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.
Whiting Awards People (First 49 people) - Page 1
David Gewanter
American poet
Cristina García
American journalist
Hayden Carruth
American poet
Daniel Alarcón
Peruvian-American novelist
Mark Doty
American poet
Tyehimba Jess
American poet
Don Mee Choi
Poet
Mark Levine
American historian
Luc Sante
Writer
Chris Offutt
American writer
Mark Cox
Scottish comedian
Darryl Pinckney
American novelist
Gerald Early
American essayist
James Robison
American televangelist
Timberlake Wertenbaker
British playwright
Paul Clemens
Actor
Rajiv Joseph
American playwright
Katha Pollitt
American poet
David Wallace
American actor ‧ Lisa Trusel's husband
Samuel D. Hunter
American playwright
Peter Trachtenberg
American writer
Naomi Iizuka
American playwright
Tracey Scott Wilson
American playwright
Ann Pancake
American fiction writer
Sheila Callaghan
Playwright
Ben Marcus
American author
Padgett Powell
American novelist
Claudia Roth Pierpont
Writer
Rinne Groff
American playwright
Thylias Moss
American poet
Howard Norman
American writer
Layli Long Soldier
Poet
Lysley Tenorio
American short story writer
John Jeremiah Sullivan
American writer
David Adjmi
American playwright
Victor LaValle
American author
Carlo Rotella
American non-fiction writer
John Wray
Novelist
Elizabeth Spires
American poet
Yiyun Li
Chinese writer
Dagoberto
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
Sigrid Nunez
American writer
James Thomas Stevens
American poet
Robert Kushner
American painter
Joan Kane
American poet
Dana Levin
Poet
Catherine Barnett
American poet
