Whiting Writers' Award

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American literary award literary award

The Whiting Writers' Award is a prestigious American literary prize that recognizes and supports emerging writers of exceptional talent in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Whiting Award	11
Whiting Award for Fiction	1
Whiting Award for Nonfiction	1
Whiting Writers' Award canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literary award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
administeredBy	Whiting Foundation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Whiting Writers' Award ⓘ surface form: Whiting Award
associatedWith	American literary community ⓘ
awardedFor	exceptional early accomplishment in writing ⓘ
awardType	cash prize ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	emerging writers ⓘ
field	creative writing ⓘ literature ⓘ
formerMonetaryValue	35000 USD ⓘ 40000 USD ⓘ
foundedBy	Flora Ettlinger Whiting ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	Whiting Award for Drama ⓘ Whiting Writers' Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whiting Award for Fiction Whiting Writers' Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whiting Award for Nonfiction Whiting Award for Poetry ⓘ
hasImpact	helps launch the careers of emerging writers ⓘ
inception	1985 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
monetaryValue	50000 USD ⓘ
namedAfter	Flora Ettlinger Whiting ⓘ
notableFor	supporting early-career writers ⓘ
notableRecipient	Colson Whitehead ⓘ David Foster Wallace ⓘ Jonathan Franzen ⓘ Ocean Vuong ⓘ Tony Kushner ⓘ Tracy K. Smith ⓘ
partOf	programs of the Whiting Foundation ⓘ
presentedBy	Whiting Foundation ⓘ
purpose	to provide financial support to emerging writers ⓘ to recognize emerging writers of exceptional talent ⓘ
recognition	prestigious award for emerging writers ⓘ
sector	nonprofit ⓘ
selectionProcess	judging by a panel of writers and literary professionals ⓘ nomination by invited nominators ⓘ
sponsor	Whiting Foundation endowment ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
typicalNumberOfRecipientsPerYear	10 ⓘ
website	https://www.whiting.org ⓘ