Three poets and four fiction writers have received 2009 Whiting Writers' Awards, given to recognize emerging writers of "exceptional talent and promise," the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation announced last night.
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Archive October 2009
Jericho Brown and Salvatore Scibona Among Whiting Award Winners
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.29.09
If you’ve read our Recent Winners pages over the past few years, you've likely come across the name of fiction writer Siobhán Fallon.
Emerging Writers Win Oregon Book Awards
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.27.09
The annual Oregon Book Awards, honoring works by in-state authors, were awarded last night to Portland writers Matthew Dickman and Jon Raymond.
Feminist Literary Press Launches Translation Award
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.26.09
Kore Press has introduced a new award to its lineup of poetry and fiction prizes, a prize for a translation by a woman of a woman's work.
On This Weekend's To Do List: Make Those End-of-Month Deadlines
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.23.09
There is still one week left to submit your genre-bending nonfiction, poetry chapbook, or novel-in-progress, as well as a handful of other types of work.
Sharon Olds Among the Finalists for Britain's Richest Poetry Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.22.09
The Poetry Book Society (PBS), the U.K. institution founded in 1953 by T. S. Eliot and friends, has announced the shortlist of poetry books up for its 2009 T. S. Eliot Prize.
Contest Offers Emerging Story Writer Trip to New Orleans
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.21.09
The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival has opened its second annual fiction contest for a story by a writer who has not published a book.
Washington Poet Wins Prize for Second Book
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.20.09
White Pine Press announced today that poet Kelli Russell Agodon has won its fifteenth annual poetry book prize for Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Dennis.
Lisa Russ Spaar and Domnica Radulescu Win Library of Virginia Awards
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.19.09
On Saturday the Library of Virginia named the winners of its twelfth annual literary awards, which recognize Virginia writers for works published in the previous year.
Ann Lauterbach and Colum McCann Among Finalists for National Book Award
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 10.15.09
The National Book Foundation revealed the finalists for the National Book Award in poetry and fiction yesterday.