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Henry Prize Stories in a new Persian transation https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/3/17/my-latest-column-at-invisible-history monthly 0.5 2020-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1584459570594-4BRFM5HD29HGM2JMEWQZ/Embroidery_cropped+version.jpg News - My latest column at Invisible History. https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/3/4/well-miss-awp20-in-san-antonio monthly 0.5 2020-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1583336091632-97VOVTKMQ6D9QAMMBF4R/CXL+style+panel.png News - We'll miss #AWP20 in San Antonio https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/2/23/awp-panel-handouts-available-for-download-now monthly 0.5 2020-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1582495403520-UGOSXYSHZI2SJR3XHJBS/Style+schedule+listing.png News - AWP Panel handouts available for download now! https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/2/18/new-post-for-my-column-at-catapult monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1582067639730-EZO1M8XJ62WOVP7AT076/Muneef+Alwan+undated+watercolor+sketch.png News - New post for my column at Catapult https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/2/11/tuesday-feb-11-is-pub-day-for-a-map-is-only-one-story monthly 0.5 2020-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1581464045050-GQCGASICBTDSOGRH37B9/A+Map+is+Only+One+Story+-+Faux+Book+-+pattern1+%281%29.jpg News - Tuesday, Feb. 11 is Pub Day for A MAP IS ONLY ONE STORY! https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/2/4/hope-to-see-you-in-san-antonio-at-awp monthly 0.5 2020-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1580856038334-399YQ9PN14PLXS0YWB4L/Online+flyer_Style+panel.jpg News - Hope to see you in San Antonio at AWP! https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/2/3/a-map-is-only-one-story-in-time monthly 0.5 2020-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1580756510702-K66BD1GDNI3PS1FMPIIB/TIME+2%3A20.png News - A Map is Only One Story in TIME https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/1/29/a-map-is-only-one-story-out-feb-11 monthly 0.5 2020-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1580315971590-FLZNK89E1EWHJH09DUA9/AMIOOS_Twitter+Banner_Alwan.jpg News - A Map is Only One Story out Feb. 11! https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/1/8/my-new-column-at-catapult-magazine monthly 0.5 2020-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1578527265649-2ZUB8D9JWRH2P3WMFT21/Column+one+art.png News - My new column at Catapult Magazine https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/1/3/q-amp-a-at-the-common-breath monthly 0.5 2020-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1578066900066-2FOZ5Y55G6TBWPKU0WD3/Common+Breath+reads.png News - Q & A at The Common Breath https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2020/1/1/2019-reads monthly 0.5 2020-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1577901349454-P3IGVTH5PQM23FPNKWLQ/2019+books.png News - 2019 Reads https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2019/11/4/save-the-date monthly 0.5 2019-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1572894932747-FB5GLA8QPIXEGA1JCPNK/Panel+listing.png News - Save the date! https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2019/8/8/see-you-in-san-antonio-for-awp-2020 monthly 0.5 2019-08-09 https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2019/6/28/a-new-anthology-from-catapult monthly 0.5 2019-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1561741012717-ZI9MQHGODC74UC04H4O4/A%2BMap%2Bis%2BOnly%2BOne%2BStory%2B-%2BFaux%2BBook%2B-%2Bpattern1%2B%25281%2529.jpg News - A New Anthology from Catapult https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2019/5/21/out-now-nimrod-internationals-new-mena-themed-issue monthly 0.5 2019-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1558501608070-CK9CXMF0L50S9VXYGW10/Nimrod+MENA.jpg News - Out now: Nimrod International's new MENA-themed issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1558501966641-SAGJPRSNAAC087B5L5QD/Bakery%2C+about+1946.png News - Out now: Nimrod International's new MENA-themed issue. The editors were kind enough to include a photograph taken outside my grandfather’s bakery in Brooklyin, taken by my father around 1946 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1558502249251-8PG1OONVZFBAA0Z4TP36/Levantines+excerpt.png News - Out now: Nimrod International's new MENA-themed issue. You can purchase an issue here. https://www.laurenalwan.com/news/2019/2/25/forthcoming-from-nimrod-international monthly 0.5 2019-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b39f34e58c62561f606501/1551139270677-FQ24I2Z6OLGXKAO0MERS/Zemberekc%CC%A7i+family%2C+photographed+in+Constantinople%2C+around+1919.+copy.png News - Forthcoming from Nimrod International Zemberekci family photographed in then-Constantinople, about 1919. 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Henry Prize I'm thrilled to share the news that my story, "An Amount of Discretion," that appeared in The Southern Review (Winter 2017), has been selected by series editor Laura Furman for inclusion in the O. Henry Prize Stories 2018, due out from Anchor in September. I'm grateful to Emily Nemens, fiction editor at TSR for choosing the story from the slush pile, and whose care brought essential clarity and final polish. (Read Emily's fantastic news on her new post at The Paris Review here.) And congrats to jury prizewinners, Jo Ann Beard, Marjorie Celona, and Youmna Chlala, selected by Fiona McFarlane, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Elizabeth Tallent. 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