The Anatomy of Awards
The 844 poets, writers, and translators listed in the Grants & Awards section of the magazine in 2012 won a total of $9,595,066. In this feature we take a closer look at the winners.
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Modeling for Seven Hundred Jane Austen Fans, Thirteen-Dollar E-Reader, and More
In the Authors Guild lawsuit, a judge ruled that libraries that offered books for scanning are protected by copyright's fair use doctrine; Sarah Marian Seltzer describes the experience of modeling for seven hundred Jane Austen enthusiasts; Halloween's approaching, and GalleyCat features a selection of favorite literary costumes.
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The Economics of Competition: Prize Budgets
Organizers of writing contests are, perhaps not suprisingly, wary of publicizing details of their budgets, but the organizers of three contest programs offered to share the numbers behind their 2011 contests as part of contributing editor Michael Bourne's “The Economics of Competition,” which serves as the centerpiece of the current issue’s special section on the risks and rewards of writing contests.
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Q&A: Halpern's Enduring Poetry Series
On the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of the National Poetry Series, Halpern speaks about both its history and its future.
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August Kleinzahler Wins Lannan's $150,000 Literary Award
Last Friday the Lannan Foundation announced that poet August Kleinzahler won this year’s $150,000 Literary Award. Lannan Fellowships, each worth $100,000, were also awarded to poets Katie Ford and Ilya Kaminsky and fiction writers Charles D’Ambrosio and Glenn Patterson.
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5 Under 35: Postcard From New York City
On Monday evening the National Book Foundation kicked off National Book Awards week in lower Manhattan with their annual 5 Under 35 celebration. Five young fiction writers, each selected by a former National Book Award winner or finalist, shared the podium to show an audience of peers and admirers—and a few critics—what American fiction has in store.
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Eck, Ferris, and Vida Named Finalists for Discover Great New Writers Award
Barnes & Noble announced last Friday the finalists for the 2007
Discover Great New Writers Awards. The winners will each receive
$10,000. Second-place finalists will receive $5,000, and third-place,
$2,500. The prizes will be awarded on February 27 at Barnes &
Noble’s Lincoln Triangle store in New York City.
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The Story Prize Award Ceremony: Postcard From New York City
This year’s annual Story Prize ceremony, held on Wednesday, February 28, at the New School’s Tishman auditorium in New York City, marked the award’s third year and an evening that is fast becoming an established literary event.
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Jack Gilbert and E. L. Doctorow Among NBCC Winners: Postcard From New York City
On a frigid night in early March, a well-dressed crowd of around five hundred people piled into the New School’s Tishman Auditorium to witness the announcement of the winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards. The membership organization of seven hundred critics and reviewers, founded in 1974, bestows awards annually for poetry, fiction, biography, general nonfiction, and criticism. This year, for the first time, autobiography (or memoir), was added as a separate category—an interesting distinction at a time when the controversy over the genre has dominated literary news.
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