Whiting Writers' Award Winners Announced
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Three fiction writers and three poets were among the 10 authors named winners of the Whiting Writers' Award, given annually to "emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise."
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The judges for this year&#39;s Â£50,000 Man Booker Prize declared their shortlist of six novels on Tuesday and promptly decried some entries for the most valued literary prize in the world as &quot;drivel&quot; and &quot;rubbish&quot;.
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Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
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Mary Gordon, author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, has won the third annual Story Prize for short fiction. Gordon will receive $20,000 for "The Stories of Mary Gordon," prize organizers announced Wednesday.
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The Sept. 11 Commission&#39;s report and five women novelists have been selected as National Book Award finalists, the National Book Foundation said Wednesday.
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Joyce Carol Oates led a field of National Book Critics Circle finalists announced Saturday, with nominations in both fiction and autobiography categories.
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Authors shortlisted for a Richard and Judy book award are hoping publicity will boost their sales.
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Winners of the Nobel Prize in literature since 1960:
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Long-standing favorite Ian McEwan faced a strong challenge from little-known New Zealand writer Lloyd Jones on Thursday, as judges announced the finalists for the Man Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious award for fiction.
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By WILLIAM LAMB, STAFF WRITER  The Record's investigative series into the dumping of toxic paint sludge in Passaic and Bergen counties by the Ford Motor Co. has won the inaugural Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment.
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Three literary heavyweights dominated the shortlist for the Â£50,000 Man Booker Prize yesterday, with all except one of the women and one of the first-time novelists on the long list failing to make the grade.
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A barber, a high school debating coach and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist are among the recipients of this year's awards.
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Six emerging authors, whose work includes poetry, short stories and "creative nonfiction," were named this year's winners of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards, given to "women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers."
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Versatile Scottish writer gains victory at lastÂ· Judges hail postwar novel as a masterpiece
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Six authors are shortlisted for the Booker prize, including  favourite David Mitchell for Cloud Atlas.
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Writer Alan Hollinghurst wins the Â£50,000 Booker Prize for his novel The Line of Beauty.
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LONDON - British writer Alan Hollinghurst was named Tuesday winner of the 2004 Booker Prize, arguably the world&#39;s most prestigious literary award, for his critically acclaimed gay novel The Line of Beauty.