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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.
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2014 O. Henry Prize Winners
The 20 winning stories will be collected into a single volume, published as an Anchor Books trade paperback original on September 9.
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The 68th Annual Edgar Awards
The Mystery Writers of America’s big night was entertainingly-emceed by incoming President Brad Meltzer.
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2014 NBA Submission Deadline Nears
The online entry form for submissions for the 2014 National Book Awards closes at midnight on May 15.
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2014 Best Translated Book Awards Revealed
László Krasznahorkai was awarded the 2014 Best Translated Book Award for fiction for "Seiobo There Below."
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Triangle Award Winners Revealed
The winners were announced at a ceremony at the New School in New York City on April 24.
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Tartt's 'Goldfinch' Doubles Sales Following Pulitzer Win
"The Goldfinch" is on pace to be the bestselling Pulitzer fiction winner since "Olive Kitteridge."
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2014 Pannell Award Winners Revealed
Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers and 4 Kids Books & Toys took home the honors.
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Rankine Wins 2014 Jackson Poetry Prize
Given by Poets & Writers, the award comes with a $50,000 cash prize.
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ABFFE President Wins First Amendment Award
Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, has been awarded the 2014 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award for law.
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NEA Awards $1.4 Million in Lit Grants
The National Endowment for the Arts plans to award $1.42 million to 56 U.S. literature nonprofits.