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 2
Randall Kenan
American author
Salvatore Scibona
Sherwin Bitsui
Writer
KARR
Douglas Kearney
American poet
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
American poet
Charles Harper Webb
American poet
Molly Gloss
American writer
Tracy K
Musical artist
Dave Wallace
American baseball coach
Allegra Goodman
American author
Harriet Ritvo
American historian
Spencer Reece
Poet
José Rivera
Former New York State Representative
Mark Richard
American short story writer
C. E. Morgan
American author
Lydia Peelle
American fiction writer
Padraig O'Keeffe
Irish musician
Dan Chiasson
American poet
Gretel Ehrlich
American travel writer
Alice McDermott
American writer
Cynthia Kadohata
American children's writer
David Foster Wallace
American novelist
Justin Cronin
American author
Ben Fountain
American fiction writer
Russell Edson
American poet
Scott McPherson
Musical artist
Kirsten Bakis
American novelist
Anna Washburn
Rick Washburn's daughter
Stanley Crouch
American poet
Michael Meyer Dakota Meyer
Author
Wright Morris
American novelist
Christine Garcia
Author
Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
Marianne Wiggins
American author
Jo Ann Beard
American essayist
Li-Young Lee
American poet
Matthew Klam
American fiction writer
Major Jackson
American poet
Cate Marvin
American poet
Vu Tran
American writer
A. Van Jordan
American poet
Dionisio D. Martinez
Cuban poet
Jay Hopler
American poet
Alexander Chee
American fiction writer
Suji Kwock Kim
American poet
Rattawut Lapcharoensap
American short story writer
