Ten emerging writers have won the 2024 Whiting Awards, announced in a ceremony Wednesday night.
Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors. A number of past Whiting winners have gone on to publish award-winning and bestselling works, including Hernan Diaz, Catherine Lacey, Colson Whitehead, Alice McDermott and Ocean Vuong. A few of this year’s winners have already made a name for themselves in the books world, too.
Courtney Hodell, Whiting’s director of literary programs, said in a statement: “This year’s winners have made liminal space their own — that place of potential that exists between states, whether those are genres, languages, countries, or definitions of self.”
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Here are the 2024 Whiting Award Winners:
(with comments from the Whiting committee)Aaliyah Bilal short story collectionTemple FolkYoon Choi in the work SkinshipShayok Misha ChowdhuryPublic ObscenitiesFrances Ya-Chu Cowhig The China PlaysElisa Gonzalez The Iliad Taylor Johnson Inheritance, “Gothataone Moeng in Call and ResponseCharif ShanahanTrace Evidence Javier Zamora New York Timeswriter of the memoirSolito Unaccompanied. Ada ZhangThe Sorrows of Others “9(MDAyMjQ1NTA4MDEyMjU5MTk3OTdlZmMzMQ004))
