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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June 27, 2019
Alice Oswald Named Oxford Professor of Poetry
Alice Oswald has made history by becoming the first elected female Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in three centuries. Read more...
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June 20, 2019
Joy Harjo Named Poet Laureate
Poet, writer, and musician Joy Harjo has been named the twenty-third Poet Laureate of the United States. Read more...
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June 19, 2019
Ocean Vuong Appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Ocean Vuong appeared on the talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin). Vuong, whose debut collection of poems Night Sky with Exit Wounds won the T.S. Eliot Prize, discussed multiple aspects of his first venture into fiction. Read more...
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June 14, 2019
Kim Hyesoon & Eve Joseph Awarded Griffin Prizes
The Griffin Poetry Prize announced the recipients of its annual awards last week. Read more...
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June 5, 2019
Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez Awarded 2019 George Garrett Award
Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez was awarded the 2019 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature at our annual conference in Portland, Oregon. Read more...
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June 3, 2019
Annie Zaidi Wins International Nine Dots Prize
Annie Zaidi has won the Nine Dots Prize for her entry “Bread, Cement, Cactus,” which combines reporting and memoir to address themes of home and belonging in modern India. Read more...
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June 3, 2019
Colleen Cable Promoted to AWP's Associate Director of Conferences
AWP is pleased to announce the promotion of Colleen Cable to become Associate Director of Conferences. Read more...
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June 1, 2019
LGBTQ+ PRIDE Month: Discerning, Illuminating, & Celebrating Our Shared Humanity
Across the United States and far beyond, the month of June has come to be associated with the celebration of a population once highly stigmatized and excluded, but now increasingly seen as exemplars of diversity, authenticity, love, courage, and human and civil rights. Read more...
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May 30, 2019
Forward Prize Finalists Announced
The Forward Arts Foundation announced on Thursday the fifteen finalists shortlisted for the 2019 Forward Prizes. Read more...
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May 29, 2019
Author & LGBTQ Activist Binyavanga Wainaina Dies at 48
Binyavanga Wainaina, the revered writer and activist, who founded the literary magazine Kwani? and was widely influential both in his writing and his fight for LGBTQ rights throughout Kenya and beyond, passed away. Read more...
