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2022 Whiting Awards celebrate 10 emerging writers

The 10 winners of this year's Whiting Awards have been announced; the $50,000 prize honors emerging writers, with the hope of allowing them to concentrate full-time on their work.
Source: Alexis Pauline Gumbs photo by Sukia Ikbal-Doucet; all others by Beowulf Sheehan

The winners of the 2022 Whiting Awards might not be household names – yet.

But that's all part of the plan. Winners of the $50,000 prize – one of the largest monetary awards available to emerging writers – were announced Wednesday evening. The thought is that these authors and future authors will go on to bring

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