Congratulations to the Winners of the 2024 National Book Awards!
November 22, 2024
Authors Guild Congratulates 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
April 19, 2024
The Authors Guild extends its warmest congratulations to the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, U.S. history, and biography, including Guild members Emma Straub, Jonathan Alter, and Thomas Beller. This prestigious award recognizes the recipients’ exceptional achievements and promise in the literary arts, placing them among a distinguished group of artistic creators working across various disciplines.
As Edward Hirsch, president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, said in their press release, “The Guggenheim Fellowship is a celebrated investment in the lives and careers of visionaries who are generating new possibilities and pathways across the broader culture.” The 2024 fellows embody this spirit through the innovative and exciting projects they are working on.
Fiction
Camille Bordas
Jamel Brinkley
Emma Cline
Laird Hunt
Julia Phillips
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Emma Straub
Justin Torres
General Nonfiction
Jonathan Alter
Thomas Beller
Jefferson Cowie
David Mura
Beth Nguyen
Jennifer Raff
Sonia Shah
Christina Sharpe
Adam Shatz
James Wood
Poetry
Kaveh Akbar
Jos Charles
Elaine Equi
Vievee Francis
Airea D. Matthews
Robyn Schiff
Safiya Sinclair
Tracy K. Smith
Mai Der Vang
Translation
Ryan Bloom
U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk
Elizabeth Hinton
Christina Snyder
Biography
Nicholas Frankel
The Authors Guild commends the Guggenheim Foundation for recognizing the immense talent and potential of these remarkable writers. We eagerly anticipate the groundbreaking work that will emerge from their fellowship year and the lasting impact their projects will have on the literary landscape.