Claire Vaye Watkins

The Short Form

CVW — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:52:24 +0000

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BATTLEBORN shortlisted for Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award

CVW — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:45:05 +0000

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BATTLEBORN wins the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award

CVW — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:17:47 +0000

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Battleborn 1 of 5 Finalists for The New York Public Library’s 2013 Young Lions Fiction Award

CVW — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:10:22 +0000

April 22, 2013—The New York Public Library has announced the finalists for the thirteenth annual Young Lions Fiction Award. The award honors the works of dynamic, young, first time-authors. The winning writer will be awarded a $10,000 prize on May 20, 2013 at a ceremony held in the Celeste Bartos Forum of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. → read more

CVW at 2013 Villanova Literary Festival

CVW — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:22:45 +0000

CVW on Fresh Air

CVW — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:29:59 +0000

Claire and NPR’s Dave Davies talk about growing up beyond the glow of Las Vegas and how not to say Nevada. → Listen to the interview

CVW + American Academy of Arts and Letters

CVW — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:37:09 +0000

Battleborn wins the 2013 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for “a young writer of considerable literary talent.”

Claire Vaye Watkins—cited for her originality and the audacity of her voice—has won The Story Prize for Battleborn

CVW — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:28:47 +0000

More on The Story Prize blog:
• Claire Vaye Watkins’ Battleborn Wins The Story Prize
• What The Story Prize Judges Had to Say About Claire Vaye Watkins’ Battleborn
• Video: The Story Prize Event on March 13, Dan Chaon, Junot Diaz, Claire Vaye Watkins

Hug Your Librarian Today

CVW — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:18:36 +0000

The American Library Association has included Battleborn on its longlist for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, alongside Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Richard Ford, Junot Diaz, Ron Rash, and Alice Munro. Read more here, and hug your librarian: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/longlists

“Rondine al Nido” on longlist for Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award

CVW — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:15:11 +0000

“Rondine al Nido” is on the longlist for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, “the richest prize in the world for an individual short story.”
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