16+ hour, 19+ min ago  (390+ words) April 8, 2026 Julius opaschoj Faith And Culture 0 Samanta Schweblin (Buenos Aires, 1978) was awarded with el Aena de Narrativa Hispanoamericano Award, subsidized with one million euros, por Good bad (Seix Barral), a book of stories, "of a disturbing beauty that puts the…...

17+ hour, 9+ min ago  (727+ words) Bend's Daily Independent Voice We also want to thank our partners at the Deschutes Public Library who provided prizes for the winners, during what must surely be a hectic time for them, as they prepare to open a state of…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (518+ words) The Rot is nominated for the $60, 000 prize for Australian women and non-binary writers, alongside books by Geraldine Brooks and Miranda Darling Evelyn Araluen has been shortlisted for the Stella prize for her second poetry collection The Rot, four years after…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (284+ words) WORDS Kirsty Thatcher'PUBLISHEDWed, 8 Apr 2026 - 8: 01 pm The 2026 Stella Prize shortlist is here, and once again it's an uncompromising celebration of Australian women and non-binary writers. This year's six selections span poetry, fiction, memoir, non-fiction, and graphic novels, proving that contemporary Australian…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (181+ words) NEW YORK (AP) " Mahreen Sohail's "Small Scale Sinners," a wide-ranging debut collection of stories set everywhere from a college campus to a training camp for child soldiers, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. "With sharp and striking prose,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (363+ words) With sharp and striking prose, "Small Scale Sinners" performs the magical feat of encompassing every aspect of humanity in a slim volume of stories, which reveals the hearty landscape of desire, rage, love, and loss contained in nearly every life,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (301+ words) Fresno County, CA " The Fresno County Public Library is now accepting submissions for its 27th Annual Poetry Contest, inviting residents of all ages to share their writing and be recognized as part of a long-standing community tradition. The contest was created…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (318+ words) A Tavistock author has been shortlisted among the best romance novelists for a national award for her first book. Former Tavistock Times Gazette reporter Claire Frances is a finalist in the Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2026 and her novel,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (364+ words) A talented Wishaw author has been shortlisted for two accolades at the 2026 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards. Rachel Debrave is recognised in the Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers and the Contemporary Spicy Romance Novel Award categories for her…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (100+ words) The shortlist has been announced for this year's Listowel Writers' Week Pigott Poetry Prize award. It's'Ireland's largest monetary prize for a poetry collection, with the winner awarded an increased total this year of "20, 000; with the two shortlisted finalists each receiving…...