The Arvon Poetry Prize, established thirty years ago by poet and husband of Sylvia Plath Ted Hughes, is now accepting entries.
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Archive July 2010
Poetry Prize Founded by Ted Hughes Open for Entries
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.29.10
Booker Dozen Includes Authors From Six Countries
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.28.10
The semifinalists for the Man Booker Prize, which annually awards fifty thousand pounds (approximately seventy-eight thousand dollars) to a novelist writing in English, were announced yesterday.
Sixteen Young Writers Longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.27.10
The University of Wales has announced the semifinalists for its annual Dylan Thomas Prize, given for a literary work in English by a writer of any nationality under the age of thirty.
U.K. Poetry Prize Open to International Writers
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.23.10
Manchester Metropolitan University has opened its second biennial poetry competition, which carries a prize of ten thousand pounds (approximately fifteen thousand dollars).
Detroit Poet Wins Cave Canem Book Award
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.22.10
The second annual Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize winner has been announced.
Americans Shortlisted for Major Story Award Out of Ireland
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.20.10
The Munster Literature Centre in Cork, Ireland, named five U.S. writers finalists for the most lucrative prize in short fiction, the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award.
Three Awards for Upstate New York Writers
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.16.10
The annual literary journal Stone Canoe, published by the University College of Syracuse University, is offering three prizes—in poetry, fiction, and, for the first time, in creative nonfiction—to writers who have a strong connection to upstate New York.
U.K. Writer's Stories From Jamaica Win Book Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.14.10
The fifth annual Dolman Best Travel Book Award, given for a literary work "in the tradition of great travel writing, combining a personal journey with the discovery or recovery of places, landscapes,
or peoples," was awarded yesterday to Ian Thomson.
Jacob Paul, author of the novel Sarah/Sara, published by Ig Publishing in May, is one of the five debut authors featured in our July/August issue’s First Fiction 2010.
California Press Holds Summer Story Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 7.12.10
Flatmancrooked, the Sacramento-based publisher of Poets & Writers Magazine's recent cover subject James Kaelan's debut novel, is currently holding its second story contest.