Some details of the legacy late Polish poet Wisława Szymborska hoped to leave writers of the future were revealed yesterday at the opening of her will in Krakow.
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Archive February 2012
Szymborska's Will Calls for New Literary Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.29.12
A Winner's Advice: Jennifer Perrine
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.24.12
Des Moines poet Jennifer Perrine has been a frequent feature in our Recent Winners pages over the past several years, due in no small part to the careful way she selects contests to enter and tracks presses' responses, and a willingness to dismantle and revise promising manuscripts until they transform into a perfect constellation.
L.A. Times Names Finalists for Best Books of 2011
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.22.12
Yesterday the Los Angeles Times announced the shortlists for its 2011 Book Awards, given in ten categories including poetry, fiction, biography, and the graphic novel.
Tin House's Plotto Contest Moves on to Week Three
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.15.12
Tin House Books rolls out the third installment of its fiction-prompt contest, "calling all writers who are obsessed with plot and obsessives who can write a mean story."
Pushcart's Winningest Magazines
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.09.12
The Pushcart Prizes, given annually since 1976 for poems, stories, and essays published by literary magazines and indie outfits, purport to highlight the "best of the small presses" in a yearly anthology.
University Lit Mag Launches Fiction Contest
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.07.12
Barely South Review, the literary journal of the MFA program at Virginia's Old Dominion University, has announced its first writing contest.
Ploughshares Launches Tri-Genre Emerging Writer's Contest
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.02.12
Starting yesterday, forty-year-old literary journal Ploughshares began accepting entries for a new writing contest open to unpublished poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.
Timothy Donnelly Wins $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 2.01.12
The Claremont Graduate University has announced the winners of this year's Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, two of the more lucrative honors in the genre.