Predicting the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

With March Madness and the Super Bowl recently crowning champions and the Grammys and Oscars awarding music and movies, it’s finally time for the literary world to have its own big moment in the sun. And that can only mean one thing: It’s Pulitzer time! While there are many book awards that highlight some of […] The post Predicting the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

[ Electric Literature | 2024-04-19 11:15:00 UTC ]
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Samuel Johnson Prize strikes sponsorship deal with Baillie Gifford

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Del Rey acquires 'bold new voice in fantasy fiction' de Jager

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