Congratulations to Karen Hao, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Nonfiction. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Carvell Wallace, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Nonfiction. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Negar Azimi, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Nonfiction. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Lara Mimosa Montes, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Fiction. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Hilary Leichter, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Fiction. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Elaine Castillo, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Fiction. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Celine Song, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Drama. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Alison C. Rollins, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Poetry. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Brittany Rogers, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Poetry. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to Hajar Hussaini, winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Poetry. #WhitingAwards2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Whiting Award winners.
Discover this year’s remarkable cohort and explore their work at the link in our bio.
#WhitingAwards2026

We’re partnering with our friends at @booksaremagicbk to celebrate the 2026 Whiting Award winners. Join us for an evening of readings, book signings & more, emceed by Sidik Fofana. 7pm 122 Montague St, BKLYN

Register for free: eventbrite.com/e/in-store-2...

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress! Learn more about their groundbreaking and original books and read excerpts from their work on our website: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...

Congratulations to Raksha Vasudevan, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for EMPIRES BETWEEN US! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/raks...

Congratulations to Avi Steinberg, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for GRACE PALEY: A LIFE! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/avi-...

Congratulations to @alexmlwrites.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for BOTH AND NEITHER! Read more about their work here: www.whiting.org/content/alex...

Congratulations to Will Harris, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for NEED IS NEED! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/will...

Congratulations to Grace Elizabeth Hale, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THEY DON'T OWN US! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/grac...

Congratulations to Elena Dudum, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THEY TOLD ME BACK HOME WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/elen...

Congratulations to @caitlindickerson.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for DEPORTED! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/cait...

Congratulations to S.C. Cornell, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THE MIGRANT AND THE MURDERER! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/sc-c...

Congratulations to Jason Cherkis, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THE ATTEMPTERS! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/jaso...

Congratulations to @paulbogard.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for HOW TO SEE THE SKY! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/paul...

“The Songs Prove That We Were Here”: Ocean Vuong on Sufjan Stevens When Carrie & Lowell was first released in 2015, I was still in grad school at NYU, trying to finish what would become my first book of poems, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. I remember listening t…

Ocean Vuong remembers listening to Sufjan Stevens’s Carrie & Lowell for the first time: “The songs prove that we were here. They are made of air—and yet we walk on them.”

"That is the great miracle of this work. Words weigh nothing, and yet they make everything occur."

We are so thankful to Ocean Vuong, who gave the keynote speech at the 2025 Whiting Awards in April. Read his full speech via @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/ocean-vuong-...

What a lineup! Join us next week to celebrate previous Whiting Literary Magazine Prize Winner The Common's 15th Anniversary!

Congratulations to Ocean Vuong (Whiting Award 2016), whose new novel THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS is out today from @penguinpress.bsky.social!

Buy the book, and read more work by Vuong on our website: www.whiting.org/new-books

Annie Wenstrup, author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories, has just won the #WhitingAward!

Learn more about this amazing achievement from
@whitingfoundation.bsky.social: www.whiting.org/awards/winne...

#AnnieWenstrup #IndigenousAlaska #Poetry #Booksky

Congratulations to @shubhasunder.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for www.whiting.org/awards/winne...

Congratulations to Claire Luchette, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...