Whiting Awards
The Whiting 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.
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Jonathan Franzen
American novelist
Terrance Hayes
American poet
Mary Karr
American poet
Tarell Alvin McCraney
American playwright
Jeffrey Eugenides
American novelist
Carolyn D. Wright
American poet
Jorie Graham
American poet
Jericho Brown
American poet
Tracy K. Smith
American poet
Nathaniel Mackey
American poet
Adam Johnson
Actor
Deborah Eisenberg
American short story writer
Tobias Wolff
American short story writer
Mary Carr
American film actress
Claudia Roth
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of Germany
Lydia Davis
American short story writer
André Aciman
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August Wilson
American playwright
Colson Whitehead
American novelist
Russ Rymer
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Danzy Senna
American novelist
Forrest Gander
American poet
Stuart Dybek
American writer
James Schuyler
American poet
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Poet
Charles D'Ambrosio
American short story writer
ZZ Packer
American writer
Ilya Kaminsky
Ukrainian-American poet
John Keene
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Melissa James Gibson
Playwright
Mona Simpson
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Tony Kushner
American author
Tracy Smith
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Rebecca Goldstein
American philosopher
Denis Johnson
American writer
Anne Washburn
American playwright
Sarah Ruhl
American playwright
Bruce Norris
American character actor
William T. Vollmann
American novelist
Michael Cunningham
American novelist
Andrew X. Pham
Author
Suketu Mehta
Writer
Stephen Adly Guirgis
American playwright
Kent Haruf
American novelist
Dael Orlandersmith
American actress
Ruth Stone
American poet
Mary Ruefle
American poet
