The Whiting Awards named winners on Wednesday night.
Awards
Some Authors Decline PEN Awards Consideration
In a continuation of the protests against PEN America over their response to the war in Gaza, some authors have withdrawn from PEN awards consideration. The move comes as various authors have removed themselves from participating in the PEN World Voices Festival, more than 1300 writers have signed an open letter urging PEN to respond to the deaths of writers and scholars in Gaza, and protestors disrupted a January PEN event that featured Israel supporter Mayim Bialik. Camonghne Felix shared on social media that her book DYSCALCULIA was set to be longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein award. She declined before […]
Hans Christian Andersen Award
IBBY announced the winners for its 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's books are Heinz Janisch from Austria for writing and Sydney Smith from Canada for illustration.
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlist
Five authors from Canada and the US have been shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez won the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction.