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Archive April 2010
Barbara Kingsolver's Debut Novel Prize Awarded to Tucson Writer
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.30.10
The winner of the twenty-five-thousand-dollar Bellwether Prize for an unpublished novel manuscript has been announced.
Another Book Trailer Competition, Looking for the Best and Worst
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.28.10
Melville House, the New York City indie press, has launched its first book trailer contest and is currently accepting submissions.
L.A. Times Awards First Graphic Novel Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.26.10
The Los Angeles Times announced on Friday the winners of its 2009 Book Awards.
Blog Essays Compete for a Second Life in Print
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.22.10
Inspired by a rumination on the New York Times Paper Cuts blog that asked whether a blog could ever rise to the level of literature, the literary magazine Creative Nonfiction is asking blog readers and writers to nominate "vibrant new voices with interesting, true stories to tell" for a special issue of the magazine.
John Edgar Wideman Hosts Flash Fiction Contest on Lulu
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.20.10
Acclaimed novelist, memoirist, and short story writer John Edgar Wideman, who made news last month when he announced that his new book of short short stories would be released using the self-publishing outfit Lulu, recently launched a writing contest inspired by the collection, Briefs: Stories for the Palm of the Mind.
More Big Winner News: Eleanor Ross Taylor Wins Ruth Lilly Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.15.10
Ninety-year-old poet Eleanor Ross Taylor is this year's recipient of the one-hundred-thousand-dollar Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, given by the Poetry Foundation to recognize lifetime achievement.
Guggenheim Fellows Span the Genres, From Experimental Verse to Travel Memoir
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.14.10
Today the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation announced its 2010 U.S. and Canada fellows, including twenty-eight literary writers.
Rae Armantrout Wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.12.10
The winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes in Letters, which award ten thousand dollars to each winner, were announced today.
Residency Award Offers Reflection Time for Writers of the Natural World
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.09.10
The Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University recently announced its Mount Saint Helens Field Residencies program for writers.
Book Trailer Contest for Indie Press Authors
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.07.10
ForeWord Reviews, a magazine and online resource for writers, publishers, and purveyors of literature, is holding a video contest for independent press books published in 2009 and 2010.
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