[Crwt-undergrad-info] Fwd: Roxane Gay Is the #AWP25 Keynote Speaker! Register for #AWP25 and Check Out Our Accepted Events

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Just Announced: #AWP25 Keynote Speaker
We’re thrilled to announce Roxane Gay as the #AWP25 keynote speaker! Learn
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and stay tuned for the release of an incredible lineup of featured events.
Register for #AWP25
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View #AWP25 Accepted Events!

Take a look at the more than 375 events accepted for the 2025
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The following opportunities from AWP are currently accepting applications
or nominations:

   - AWP George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in
   Literature
   - AWP Intro Journals Project
   - AWP Small Press Publisher Award
   - AWP Writing Organization Award
   - HBCU MFA Think Tank at #AWP25
   - AWP Tribal Colleges & Universities Fellowship Program

Head to our submission portal to learn more!
Join the HBCU MFA Think Tank at #AWP25!
Interested in discussing ways to establish the first MFA program at an HBCU
with a group of your peers? Apply for a faculty scholarship to travel to
Los Angeles and do just that! AWP is thrilled to host the HBCU MFA Think
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are open now through November 22, so check it out!
Start the Countdown
*The Writer’s Chronicle* relaunches in one week! It’s a new issue and a new
era for AWP’s magazine. We’re excited to bring you brand-new features, 50%
more issues per year, and a friendlier, more accessible format. Set aside
some reading time for October 15, and mark your calendars for bimonthly
issues dropping December 15 and every other month moving forward.
Check Out Skylight Books, the #AWP25 Partner Bookshop
We’re excited to announce that Skylight Books will be joining us as our
partner bookshop at the #AWP25 Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles,
California! Serving the Los Angeles literary community for almost three
decades, Skylight Books provides community to readers and writers alike. Read
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IMPORTANT DATES
*November 22, 2024:*
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Nominations close for:
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AWP Writing Organization Award
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*November 30, 2024:*
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*March 26–29, 2025:*
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Read the Latest Creative Writing Currently

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have never felt freer in all my time in academia,” writes current student
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Delve into These Opportunities

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In the News

In the News highlights current events important to our audience. Note that
featured articles are for information purposes only and do not necessarily
reflect the beliefs of the AWP staff or board.

2024 MacArthur Fellowships Announced

The MacArthur Foundation has announced the fellows of the 2024 class. Visit
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to see who was selected for the “genius grant.” Special congratulations to
recipient Jericho Brown, our #AWP24 keynote speaker!

Literary Organizations Support the South after Hurricane Helene

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc), Southern Independent
Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), and other organizations are working to support
booksellers in the region ravaged by the storm. Read more from *Publishers
Weekly
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Arkansas Library Patrons Win Lawsuit

Patrons sued the Crawford County Library after the library relegated over
two hundred books to a restricted “social section.” A federal judge agreed
that this act violated patrons’ First Amendment rights and ordered the
library to return the books to general circulation. Learn more from Little
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middle school, and then *Tenth of December* for grad school 🙌
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