The Madrid-based Desperate Literature program and the BBC National Short Story Award open submissions and name their 2021 jurors.
Costa Book Awards Names Its Three Short Story Finalists
Three writers who work in literature and screenwriting are behind the shortlisted trio of works in the Costa honors’ 2020 cycle.
France: A New Small Press in Normandy Champions Short Stories
Publisher Martine Paulais wants her new French publishing house, L’Ourse brune, to produce ‘beautiful books’ of short stories.
Words Without Borders in December: Female Sudanese Novelists ‘Caught in a Limbo’
‘Not being Arab nor African enough,’ translator Sawad Hussain writes, female writers aren’t supported by Sudan’s ‘literary ecosystem.’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s New ‘Zikora’ Released by Amazon Original Stories
Released ahead of the US election, Adichie’s ‘Zikora’ is about ‘the additional burden of fear carried by Black women’ in maternity.
Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize Names Its 2020 Shortlist
The literary awards program based in Toronto, announces a 2020 shortlist today, with the winner to receive more than US$75,000.
Words Without Borders in September: ‘Asian Peruvian’ Writing
As the term ‘Asian’ begins ‘to groan under the weight of its load’ of many cultures, Jennifer Shyue looks at Peruvian writers in translation.
The UK’s Society of Authors Names Winners of £100,000 in Awards
This tranche of honors administered by the society is cast this year as having to do with literature challenging inequality and includes several programs with age restrictions on eligible writers.
Theakston’s 2020 Shortlist; Commonwealth’s 2020 Regional Winners
The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year opens public voting on its shortlist and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize names its regional winners.
The UK Society of Authors 2020 Shortlists: Winners on June 18
Five of the Society of Authors-administered prize programs with a combined £100,000 at stake are to be awarded in digital programming next month.