Creative writing

Yiyun Li wins PEN/Malamud Award for short stories

May 16, 2022 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Yiyun Li has received one of the top honors for short story writers, the PEN/Malamud Award for “exceptional achievement.”

Li, 49, has published the collections “Gold Boy” and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” along with five novels and two nonfiction books.

Author Hannah Rials holds writing workshop for Heritage High School students

Adam CookNovember 30, 2017 GMT

Members of Heritage High School's book club were treated to a cool opportunity Wednesday morning, Nov. 15, when young adult author Hannah Rials held a creative writing workshop in the school's Media Center.

Purdue U. teacher wins $100,000 poetry prize

March 4, 2013 GMT

CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Marianne Boruch, a Purdue University creative writing teacher, has won this year's $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a California university announced Monday.

Boruch was honored for her collection, "The Book of Hours," and a ceremony will be held April 18 at Claremont Graduate University east of Los Angeles.