"Sea Monsters" wins the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to author Chloe Aridjis, whose novel Sea Monsters has won the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her reward for...

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See reviews of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novels

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On the same day that NPR posted its review of Hurricane Season, it was revealed that the book had made...

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Congrats to the 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards winners!

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The week is ending on a high note for a handful of lucky authors! The Wishing Shelf Book Awards has...

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Here's the 2020 International Booker Prize shortlist

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 07:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The story of the International Booker Prize longlist was the number of small presses represented. The story of the shortlist?...

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Literary award administrators decide to share the prize money

Posted on 03/30/2020 at 08:31 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The administrators of a literary prize have chosen one winner, but they’re splitting the prize money among the entire shortlist...

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Congrats to the 2020 Whiting Award winners

Posted on 03/26/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Whiting Foundation honors ten emerging fiction and nonfiction writers and grants each of them $50,000. Past recipients — including...

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Ruchika Tomar has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Posted on 03/24/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations are also in order today for Ruchika Tomar, who won the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Tamar will...

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"Lost Children Archive" wins the Rathbones Folio Prize

Posted on 03/24/2020 at 08:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli has won another honor: the Rathbones Folio Prize. The award, worth £30,000 ($35,320), is...

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Congratulations to the 2020 Windham Campbell Prize winners!

Posted on 03/20/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Eight authors just received the pleasantly shocking news of a lifetime. The 2020 Windham Campbell Prize, which divides $1.32 million...

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Congrats to the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award winners!

Posted on 03/13/2020 at 07:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award winners were revealed last night at a ceremony in New York City. The...

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