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Archive September 2009

After bowing out of consideration for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, storied story writer Alice Munro has been named one of five finalists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

There are only two days remaining to enter the Short Fiction Contest from Zoetrope: All-Story, the lit mag founded by Francis Ford Coppola in 1997. Not only will the winner receive a prize of one thousand dollars and publication on the magazine's Web site, but he or she, along with nine finalists, will also be considered for representation by a number of literary agencies.

Persea Books is now accepting entries to the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, which offers the winning poet one thousand dollars, publication of her poetry collection, and, for the first time this year, a six-week residency in Italy.

On Sunday three Canadian writers were revealed as the winners of the 2009 ReLit Awards, honoring books published by independent presses in Canada.

Announced yesterday, the recipient of the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize is Richard Bausch, for his eleventh novel, Peace, published by Knopf in April.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today the twenty-four recipients of this year's "Genius" Fellowships.

In celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of its National Book Awards (NBA), the National Book Foundation is asking the public to weigh in on who they think is the best of its fiction winners, beginning today.

The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction announced on Wednesday the shortlist for its 2009 First Novel Prize.

Last Saturday the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC), sponsors of the annual NBCC Award, celebrated their thirty-fifth anniversary at a gathering in New York City.

The Academy of American Poets announced on Monday that it has awarded poets Jean Valentine and Harryette Mullen two of the organization’s top honors.

Archive September 2009

Alice Munro Competes for Canadian Book Prize

Zoetrope Contest Offers Ten Writers a Chance for Representation

First Book Prize Now Gives a Woman Poet Time to Write Abroad

ReLit Awards Honor Canadian Indies

Bausch Book Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Danticat and McHugh Among "Genius" Grant Fellows

Ellison or O'Connor? Voting Opens for Best of NBA Fiction

Five First Novels Up for Merc Center Prize

At Anniversary Event, Ashbery Speaks About Winning Inaugural NBCC Award

Jean Valentine and Harryette Mullen Win Major Prizes