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The author of "In Other Words," "The Namesake" and "Interpreter of Maladies" will accept the award in St. Louis next spring.
The winners will be honored at a New York City ceremony on May 8, hosted by Tamron Hall The finalists for the 2025 PEN ...
The awards validate the authors and provide a platform to showcase their work” WHEN GUMIL Filipinas, the national association of Ilokano writers at home ...
The winners of the 40th annual Whiting Awards, which “[recognizes] excellence and promise in a spectrum of emerging" writers, ...
The Whiting Foundation marks its 40th year giving literary awards to emerging writers in 2025. The awards have helped launch the careers of many future award-winners, including Colson Whitehead, Alice ...
Christopher Merrill, director of the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa and an award-winning poet, writer, and editor, will receive the 2025 Ottaway Award for the Promotion ...
The Whiting Award for Poetry is one of 10 annual literary awards granted by the foundation, which also honor fiction, ...
Dr. Najiba Arif revealed that the Kamal-e-Fun Award, established by the Academy in 1997, is the country's most significant literary accolade, carrying a cash prize of one million rupees. The award is ...
Sivakami on Sunday received the Verchol Dalit Literary Award and a cash prize of ₹1 ... rather than criticism and appreciation. Her work instills a lot of hope,” he said.
A bookstore in Boston is the only Black-owned bookstore in the city and it's been a hotspot for almost 20 years.