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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December 8, 2014
Julian Hoffman Wins National Outdoor Book Award
Julian Hoffman, winner of the 2012 AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction, received a National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) in the National History Literature category for The Small Heart of Things: Being at Home in a Beckoning World. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Chinese Government Bans Use of Puns in Media
According to The Los Angeles Times, China’s media regulator—the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television—has issued an order that restricts the media from using puns and other forms of wordplay. Read more...
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December 8, 2014
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand Has Died
Mark Strand, former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner for his collection Blizzard of One (1998), died from liposarcoma, a rare cancer of the fat cells. Read more...
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December 2, 2014
Donate to AWP’s Intro Journals Project!
It’s #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. Read more...
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December 1, 2014
Moveable Type: Talking with Chad W. Post, Publisher at Open Letter
AWP had the opportunity to talk with Chad W. Post, publisher at Open Letter, which publishes translated works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers from all over the world, from Serbia, Peru, Israel, China, Denmark, and elsewhere. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
The University of Texas at Austin Acquires Gabriel García Márquez Archive
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently announced that it has acquired the archive of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, who authored the critically acclaimed magical realist novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967). Read more...
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November 25, 2014
Eimear McBride Wins Faber Memorial Prize
The Geoffrey Faber Memorial prize, which has gone to such award-winning writers as J.M. Coetzee, Julian Barnes, and Seamus Heaney, went to Eimear McBride for her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
The 2014 National Book Award Winners
The National Book Awards Ceremony took place last week, with novelist and award-winning children’s book author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) as host. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
Are Seven-Figure Book Deals the New Normal?
Publishers Weekly reported that seven-figure book deals seem to be on the rise. Read more...
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November 25, 2014
Arabic YA Authors Tread Carefully
As in the US, young adult literature has been dominating the Arabic book market lately. However, cultural taboos make it difficult for writers in Arabic-speaking countries to publish books that fully satisfy YA readers in the Arab world. Read more...
