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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September 29, 2014
AWP Launches Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, Free to Members
AWP has announced the launch of its mentorship program, Writer to Writer. Read more...
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September 26, 2014
Brooklyn Poet Wins Free House in Detroit from the Write a House Project
Casey Rocheteau, a 29-year-old Brooklyn poet, has won the first Write a House Project prize of a free house in Detroit, Michigan. Read more...
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September 26, 2014
Brooklyn Public Library Branch Sold, To Become Site of Shops and Apartments
The $52 million sale of Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Heights Branch to developer Hudson Companies was met with the outrage of Citizens Defending Libraries (CDL). Read more...
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September 26, 2014
Rona Jaffe Foundation Awards $30K Each to Six Emerging Female Writers
The Rona Jaffe Foundation has awarded six emerging female writers with its 20th annual Writers’ Awards, valued at $30,000 each. Read more...
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September 26, 2014
First Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference to Launch Next Summer
The inaugural Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, designed to provide training for aspiring and experienced literary translators, will take place next June at Middlebury College in Ripton, Vermont. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
Yale University Library to Archive Cave Canem Papers
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University has acquired Cave Canem Foundation Records, 1996 to 2012. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
Terrance Hayes and Alison Bechdel Among MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Recipients
This year, the MacArthur Foundation selected twenty-one recipients for its “genius grants,” a list that contains four writers and poets, including Alison Bechdel, cartoonist and graphic memoirist; Samuel D. Hunter, playwright; Khaled Mattawa, translator and poet; and Terrance Hayes, poet. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
New Study Finds Millennials Read More Than Their Elders
According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, American millennials, defined as ages 16-29 in this study, use the public library as much as their elders and read more than their elders (at least one book in the past year). Read more...
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September 19, 2014
Celebrated Poet Eric Trethewey Has Died
Seventy-one-year-old poet Eric Trethewey, who taught poetry to graduate students at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia; to jail inmates at the Roanoke City Jail; and to his daughter Natasha Trethewey; the 19th US Poet Laureate, died last week. Read more...
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September 19, 2014
The National Poetry Series Raises Value of Cash Prizes Thanks to Grant
The National Poetry Series (NPS), an awards program that publishes five exceptional poetry manuscripts and allocates five corresponding cash awards annually, has increased the value of its cash awards. Read more...
