Whiting Writers' Award 282698 220363433 2008-06-19T14:25:27Z Dana boomer 5998007 /* 1993 recipients */ Red link fix __NOTOC__ The '''Whiting Writers’ Award''' is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the [[Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation]] and has been presented since [[1985]]. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000. ==[[2007 in literature|2007]] recipients== *[[Sheila Callaghan]], plays *[[Ben Fountain]], fiction *[[Paul Guest]], poetry *[[Brad Kessler]], fiction *[[Cate Marvin]], poetry *[[Tarell Alvin McCraney]], plays *[[Carlo Rotella]], nonfiction *[[Dalia Sofer]], fiction *[[Peter Trachtenberg]], nonfiction *[[Jack Turner]], nonfiction ==[[2006 in literature|2006]] recipients== *[[Sherwin Bitsui]], poetry *[[Charles D’Ambrosio]], fiction *[[Stephen Adly Guirgis]], plays *[[Tyehimba Jess]], poetry *[[Suji Kwock Kim]], poetry *[[Yiyun Li]], fiction *[[Micheline Aharonian Marcom]], fiction *[[Nina Marie Martínez]], fiction *Bruce Norris, plays *[[Patrick O’Keeffe]], fiction ==[[2005 in literature|2005]] recipients== *[[Sarah Shun-lien Bynum]], fiction *[[Thomas Sayers Ellis]], poetry *[[Nell Freudenberger]], fiction *[[Rinne Groff]], plays *[[Ilya Kaminsky]], poetry *[[Seth Kantner]], fiction *[[John Keene (writer)|John Keene]], fiction/poetry *[[Dana Levin]], poetry *[[Spencer Reece]], poetry *[[Tracy K. Smith]], poetry ==[[2004 in literature|2004]] recipients== *[[Daniel Alarcon]], fiction *[[Kirsten Bakis]], fiction *[[Catherine Barnett]], poetry *[[Dan Chiasson]], poetry *[[Allison Glock]], nonfiction *[[Elana Greenfield]], plays *[[A. Van Jordan]], poetry *[[Victor LaValle]], fiction *[[John Jeremiah Sullivan]], nonfiction *[[Tracey Scott Wilson]], plays ==[[2003 in literature|2003]] recipients== *[[Courtney Angela Brkic]], fiction and nonfiction *[[Alexander Chee]], fiction *[[Christopher Cokinos]], nonfiction *[[Trudy Dittmar]], nonfiction *[[Major Jackson]], poetry *[[Agymah Kamau]], fiction *[[Ann Pancake]], fiction *[[Lewis Robinson]], fiction *[[Jess Row]], fiction *[[Sarah Ruhl]], plays ==[[2002 in literature|2002]] recipients== *[[Jeffrey Renard Allen]], fiction *[[Elizabeth Arnold (poet)|Elizabeth Arnold]], poetry *[[Justin Cronin]], fiction *[[Kim Edwards]], fiction *[[David Gewanter]], poetry *[[Melissa James Gibson]], plays *[[Michelle Huneven]], fiction *[[Danzy Senna]], fiction *[[Evan Smith]], plays *[[Joshua Weiner]], poetry ==[[2001 in literature|2001]] recipients== *[[Judy Blunt]], nonfiction *[[Joel Brouwer]], poetry *[[Emily Carter]], fiction *[[Kathleen Finneran]], nonfiction *[[Matthew Klam]], fiction *[[Brighde Mullins]], plays *[[Akhil Sharma]], fiction *[[Jason Sommer]], poetry *[[Samrat Upadhyay]], fiction *[[John Wray (writer)|John Wray]], fiction ==[[2000 in literature|2000]] recipients== *[[Robert Cohen]], fiction *[[Samantha Gillison]], fiction *[[Andrew X. Pham]], nonfiction *[[Lily King]], fiction *[[John McManus]], fiction *[[Albert Mobilio]], poetry/fiction *[[James Thomas Stevens/Aronhiotas]], poetry *[[Kelly Stuart]], plays *[[Colson Whitehead]], fiction *[[Claude Wilkinson]], poetry ==[[1999 in literature|1999]] recipients== *[[Gordon Grice]], nonfiction *[[Michael Haskell]], poetry *[[Ehud Havazelet]], fiction *[[Terrance Hayes]], poetry *[[Naomi Iizuka]], plays *[[Ben Marcus]], fiction *[[Yxta Maya Murray]], fiction *[[ZZ Packer]], fiction *[[Margaret Talbot]], nonfiction *[[Martha Zweig]], poetry ==[[1998 in literature|1998]] recipients== *[[Michael Byers]], fiction *[[Nancy Eimers]], poetry *[[Daniel Hall (poet)|Daniel Hall]], poetry *[[W. David Hancock]], plays *[[James Kimbrell]], poetry *[[Ralph Lombreglia]], fiction/nonfiction *[[D. J. Waldie]], nonfiction *[[Anthony Walton (American Poet)|Anthony Walton]], fiction *[[Charles Harper Webb]], poetry *[[Greg Williamson]], poetry ==[[1997 in literature|1997]] recipients== *[[Jo Ann Beard]], nonfiction *[[Connie Deanovich]], poetry *[[Erik Ehn]], plays *[[Forrest Gander]], poetry *[[Jody Gladding]], poetry *[[Suketu Mehta]], fiction/nonfiction *[[Ellen Meloy]], nonfiction *[[Josip Novakovich]], fiction/nonfiction *[[Melanie Rae Thon]], fiction *[[Mark Turpin]], poetry ==[[1996 in literature|1996]] recipients== *[[Anderson Ferrell]], fiction *[[Cristina Garcia]], fiction *[[Molly Gloss]], fiction *[[Brigit Pegeen Kelly]], poetry *[[Brian Kiteley]], fiction *[[Chris Offutt]], fiction/nonfiction *[[Elizabeth Spires]], poetry *[[Patricia Storace]], nonfiction/poetry *[[Judy Troy]], fiction *[[A.J. Verdelle]], fiction ==[[1995 in literature|1995]] recipients== *[[André Aciman]], nonfiction *[[Michael Cunningham]], fiction *[[Lucy Grealy]], nonfiction/poetry *[[Suzannah Lessard]], nonfiction *[[Reginald McKnight]], fiction *[[James McMichael]], poetry *[[Mary Ruefle]], poetry *[[Russ Rymer]], nonfiction *[[Matthew Stadler]], fiction *[[Melanie Sumner]], fiction ==[[1994 in literature|1994]] recipients== *[[Mark Doty]], poetry *[[Louis Edwards]], fiction *[[Kennedy Fraser]], nonfiction *[[Mary Hood]], fiction *[[Randall Kenan]], fiction/nonfiction *[[Wayne Koestenbaum]], nonfiction/poetry *[[Rosemary Mahoney]], nonfiction *[[Claudia Roth Pierpont]], nonfiction *[[Mary Swander]], poetry/nonfiction *[[Kate Wheeler (novelist)|Kate Wheeler]], fiction ==[[1993 in literature|1993]] recipients== *[[Jeffrey Eugenides]], fiction *[[Dagoberto Gilb]], fiction *[[Kevin Kling]], plays *[[Mark Levine (poet)|Mark Levine]], poetry *[[Nathaniel Mackey]], poetry/fiction *[[Dionisio D. Martinez]], poetry *[[Sigrid Nunez]], fiction *[[Janet Peery]], fiction *[[Kathleen Peirce]], poetry *[[Lisa Shea]], fiction ==[[1992 in literature|1992]] recipients== *[[Roger Fanning]], poetry *[[Eva Hoffman]], nonfiction *[[R.S. Jones]], fiction *[[J.S. Marcus]], fiction *[[Jane Mead]], poetry *[[Suzan-Lori Parks]], plays *[[Katha Pollitt]], poetry/nonfiction *[[Keith Reddin]], plays *[[José Rivera (playwright)|José Rivera]], plays *[[Damien Wilkins (writer)|Damien Wilkins]], fiction ==[[1991 in literature|1991]] recipients== *[[Stanley Crouch]], nonfiction *[[Rebecca Goldstein]], fiction *[[Allegra Goodman]], fiction *[[John Holman (writer)|John Homan]], fiction *[[Cynthia Kadohata]], fiction *[[Scott McPherson (playwright)|Scott McPherson]], plays *[[Thylias Moss]], poetry *[[Rick Rofihe]], fiction *[[J Anton Shammas]], fiction/nonfiction *[[Franz Wright]], poetry ==[[1990 in literature|1990]] recipients== *[[Emily Hiestand]], poetry *[[Tony Kushner]], plays *[[Yannick Murphy]], fiction *[[Lawrence Naumoff]], fiction *[[Dennis Nurkse]], poetry *[[Mark Richard]], fiction *[[Harriet Ritvo]], nonfiction *[[Christopher Tilghman]], fiction *[[Amy Wilentz]], nonfiction *[[Stephen Wright (writer)|Stephen Wright]], fiction ==[[1989 in literature|1989]] recipients== *[[Ellen Akins]], fiction *[[Russell Edson]], poetry *[[Ian Frazier]], nonfiction *[[Mary Karr]], poetry *[[Natalie Kusz]], nonfiction *[[Luc Sante]], nonfiction *[[Timberlake Wertenbaker]], plays *[[Marianne Wiggins]], fiction *[[Tobias Wolff]], nonfiction/fiction *[[C. D. Wright]], poetry ==[[1988 in literature|1988]] recipients== *[[Michael Burkard]], poetry *[[Lydia Davis]], fiction *[[Bruce DuVy]], fiction *[[Gerald Early]], nonfiction *[[Jonathan Franzen]], fiction *[[Mary La Chapelle]], fiction *[[Li-Young Lee]], poetry *[[Sylvia Moss]], poetry *[[GeoVrey O’Brien]], nonfiction *[[William T. Vollmann]], fiction ==[[1987 in literature|1987]] recipients== *[[Mindy Aloff]], nonfiction *[[Joan Chase]], fiction *[[Mark Cox (poet)|Mark Cox]], poetry *[[Pam Durban]], fiction *[[Gretel Ehrlich]], nonfiction *[[Deborah Eisenberg]], fiction *[[Alice McDermott]], fiction *[[Reinaldo Povod]], plays *[[Michael Ryan (poet)|Michael Ryan]], poetry *[[David Foster Wallace]], fiction ==[[1986 in literature|1986]] recipients== *[[John Ash (writer)|John Ash]], poetry *[[Hayden Carruth]], poetry *[[Kent Haruf]], fiction *[[Denis Johnson]], fiction *[[Darryl Pinckney]], nonfiction/fiction *[[Padgett Powell]], fiction *[[Mona Simpson]], fiction *[[Frank Stewart (poet)|Frank Stewart]], poetry *[[Ruth Stone]], poetry *[[August Wilson]], plays ==[[1985 in literature|1985]] recipients== *[[Raymond Abbott]], fiction *[[Douglas Crase]], poetry *[[Stuart Dybek]], fiction *[[Jorie Graham]], poetry *[[Linda Gregg]], poetry *[[Wright Morris]], fiction/nonfiction *[[Howard Norman]], fiction *[[James Robison]], fiction *[[James Schuyler]], poetry *[[Austin Wright]], fiction/nonfiction ==External links== *[http://www.whitingfoundation.org/ Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation] *[http://www.whitingfoundation.org/whiting_2005.html 2005 Award recipients] *[http://www.whitingfoundation.org/recipients.html Award Recipents from 2004-1985] [[Category:American literary awards]] [[Category:Awards established in 1985]] [[pt:Whiting Writers' Award]]