Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edwidge Danticat has won this year’s PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. It’s a lifetime lifetime achievement ...

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Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

In this exclusive interview from the Jaipur Literature Festival 2026, we speak with celebrated author and co-author of two bestsellers — The Leapfrog and The Leak Spark — Mukesh Sud, also known ...

Edwidge Danticat is this year’s winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, a lifetime achievement honor named for the late writer Bernard Malamud. Danticat, a Haitian-American ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The annual statewide short-story writing contest from Kent District Library is now open. Write Michigan Short Story Contest began accepting entries on Sept. 1 and is open ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. – Writers in Michigan are encouraged to submit their short stories to the Write Michigan Short Story Contest for a chance to win a $500 prize. The contest is held by the Kent ...

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