To accompany our May/June 2012 issue's feature "Winners on Winning," part of our special section on writing contests, we're posting a selection of mini-interviews with prize recipients on the benefits of their awards and what they learned from winning. The second author in our series is New York City poet and fiction writer Francine Witte.
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Archive April 2012
More Words From Winners: Francine Witte
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.26.12
Carl Phillips, Ismet Prcic Among L.A. Times Book Award Winners
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.24.12
Kicking off the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this past weekend, a collection of standout books published last year were honored at the thirty-second annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.
More Words From Winners: Danielle Cadena Deulen
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.18.12
To accompany our May/June 2012 issue's feature "Winners on Winning," part of our special section on writing contests, we'll be posting a selection of mini-interviews with prize recipients on the benefits of their awards and what they learned from winning.
While No One Wins in Fiction, Smith and Greenblatt Get Pulitzer Props
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.16.12
The Twittersphere heated up this afternoon after news broke that no Pulitzer Prize would be awarded for fiction published in 2011.
Three U.S. Authors Among Finalists for IMPAC Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.12.12
The shortlist for the 2012 IMPAC Dublin literary prize was revealed today, highlighting ten authors with notable novels released in English in 2010.
Iowa Review Introduces Contest for Veterans
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.09.12
In partnership with the family of a Vietnam veteran known for his antiwar writing and activism, Iowa Review has launched a multigenre writing contest open to U.S. military veterans and active duty personnel.
National Poetry Series Launches Spanish-Language Book Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.05.12
In collaboration with Miami Dade College, the thirty-four-year-old National Poetry Series has established a new book award to accompany its five annual prizes, for a collection of Spanish-language verse.
Ross Gay, Michael Waters Judge Two New Book Contests
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 4.04.12
Trio House Press, a new poetry outfit in Staten Island, New York, is accepting entries for two book awards.