By now you’ve read the result, Toni Morrison’s A Mercy edged out Tom Piazza’s City of Refuge to win The Tournament of Books. Now, if I were a betting man, and it were possible to bet on the Pulitzer winner, I’d bet on A Mercy. Why? The Tournament of Books has called the Pulitzer winner the last two years running. In 2008, Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao took home the Pulitzer on the heels of the Rooster. And in 2007, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road saw its Pulitzer win presaged by not just a Rooster, but also its unlikely companion, an Oprah’s book club pick. On April 20th, we’ll see if the Rooster still has the jump on America’s oldest literary prize.
Bold Prediction: A Mercy Wins the Pulitzer
Whiting Foundation Names Creative Nonfiction Grantees
The nine recipients of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, now in its sixth year, will receive $40,000 to support a nonfiction project.
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Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes Name 2021 Winners
Three print magazines and two digital publications—including Bellevue Literary Review and Full Stop—were named winners of the fourth annual Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes, taking home a combined total of $144,000 in funding.
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National Book Awards Names 2019 Winners
The big prize for fiction went to Trust Exercise by Susan Choi.
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Hallie Rubenhold Wins 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize
The Baillie Gifford Prize, which celebrates the best in nonfiction, was awarded to The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper.
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