June 2, 2012

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Fiction Prizes

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Major Literary Prize Loses Its Main Sponsor

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.22.2012

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One of the longest running cultural partnerships in the U.K. broke up for good Tuesday, threatening a major suporter of female novelists worldwide if ...

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The Forgettable And The Overlooked In Lit Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

This year is a good one for female writers; most of the major literature prizes have gone to women, though whether this is a fluke, a new trend of hei...

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BIG NEWS: Women Can Write!

The Huffington Post | Erica Jong | Posted 05.25.2011

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We have known that women could write since Sappho invented love poetry 2600 years ago. Emily Dickinson, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, George Eliot co...

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Women Sweep Literature Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is it an accident, the judging panels, a mini-trend or are the tides turning? With the sweep of this year's literary awards, all eyes are on the women...

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