Roth, Celebrated Novelist: 1933–2018
Acclaimed author and icon Philip Roth passed away in a Manhattan Hospital due to congestive heart failure on May 22. Read more...
-
May 14, 2018
University of Montana: “Canary in the Coalmine” for Creative Writing Program Funding
State funding of public colleges and universities has never recovered since the Great Recession, and current funding levels are significantly lower than they were in 2008. In response, public higher education administrators have looked to various measures—increases in tuition, cuts in course offerings, increased use of part-time and adjunct faculty, and reductions in full time faculty appointments. Read more...
-
May 9, 2018
AWP Receives a $70,000 Art Works Grant from the NEA to Support Services to American Writers
AWP has been awarded a $70,000 grant to support its upcoming Conference & Bookfair in Portland, Oregon, and the continued production of the organization’s website and magazine The Writer’s Chronicle. This grant is part of the NEA’s second round of 2018 Art Works awards totaling $80 million. Read more...
