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Louise Erdrich Wins 2014 PEN/Saul Bellow Award
Established in memory of Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow, the $25,000 award is presented biannually to a living American author whose "scale of achievement in fiction, over a sustained career, places him or her in the highest rank of American literature."
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Ferris, Fowler Make 2014 Booker Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize has been announced, and includes, for the first time in the prize's history, writers from outside the U.K and Commonwealth.
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2014 Rona Jaffe Winners Announced
Each winner will receive $30,000, which will be presented on September 18 at a reception in New York City.
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Judith Appelbaum to Get BISG Lifetime Award
Judith Appelbaum will be presented with the 2014 Lifetime Service Award at the BISG annual meeting on September 19, 2014 in New York City.
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Robert Hass Wins $100K Poetry Prize
The Academy of American Poets has awarded Pulitzer Prize-winner and former poet laureate Robert Hass the 2014 Wallace Stevens Award.
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Letterman Named 2014 Thurber Finalist
His satirical picture book, 'This Land Was Made for You and Me (But Mostly Me),' written with Bruce McCall, is one of three titles up for the prize.
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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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