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The Whiting Foundation provides support for writers, editors, educators, and the librarians and archivists who preserve our shared cultural heritage.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes:
@GuernicaMag
,
@LAReviewofBooks
,
@Mizna_ArabArt
,
@nplusonemag
,
@Orion_Magazine
,
@oxfordamerican
, and
@parisreview
! Read more about their work and subscribe to the magazines here:
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Congrats to the 2018 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
@parisreview
:
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The 2022 Whiting Award Winners are:
@boylesfarms
,
@RitaBullwinkel
,
@ina_carino
,
@anthony_cody
,
@comewancomeall
,
@alexispauline
,
@MeghaMaj
,
@jessedmccart
,
@nanankweti
, and
@23cschwartz
.
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Nonfiction writers:
@graywolfpress
's Nonfiction Prize will open for submissions in Feb. 2024! Learn more here and get ready to submit:
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Congratulations to Xandria Phillips, winner of a 2021 Whiting Award for Poetry!
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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant! Learn more about their awe-inspiring and essential forthcoming books and read excerpts from their work on our website:
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Congratulations to the 2021 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
@parisreview
:
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Congrats to the 2019 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
@parisreview
:
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We are honored and overjoyed to announce that
@alexispauline
is a 2022 Whiting Award winner in nonfiction! Her phenomenal nonfiction book, UNDROWNED: BLACK FEMINIST LESSONS FROM MARINE MAMMALS (
@AKPressDistro
, 2020), is available to order:
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes:
@thearkint
,
@BLReview
,
@fullstopmag
,
@LatAmLitToday
, and
@MassReview
. Read more about their work and subscribe to the magazines here:
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes!
American Chordata
@AmeriChord
, Apogee
@ApogeeJournal
, Bennington Review
@BennReview
, Electric Literature
@ElectricLit
, and ZYZZYVA
@zyzzyvamag
.
Read more and subscribe at
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Applications for the Creative Nonfiction Grant are open today!
Are you currently completing an under-contract book-length work of deeply researched and creatively composed nonfiction for a general readership?
Learn more and apply .
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We are honored and overjoyed to announce that
@23cschwartz
is a 2022 Whiting Award winner in poetry! Her astounding book of poetry, CIVIL SERVICE (
@GraywolfPress
, 2022), is available to pre-order:
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Congratulations to Ama Codjoe, winner of a 2023 Whiting Award for Poetry!
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Black writers have been doing the bold & dangerous work of confronting racism since before this country began. These books speak to our moment - & our future - with beauty, ferocity & compassion. Comment with a title below by 12pm Fri, & we will give away 50 to random respondents
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes:
@onestorymag
,
@_conjunctions
,
@foglifterpress
,
@kwelijournal
, and
@NatBrut
. Read more about their work and subscribe to the magazines here:
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Congratulations to
@drashleyfarmer
, recipient of a 2021 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for her book QUEEN MOTHER AUDLEY MOORE! Read more about her work here:
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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant! Learn more about their artful and essential forthcoming books and read excerpts from their work on our website:
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Applications are now open for the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant! We welcome applications for works of history, cultural reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, and more. Find out more and apply here by April 26, 2021:
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Congrats to the 2020 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
@parisreview
!
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Congrats to the 2020 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
@parisreview
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Congratulations to the 2024 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
@nprbooks
:
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.
@kenyonreview
says that Whiting winner
@ilya_poet
's DEAF REPUBLIC is a "stunning achievement":
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Congratulations to 2017 Whiting Award winner in Poetry, Phillip B. Williams!
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A very good reason to be excited for 2018: the anthology NEW POETS OF NATIVE NATIONS, from
@GraywolfPress
&
@HeidErdrich
, celebrating 21 Native poets first published in the twenty-first century.
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Congratulations to Ling Ma, winner of a 2020 Whiting Award in Fiction!
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Congratulations to Whiting winner
@EduardoCCorral
-- GUILLOTINE is a finalist for this year's 2021
@LambdaLiterary
Award in Gay Poetry!
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"On the surface, Wilson appears all rainbow-bright fun. In truth, she's a shiv in a sequined pouch, a fairyland princess who can dunk." For
@espnW
, Whiting winner
@AllisonGlock
profiles A'ja Wilson, the best college basketball player in the country.
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Congratulations to
@FluentMundo
, recipient of a 2020 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for her book THE OTHER ISLAND! Read more about her work here:
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Congratulations to
@nplusonemag
, winner of a 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize! Our judges said that n+1 is “both magnet and catapult for intellectually fearless writers.” Subscribe here:
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“Every poem is full of really short little things that can live with you forever" - Tracy K. Smith,
@PulitzerPrize
-winner and U.S. Poet Laureate, via
@AspenInstitute
.
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We announce the 2020 Whiting Awards winners this Wednesday 3/25 at 7pm ET on Twitter and FB! We can't wait to share their names with you, and share their brilliant work via
@parisreview
. We hope you'll celebrate with us by sharing the news far and wide!
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"A Public Space stands as a paradigm of what literary magazines can be: a gorgeously curated collection we experience as a cabinet of wonders."
Congratulations to 2018 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize winner
@APublicSpace
!
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Congratulations to all five winners of this year's Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes! Learn more about their work -- and subscribe! -- here:
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We are honored and overjoyed to announce that
@anthony_cody
is a 2022 Whiting Award winner in poetry! His brilliant book of poetry, BORDERLAND APOCRYPHA (
@Omnidawn
, 2020), is available to order:
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Whiting grantee
@guernicamag
is launching a new fellowship for virtual poetry mentorship and community for those without MFAs or books! The short-answer application (rolling basis through January) is available here:
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Congratulations to
@brandonshimoda
, recipient of a 2020 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for his book JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORICAL PLAZA! Read more about his work here:
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Speculative fiction writers -- from now until 8/31 you can submit a short story for LeVar Burton to read on his podcast! More into here via
@fiyahlitmag
:
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Congratulations to
@SirJoshBennett
, winner of a 2021 Whiting Award for Poetry and Nonfiction!
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We're now accepting applications for the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, and this year we've removed our restriction that projects be under contract for 2 years! Find out more and apply here by April 22:
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Whiting winner Li-Young Lee is judging the
@POETSorg
2019 Walt Whitman Award! Winner receives $5,000 and publication by the dreamy
@GraywolfPress
. Submissions open Sep 1 - more info here:
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Congrats to the ten 2016
#WhitingAward
winners! Commit their names to memory and start reading their work at
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Congratulations to Andrea Lawlor, winner of a 2020 Whiting Award in Fiction!
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We are honored and overjoyed to announce that
@RitaBullwinkel
is a 2022 Whiting Award winner in fiction! Her wonderful short story collection, BELLY UP (
@AStrangeObject
, 2016), is available to order:
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Call Me By Your Name, adapted from 1995 Whiting Award winner
@aaciman
's novel, is one of the best coming-of-age movies, according to
@screenrant
.
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Submissions for the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, a $40,000 completion grant for works-in-progress, are open! Apply now through 5/2:
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Congratulations to the 2017 recipients of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant:
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"Writing is an inherently lonely activity. It requires you to be still and present and porous to whatever it is you want to say." -
@AriaAber
, via
@The_Rumpus
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Congrats to the 2017 Whiting Award winners! Commit their names to memory and read their work at the
@parisreview
:
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Whiting winner
@jerichobrown
's THE TRADITION has been selected as One Book One Philadelphia's annual citywide read (the first book of poetry in its 19 years!):
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Congratulations again to our 2018 winners
@anne_boyer
,
@pmcottrell
,
@nthndvs
, Hansol Jung,
@rckylrnts
,
@anwandu
,
@heyteebs
, Brontez Purnell,
@esmewang
, and Weike Wang! Start reading their work (and buying their books!) here:
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Whiting winners
@jerichobrown
,
@ilya_poet
,
@esmewang
and Ocean Vuong are on
@The_Rumpus
list of books to read in 2019!
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The deadline for the Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes is 12/15! $120k available for 3 lit publications--print & digital, new & established.
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Whiting winner
@colsonwhitehead
's THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD is on
@lithub
's list of books that have defined the 2010's!
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We're excited to announce the Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes: . Apply through Dec 15 here:
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We're excited to announce the 2020 Whiting Award winners as scheduled 7pmET 3/25, but due to health concerns in NYC, we're cancelling this year's in-person ceremony & reading. While we won't be holding public events, we hope you'll join us in celebrating these tremendous talents.
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If you're a writer experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 crisis, apply NOW for a $5,000 unrestricted grant from Artist Relief. More info on how to apply (and donate!) here:
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To celebrate the 2020 Whiting Awards, we're giving a book by each grantee to one lucky winner! Books will be ordered from our friends at
@bookculture
(see their list of Whiting reads here: ). To enter, just retweet. We'll announce the winner Friday PM!
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Congrats to
@alexanderchee
, a writer who "exemplifies gallant hard work," on being named
@onestorymag
's Mentor of the Year! An incredibly deserved honor.
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Applications for the 2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant are now open! Writers with books under contract in Canada, the UK, and the US are eligible to apply. Up to ten winners will receive $40,000 each.
Find out more here:
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant! Learn more about their bold, astonishing, and essential books here:
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On
@Poetry_Daily
, Whiting winner
@ilya_poet
writes passionately about I AM A ROHINGYA, a collection of work by the Rohingya people, who live in the oldest and largest ongoing refugee camp in the world:
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Congratulations to
@colsonwhitehead
, winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction!
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Congratulations to 2017 Whiting Award winner in Fiction, Kaitlyn Greenidge!
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"His poems are never just rage, never just fear, never just joy or whimsy or lust. Instead, Kaminsky’s lines are fraught with the full, messy truth of humanity." On Whiting winner
@ilya_poet
's DEAF REPUBLIC:
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Are you a writer considering PPP, Unemployment, and other relief grants during the pandemic? We're hosting a FREE webinar about aid available to freelancers and self-employed writers, this Friday 4/24 at 2pm EST. We hope you'll join us. Registration here:
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"If a story is telling a truth, then why shouldn't it affect everybody?" - Danai Gurira (Whiting 2012)
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"Years before I found the words to say I was a queer person, I had authored pages of poems that helped me to survive" - Whiting winner Jenny Johnson, via
@LitHub
.
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Congrats to Whiting winner
@jerichobrown
, winner of a 2017
@PushcartPrize
for "The Tradition"! Read it on
@POETSorg
:
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"When someone manages to rise up through our hobbled alleged meritocracy and is crowned the first to hold a position, I know that does not mean that they were the only one who possibly could." Whiting winner
@surlybassey
on a cultural fixation with firsts:
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"To a generation of queer writers, Alexander Chee is a beacon, measuring stick, and fairy godmother." In
@them
,
@brandonlgtaylor
on Chee's new essay collection and the importance of reading about a queer writer seeing and finding himself.
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Applications for the 2024 Granum Prizes open May 1! A $5K Prize will be awarded to a writer to support the completion of a poetry, fiction, or nonfiction manuscript. A $1,500+ Translation Prize will be awarded to support a work of translation. More info:
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Congrats to Whiting winner
@ilya_poet
, recipient of this year's Academy of American Poets Fellowship!
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"This book is a radical act of love, and one I simply cannot recommend enough." Sabrina Imbler on UNDROWNED by Whiting winner
@alexispauline
, via
@lithub
:
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Congratulations to
@lareviewofbooks
, winner of a 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize! Our judges said that the magazine “shows deep commitment to history, critical thought, and imagination.” Subscribe here:
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Congrats to Whiting winner
@victorlavalle
- THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM received the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella!
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