New Literary Project

NewLit welcomes every summer a new class of Jack Hazard Fellows, creative writers who teach high school. Thirty-four writers since 2022 have received $5,000 to support their summer work on a writing project. As our Jack Hazard Fellows kick off their summer of writing, what are you working on this summer? Have you set a writing goal? Let us know in the comments.

You can read more about our 2024 Jack Hazard Fellows at the link in our bio.

Congratulations to Joyce Carol Oates, honored at The 13th Annual Prix Fitzgerald Awards, held at the Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera. "The Fitzgerald Prize is given to an author who evokes the spirit of Great Gatsby author in his or her own prose and published in French during that literary year. ... The winner of this year's prize was Joyce Carol Oates who was honored for her book 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister." Congratulations, Joyce!

Happy Birthday to Us! NewLit is celebrating 9 years today.

Congratulations to Emily Harnett, 2023 Jack Hazard Fellow, on the publication of her story The Prophet who Failed in the June issue of Harper's Magazine. We're so proud of you.

Watch 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner Ben Fountain in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates.

2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner Ben Fountain in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates Moderated by New Literary Project's Joe Di Prisco, meet author Ben Fountain in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates. Ben Foutain is the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates...

HAPPENING TODAY
2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner - Author Ben Fountain (Devil Makes Three, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk) and Joyce Carol Oates in conversation. Moderated by Joe Di Prisco. 4pm Pacific. Registration is required. See link in bio

Join Us for Ben Fountain and Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation

2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner Ben Fountain, author of Devil Makes Three, will be in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates, moderated by NewLit's own Joe Di Prisco on Thursday, May 23rd at 4pm (Pacific). Register Now. Link in bio.

Congratulations to Ben Fountain, of Dallas, Texas, the Recipient of the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize of $50,000 awarded to a mid-career author of fiction by New Literary Project (NewLit). He is the acclaimed author of Devil Makes Three (Flatiron, 2023) and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, as well as much-honored short stories and nonfiction.

Join us for a free virtual event when Ben Fountain will be in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates, moderated by Joe Di Prisco on Thursday, May 23rd, at 4pm. Registration is required. See links in bio.

Congratulations to Bennett Sims, author of Other Minds and Other Stories, on being a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Read about this year's finalists on our website. Link in bio.

Congratulations to Lauren Groff on being named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2024. Lauren was our 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner and we are delighted to see her named to the list. Link in bio.

Congratulations to Idra Novey, author of Take What You Need on being a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Read about this year's finalists on our website. Link in bio.

Congratulations to Ben Fountain, author of Devil Makes Three, on being a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Read about this year's finalists on our website. Link in bio.

Congratulations to Patricia Engel, author of The Faraway World, on being a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Read about this year's finalists on our website. Link in bio.

Congratulations to Jamel Brinkley, author of Witness, on being a finalist for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Read about this year's finalists on our website. Link in bio.

Just Announced: Meet the Five Finalists for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize

NewLit would like to congratulate this year's finalists for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Five finalists have been named from the 31 authors who were longlisted for the prize. They are: Jamel Brinkley, Patricia Engel, Ben Fountain, Idra Novey, and Bennett Sims. This is the eighth consecutive year the JCO Prize will be awarded. The NewLit Board of Directors, which judges and makes the final decision, will announce the Recipient in mid-April 2024. To learn more about the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, please visit our website.

Announcing NewLit's 2024 Jack Hazard Fellows. We had an impressive number of worthy applicants from thirty-five states. These writers teach at hundreds of public, private, charter, and independent schools throughout the nation—Hawaii to Illinois, Texas to North Carolina, Georgia to Maryland, Los Angeles to Boston, Oakland to New York City. In 2022 and 2023, twenty-two Jack Hazards had been previously honored.

This year, NewLit honors ten 2024 Jack Hazard Fellows for exceptional writing. Meet this year's fellows and learn more about the Jack Hazard Fellowship. Link in bio.

Cobgratulations to Jessica Treadway on being Longlisted for the 2024 JCO Prize. Kirkus Reviews writes "Treadway will leave readers reflecting on choices we’ve made that have set us on our current paths, but she also allows space for us to believe that we can change direction if we only listen to the voices of our “sugar bowls” ...Thought-provoking and engaging."

Congratulations to Bennett Sims. "Who is the most talented writer of our generation? ... [Bennett Sims] is, in my view," writes Ryan Ruby in Interview Magazine. "...the sensibility of David Lynch crossed with style of W.G. Sebald for the age of digital media."

Congratulations to Julie Shumacher. Kirkus Reviews calls The English Experience, the final book in her trilogy, "a satirical recipe that manages to turn sour, mismatched ingredients into something feather-light, affable, and sweet."

Congratulations to Jess Row. NPR calls "Row's novel about an American family that has imploded, one that's broken, possibly irretrievably...is a stunning book, a high-wire balancing act that tries to do a lot — and succeeds."

Congratulations to Kevin Powers. Krikus Review calls A Line in the Sand "masterful in its structure and pacing; a great read."

Congratulations to Mary Otis. Publishers Weekly writes of Burst, "in lyrical language that expresses both Viva’s and Charlotte’s perspectives, Otis portrays a mother and daughter caught in a tense pas de deux, perpetually pushing one another away before returning to each other. This author continues to impress."

Congratulations to Téa Obreht. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and new.

Congratulations to Idra Novey. Kirkus Reviews writes of Take What You Need: "transforming the odd and the homely into something beautiful is both the subject and the accomplishment of this book."

Congratulations to Kathryn Ma. Booklist (starred review) writes of The Chinese Groove: ""Balancing humor and poignancy with seemingly effortless ease, Ma is a magnificent storyteller . . . Shelley’s teenage naivete will entertain, while his tenacity and loyalty will surely inspire."

Congratulations to Edan Lepucki. "Lepucki’s latest novel is, in a word, a trip, narrated by Time itself . . . Lepucki is known for combining domestic realism with a magical worldview...She does it again. This emotionally intense, wildly imaginative novel is both down-to-earth and out-to-lunch. One of a kind." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review).

Congratulations to Lydia Kiesling for being named to the 2024 Longlist for the Joyce Carol Oates Price. On her latest book, Mobility: A propulsive novel about class, power, politics, and desire by the author of The Golden State.

Congratulations to Daphne Kalotay. Winner of the 2021 Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction
and Longlisted for 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. The characters in The Archivists are everyday people, but when private losses or the shocks of history set their worlds reeling, they find connection and liberation in surprising, buoyant ways.

Congratulations to Sadeqa Johnson for inclusion on the 2024 Longlist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. "A triumph of historical fiction” (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese’s Book Club pick, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal."