Whiting Writers' Award
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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]]
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