The new partnership between two universities, Howard and Columbia, is another example of a diversity-driven program in publishing.
NYU Center for Publishing Announces Diversity Scholarships
The New York University Center for Publishing’s Summer Publishing Institute has three newly developed scholarships this year.
US Black History Month: Macmillan Learning Awards ‘Black Stories’
Three winning university students and three instructors are honored by a new Black Stories program from Macmillan Learning.
Aspen Words’ $35,000 Literary Prize Names Its 2021 Finalists
The shortlist for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize features three novels and two short story collections.
USA: Princeton University Press Opens Diversity-Driven Development Grants
The new program from Princeton’s press offers book-development guidance and mentoring, first to writers working in science and mathematics.
The UK’s Publishers Association Releases Its New Diversity Report
The fourth annual diversity survey of British publishing shows progress in women’s leadership, slower movement in BAME employment.
Barcelona’s Pontas Literary Agency Opens a Mentoring Prize for Authors
The new award comes with £1,000 and is geared to writers from ‘Black, ethnic minority, LGBTQ+, and working-class backgrounds.’
Writers’ House of Georgia, British Library, Words Without Borders Announce Festival
This digital literary festival’s February 25 to 28 dates reflect Georgia’s annexation by and independence from the Soviet Union.
Words Without Borders: Toward More Black Writers in Translation
Three essays at ‘Words Without Borders’ this month look at issues of Black writers’ work and its prospects for translation.
Exclusive: A New Year Opens With Bodour Al Qasimi’s IPA Presidency
This week, Bodour Al Qasimi begins her term as the second woman president of the International Publishers Association in more than 50 years.