Yesterday U.K. poet and gardener Alice Oswald received the first Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her collection Weeds and Wildflowers (Faber and Faber).
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Archive March 2010
Inaugural Ted Hughes Prize Awarded to Nature Poet
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.31.10
Jamaica Kincaid Honored for 1985 Novel
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.26.10
The Center for Fiction in New York City announced yesterday that Jamaica Kincaid has won the 2010 Clifton Fadiman Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
Chicago Lit Mag Holds Sedaris-Inspired Essay Competition
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.25.10
There are two days remaining to submit essays for a competition that will award four writers tickets to a performance by essayist David Sedaris in Chicago.
Book Contest Looks for Writing That Cuts to the Gut
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.25.10
Black Lawrence Press, publisher of contemporary literature and an imprint of nonprofit press Dzanc Books, is winding down its submissions period for the annual Hudson Prize.
Alexie Wins Thirtieth PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.23.10
Earlier today Sherman Alexie was named winner of the fifteen-thousand-dollar PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his "structurally inventive" short story collection War Dances (Grove Press).
No-Fee Contest Offers Writers Secretarial Services
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.23.10
Writer's Relief, a New Jersey–based company that provides submission services to writers, has announced the first of what will be annual scholarships to poets, fiction writers, and essayists.
Two writing competitions that had been administered by Eastern Washington University (EWU) Press in Spokane recently were shifted into the jurisdictions of two separate presses.
Women's Fiction Prize Judge Laments "Misery Lit"
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.17.10
On the heels of the announcement of the Orange Prize longlist today, a bit of insight into the judging process of the annual award, given for a novel by a woman writer, was revealed by chair of judges Daisy Goodwin.
Vestal McIntyre and Marilyn Hacker Among Lambda Finalists
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.16.10
The Lambda Literary Foundation announced its preliminary picks for the twenty-second annual Lambda Literary Awards.
Fourteen Titles From Around the World Take Home Awards
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 3.15.10
A host of literary honors were announced at the close of last week, including the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award, two world-spanning book prizes, and an award for Canadian fiction.