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NEA Names Translation Fellows
The 20 translators of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry from 12 different languages will together receive $300,000 in recommended grants.
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Bidart, Wolcott Among 2014 PEN Winners
The winners will be celebrated at a ceremony on September 29 at the New School in New York City.
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2014 Booker Longlist Revealed
Americans Joshua Ferris and Richard Powers, among others, made the cut, but Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Goldfinch" was notably absent from the first global longlist.
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Amazon Names Winner in 2014 Novel Contest
Amazon has chosen D.M. Pulley of Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the grand prize winner in its seventh annual Breakthrough Novel Award contest.
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Five Finalists Named in Amazon Novel Contest
The judges have winnowed down 10,000 entries to the top five. Consumers vote on the grand prize winner from today through July 18.
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ALA 2014: Tartt, Goodwin Take Home Carnegie Medals
Tartt and Goodwin were on hand to accept their medals, and both gave enthusiastic speeches celebrating libraries.
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National Book Foundation Taps Snicket as 2014 NBA Ceremony Emcee
Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, will serve as master of ceremonies for the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014.
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Beevor Wins Pritzker
British historian and author Antony Beevor has been named the winner of the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
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Rushdie Wins 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize
The award will be presented at a public event at the British Library on October 9, at which Rushdie will deliver an address.
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Malcolm, Sedaris, Marra Make PEN 2014 Shortlist
Winners of the 18 awards, which in total amount to $150,000 in fellowships, grants, and prizes, will be revealed on July 30, and celebrated at a ceremony on September 29 at the New School in New York City.
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ALA 2014: And the Winner Is...
Now entering its third year, the ALA’s Carnegie Medals for Excellence are on their way to becoming a premier national book prize.
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BISG Annual Industry Awards Open for Nominations
Award short lists will be announced in August, and the winners will be presented at the annual members meeting on September 19 in New York City.
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Hillman, Carson Awarded $65,000 Poetry Prizes
When poetry pays...U.S. poet Brenda Hillman and Canadian Anne Carson each receive $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Binc Awards Nearly $200k in Scholarships
Two scholarships were granted at the $10,000 level, and 51 at the $3,500 level for current bookstore employees or owners and their dependents, or formers Borders Group employees and dependents.
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Aragi Wins Maxwell Perkins Award
Literary agent Nicole Aragi has won the 2014 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction.
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IBPA Names 2014 Benjamin Franklin Award Honorees
The award recognizes "excellence in book editorial and design."
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Mackey Wins $100k Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded the 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors the lifetime achievement of a living U.S. poet.
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Barnard Awards Inaugural Creative Writing Prize
Barnard College named Carmen Ren as the first ever recipient of its Axinn Foundation/Anna Quindlen Award for Creative Writing.