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Yiyun Li Wins a 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize in Fiction

March 19, 2020

Yiyun Li (MFA, 2005) has won a Windham-Campbell Prize in fiction. From the 2020 Windham-Campell Prize winners announcement: Yiyun Li masterfully explores the landscape of loss with delicacy and precision, restoring the fractured lives of ordinary people on the margins, endowing them with agency and power.
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Two Workshop alums are on the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

March 03, 2020

Workshop alumni, Claire Lombardo (MFA, 2017) and Ann Patchett (MFA, 1987) are on the longlist for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Patchett is nominated for her acclaimed newest novel, The Dutch House, and Lombardo for her celebrated debut, The Most Fun We Ever Had.
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Willa Richards Awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

March 02, 2020

Willa Richards (MFA, 2015) was selected as a winner of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her short story, "Failure to Thrive", published by The Paris Review (Winter 2019). The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural website and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers. For more information:
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Yiyun Li Awarded the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award

March 02, 2020

Yiyun Li (MFA, 2005) accepted the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award at a March 2nd ceremony in New York, NY for her 2019 novel, Where Reasons End.
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Yaa Gyasi receives Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature and $50,000 cash prize

February 03, 2020

Yaa Gyasi is one of three recipients this year who has received a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature, which includes a cash prize of $50,000. The prize recognizes immigrants who have made outstanding contributions in contemporary literature. Gyasi was selected by the Vilcek Foundation, a private, non-profit foundation that raises awareness of immigrant contributions in the United States and fosters appreciation of the arts and sciences.
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