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As of 2018, the US$75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is the top award given by PEN America, [29] and among the largest literary prizes in the United States. [30] Among other awards conferred are the $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel, the $25,000 PEN/Bingham Award for a Debut Short Story Collection, and the $10,000 PEN Open Book Award ...
Authors' rights have two distinct components: the economic rights in the work and the moral rights of the author. The economic rights are a property right which is limited in time and which may be transferred by the author to other people in the same way as any other property (although many countries require that the transfer must be in the ...
As First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush worked with Librarian of Congress James H. Billington to create the National Book Festival. [2] At a news conference announcing the inaugural event, Billington said: "We must all try, in every way we can, to send the message that reading is critical to our lives and to the life of our nation." [3]
National Writers Union (NWU) is a trade union in the United States for freelance and contract writers founded on 19 November 1981. Organized into 17 local chapters nationwide, it had been Local 1981 of the United Automobile Workers , AFL–CIO since merging with them in 1992.
When you see posters and graphics related to Black History Month, chances are you'll see them designed with the same four colors: red, black, green, and gold.
USCellular's Boys and Girls Club Black History Month Art Contest voting has started and runs through Feb. 15. Winners will be announced later in Feb.
Business Insider identified the most famous author born in every state. To determine the list, we considered ubiquity, literal acclaim, and financial success.
Between 1790 and 1799, of approximately 13,000 titles published in the United States, only 556 works were registered. [11] Under the 1790 Act, federal copyright protection was only granted if the author met certain "statutory formalities." For example, authors were required to include a proper copyright notice.