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Meet the #AWP25 HBCU Fellowship Program creative advisor!

We are thrilled to announce Tayari Jones as the #AWP25 HBCU Fellowship Program creative advisor! Learn more about this program and how to apply.

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March is Women’s History Month!

Check out our Writer’s News piece for resources, events, and a staff-curated booklist!

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Writer's Notebook

New Creative Writing Currently post

Read about Alma College’s MFA program and their recent residency in Venice, Italy!

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Contests

Meet the 2024 George Garrett Award winner

Jerod Santek received the 2024 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature. Read more about his excellent work!

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Writer to Writer

Applications close March 15!

Apply soon to be paired with your W2W mentor or mentee in poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction.

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Writer's Chronicle

New issue of the Writer’s Chronicle

Check out the latest interviews and articles in the February issue of the Writer’s Chronicle!

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Writer's Notebook

New Creative Writing Currently post

Read success stories from the Northwestern Litowitz MFA+MA!

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Giving Tuesday

#AWP24

Sport #AWP24 merch and support the AWP HBCU Fellowship Program!

Print-on-demand shirts ordered after December 12 may not arrive in time for #AWP24, but all T-shirt proceeds benefit the AWP HBCU Fellowship Program!

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AWP Member Bookshelf

Writer's Chronicle

AWP Member Bookshelf

Check out the new listing of books by our members and find your next read!

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The Writer's Chronicle Archives: Craft Elements of Multilingual Poetry in America

Amanda Galvan Huynh | September 2021


The Writer's News

  • March 1, 2024

    Celebrate Women's History Month!

    March is Women’s History Month! Please join AWP in honoring women’s contributions and recognizing the importance of gender equality and women’s rights. Check out our compilation of online events, Writer’s Chronicle articles, and educational resources, as well as a curated Bookshop.org list of our staff’s favorite reads for Women’s History Month.
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  • February 7, 2024

    #AWP24 HBCU Fellowship Program Events

    The AWP HBCU Fellowship Program will have a lot to offer at #AWP24 in Kansas City—not just to our wonderful faculty and student fellows, but to all conference attendees!
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  • February 1, 2024

    Celebrate Black History Month

    Please join AWP in honoring Black History Month this February. AWP is committed to respecting, uplifting, and honoring Black voices both inside and outside the literary world, especially voices in underrepresented and marginalized communities. In honor of Black History Month, we’re providing a compilation of past AWP panels and events, Writer’s Chronicle articles, online educational events, and a Bookshop.org list of influential and prolific Black authors and poets.
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  • January 30, 2024

    A Letter from Missouri Senator Greg Razer

    For most of you in attendance, let me be the first to welcome you to your home away from home for the next several days. Welcome to Kansas City, Missouri.
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  • January 8, 2024

    Welcome to Kansas City, AWP!

    Hello and welcome! I’m Joel Barrett, your Kansas City ambassador for #AWP24, and I’m genuinely thrilled to introduce you to our dynamic and historic city. When my husband David and I moved here in 2016, we quickly realized that Kansas City was far from the “cow town” stereotype. Instead, it’s a thriving cosmopolitan hub, brimming with rich and diverse cultural experiences.
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