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Suzi F. Garcia @suzig.bsky.social · 15h

Me, yesterday, talking about the upcoming conference: all I know about Baltimore is “Hairspray”
AWP today: Us too girl

Webpage screenshot of AWP announcing John Waters as the AWP 2026 keynote

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 17h

Jonathan Franzen's The Skarrections
*ducks*

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 1d

Every time there’s a social media pitch event for publishing, I search for “ska” in hopes someone has finally written a family saga set in the mid-90’s about brothers in rival ska bands, and every time I’m left broken hearted.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 18h

Dinner's on me the next time you go!

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 18h

CANNOT WAIT!!!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 18h

We’re thrilled to announce our #AWP26 Conference & Bookfair keynote speaker, Baltimore’s own John Waters! Read more about the filmmaker, actor, author, and Charm City legend on our website. A heartfelt thanks to our premier sponsor, @jhu.edu, for making this address possible.

#AWP26 Keynote Address by John Waters, Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University

View the full line-up of amazing featured events from the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair literary partners!

conference.awpwriter.org

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 19h

Win a copy of Lake Song by Lesley Bannatyne (selected by Deesha Philyaw), unMothered, unTongued by Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh (selected by Chloe Cooper Jones), No Rhododendron by Samyak Shertok (selected by Kimiko Hahn), and Twinless Twin by Dean Marshall Tuck (selected by Jason Mott)!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Do you: like free books, reside in the US, and love AWP? Enter our giveaway celebrating the pubs of the AWP Award Series winners! Just follow us on socials and fill out the form to enter. US residents only.

AWP Award Series Giveaway

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awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

A heartfelt congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the 2025 AWP Award Series! Want to support next year’s contest? Donate to the AWP Award Series Endowments today!

AWP Award Series Endowments

www.awpwriter.org

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awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Ben Grossberg, winner of the 2023 James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel!

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 5d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Romance: The Spring Before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg! 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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A. Peterson @adampeterson.net · 3d

Thrilled to have GOSPELS coming out soon and very much grateful to everyone at AWP, Mad Creek, and of course Kevin.

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats to the 2025 Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction winner, Adam Peterson! His manuscript GOSPELS will be published by Mad Creek Books, a division of The Ohio State University Press. Thank you to this year’s judge, Kevin Wilson.

Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction

www.awpwriter.org

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 2d

Feels like we've fully transitioned from the gig economy to the hope economy.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats, Adam! And thank you to Kevin Wilson!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats to the 2025 Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction winner, Adam Peterson! His manuscript GOSPELS will be published by Mad Creek Books, a division of The Ohio State University Press. Thank you to this year’s judge, Kevin Wilson.

Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction

www.awpwriter.org

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats, Chital! And thank you to R. O. Kwon!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

The winner of the 2025 James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel is Chital Mehta for HAVE YOU SEEN ROMIT? Her novel, selected by R. O. Kwon, will be published by the University of Nebraska Press. Congratulations to Mehta on her winning manuscript!

James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel

www.awpwriter.org

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats, Brittany! And thank you, Cheryl!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Brittany Perham is the winner of the 2025 Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction for her manuscript EXECUTRIX! This memoir will be published by the University of Georgia Press. Congrats to Perham, and thank you to judge Cheryl Strayed!

Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction

www.awpwriter.org

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats, John! And thank you, Honorée!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to John Bonanni, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry! Bonanni’s manuscript, RETROVIROLOGY, was selected by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Donald Hall Prize for Poetry

www.awpwriter.org

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 6d

Ha, I will email you! It's nf rather than fiction, so prob not as juicy as you'd like it to be.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 6d

Had so many problems with this recent book I just finished reading & I started to name the book & realized how much I hate when this one friend on FB posts what they're reading as an excuse to trash authors & so this is the post you're getting instead.

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awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to the 2024 AWP Award Series winners on having their books published this fall! Want the chance to win a free copy? US residents can fill out this form and follow us on socials to enter!

AWP Award Series Giveaway

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 7d

An ooze, really.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 7d

Finally read that Anthropic did not download from the LIBGEN database after July 2021, which explains why my Aug 2021 memoir listed in the database, is not claim worthy. I really think my memoir could have taught generative Ai a thing or two about second person.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 7d

Angry and Tired: A Memoir of the Writing Life
On the plus side, my one book eligible for a claim is from the press that closed, so nobody to split that windfall with. Gonna get some extra sour cream on my next Double Decker Taco!

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 7d

I don't believe in trickle-down economics, but of course I believe that the publishers' share of the Anthropic settlement will allow them to invest more money in books and authors. LOL

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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 7d

Fellow writers with books stolen by AI, here's the site to submit a claim for the Anthropic settlement. Unsure if your books are included? Search the "Works List Lookup" at the top right. Thanks to @jamestatehill.bsky.social for alerting me secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/standard/cla...

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 7d

Writer pals & fellow theft victims, here's the official database to look up if you have a claim in the Anthropic settlement. Now is the time to file a claim if your book(s) shows up in this database. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 8d

There's a really fine line between optimism and fatalism & it's called the writing life.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 8d

Resharing to say the eBook of Academy Gothic is just $3.99 on all eBook platforms this month!

James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happy 10th bday to my debut novel! Coincidentally Black Lawrence Press is having a Back-to-School sale, perfect for an academic satire that's also a murder mystery & disability narrative. Get 40% off w/ code BACKTOSCHOOL40 until 9/15! blacklawrencepress.com/books/academ...

book cover of Academy Gothic by James Tate Hill. The top features a headstone that reads Parshall College Established 1889. The lower border is blades of green grass . A gold starburst sticker on the lower right says winner of the Nilsen Prize for a first novel.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 9d

Yes she can!

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