Poetry to the People Tour
In collaboration with Narrative 4, the House of SpeakEasy’s bookmobile will travel from New York City to New Orleans and give books to schools, prisons, and libraries along the way.
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Four Lunches and a Breakfast: What I Learned About the Book Business While Breaking Bread With Five Hungry Agents
An in-depth look at book publishing as seen through the eyes of five literary agents.
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My Life in Books: A Meditation on the Writer’s Library
The author reflects on his growing collection of books and what it shows about his life as a reader and writer.
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June 15 Contest Roundup
Writers! Three days left to send your work to the following contests, all with a deadline of June 15. There are opportunities for poets, fiction writers, and translators. All of the contests offer a first-place prize of at least $1,000 and publication.
Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry Book Award: A prize of $1,000 and publication by Bitter Oleander Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Entry fee: $28.
University of Akron Press Poetry Prize: A prize of $1,500 and publication by University of Akron Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Victoria Chang will judge. Entry fee: $20.
Philadelphia Stories Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction: A prize of $2,500 and publication in Philadelphia Stories is given annually for a short story. The winner will also receive travel and lodging expenses to read at Rosemont College in October. Writers currently living in the United States are eligible. Entry fee: $15.
American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizes: A prize of $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction written in a Nordic language. A prize of $2,000 and publication is also awarded to a translator whose literary translations have not previously been published. Translations of works by Scandinavian authors born after 1900 that have not been published in English are eligible. Entry fee: none.
Visit the contest websites for complete guidelines, and check out the Grants & Awards database and Submission Calendar for more contests in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
New Home for the Backwaters Press
The small press becomes the newest imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
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Min Jin Lee on Learning to Write, the Rebellion of Amelia Bedelia, and More
Reimagining the publishing world as a fantasy baseball league; the 2019 ASLE awards for environmental writing; widening the Booker Prize competition; and other news.
Elizabeth Gilbert on Female Desire, James Daunt to Lead Barnes & Noble, and More
Copyright dispute over Penguin Classics edition of John Okada’s No-No Boy; Kristen Arnett on not writing a coming out story; five commentators on whether Shakespeare was a woman; and other news.
Vita & Virginia
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Vita & Virginia is a film adaptation of Eileen Atkins’s 1992 play of the same name, based on love letters Virginia Woolf exchanged over the course of a decade-long affair with Vita Sackville-West, the inspiration behind Woolf’s 1928 novel, Orlando: A Biography. Directed by Chanya Button, the biopic stars Gemma Arterton as West, Elizabeth Debicki as Woolf, and Isabella Rossellini as Baroness Sackville.
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A Fond Farewell to Tin House, Tayari Jones Wins Women’s Fiction Prize, and More
Griffin Poetry Prize winners announced; private equity firm to purchase Barnes & Noble; writers and editors bid farewell to Tin House; and other news.
Firecracker Award Winners, Ocean Vuong on the Scale of Novels, and More
Asian American Writers’ Workshop announces interim executive director; backlash against prosecutor-turned-novelist Linda Fairstein; Haruki Murakami on rearranging the literary vocabulary; and other news.
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