Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: Elizabeth Austin
Writer and Visual Artist
Writer's Notebook: "One Book to Rule Them All: Jamaica Kincaid's See Now Then"
Ru Freeman | July 2014
Podcast: Episode 152: I Did It My Way: Writing Who We Are
Washington, DC 2017
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "Paul Zimmer: An Interview"
AWP Editor | May 1980
The Writer's News
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July 16, 2018
Kaveh Akbar Awarded Levis Reading Prize
Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Kaveh Akbar’s first full-length poetry collection, has been awarded the annual Levis Reading Prize.
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July 10, 2018
Michael Ondaatje Wins Golden Booker Prize
To celebrate a half century of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has awarded its Golden Booker to Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, based on a public survey of finalists.
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June 29, 2018
Cynthia Sherman: Director of Conferences
AWP is pleased to announce the promotion of Cynthia Sherman as our new Director of Conferences.
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June 25, 2018
Donald Hall, 1928 – 2018
Former US poet laureate Donald Hall died on Saturday, June 23 at the age of eighty-nine.
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June 22, 2018
Findings from the 2017 VIDA Count
VIDA has released their 2017 VIDA Count, which tallies the gender disparity in major literary publications and book reviews.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Jul 22
Juniper Institute for Young Writers
Over the course of eight days, high school students at Juniper find access to the writer’s life. Through a curriculum that facilitates wild invention, participants generate new writing, experiment with style and form, access tools for finding inspiration
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Jul 23
Leopardi Writing Conference
Writers, join us this summer in beautiful Italy!
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Jul 25
2018 Paris Writing Retreat (July 25-30, 2018) feat. award-winning writers Katheen Spivack, Rita Banerjee & Diana Norma Szokolyai - Cambridge Writers' Workshop
The Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Summer in Paris Writing Retreat will take place from July 25-30, 2018 and features fiction, nonfiction, and poetry workshops with award-winning writers Kathleen Spivack, Rita Banerjee, and Diana Norma Szokolyai.
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Jul 29
The Glen Workshop
The Glen Workshop combines the best elements of a writing workshop, an arts festival, and a conference. This annual gathering is located at St. John's College in the stunning foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Jul 29
Napa Valley Writers' Conference
The Napa Valley Writers' Conference is heading into its 38th year as one of the nation's most prestigious summer writing programs. Since its beginning as an informal summer gathering of writers, the conference has remained a place to convene for fellowshi
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Jul 29
The Frost Place Poetry Seminar
The Frost Place Poetry Seminar is a unique opportunity for dedicated poets to delve intensely into the poetic process in a small group setting.
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Jul 29
Pennsylvania Writers Conference (PWC)
The Pennsylvania Writers Conference is designed to engage, educate and empower the literary community. The conference includes an open mic and poetry slam, craft classes, writing workshops, and literary panels hosted by editors, film producers, literary a
