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Juniper Prizes
Man Booker International Prize Shortlist, Reading as a Migratory Act, and More
Studying poetry under J. D. McClatchy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s remains rediscovered in a wine cellar; the Restoration’s filthiest poet; and other news.
Mohsin Hamid Wins Aspen Words Prize, Beverly Cleary Turns 102, and More
Writer deported on her way to PEN World Voices Festival; twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; Jennifer L. Knox on censorship in the poetry workshop; and other news.
101 Free Contests
Free contests, grants, and fellowships for poets and writers at any level.
Patricia Smith Wins $100,000 Poetry Prize, Frankenstein Facsimiles, and More
PEN announces winners of its 2018 Literary Awards; Khaled Hosseini’s next novel to focus on Syrian refugee crisis; Milo Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against Simon & Schuster; and other news.
Golden Man Booker Prize, Presidential Poetry, and More
American metaphysical women poets; prisoner-turned-published author sued for cost of his incarceration; Hachette Livre CEO says e-books are stupid; and other news.
A Different Kind of March Madness
The Tournament of Books kicks off its fourteenth year.
PEN Announces Award Longlists, Authors Entering the Public Domain, and More
Last-minute book gifts; HarperCollins to publish Zora Neale Hurston’s interviews with the last survivor of the slave trade; Paul Muldoon awarded 2017 Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry; and other news.
Steamroller Crushes Terry Pratchett’s Unfinished Works, Iran’s New Book Complex, and More
The Center for Fiction announces First Novel Prize shortlist; emoji poetry contest; Sally Wen Mao on creative practice and obsessions; and other news.