Tony Tulathimutte has won one America’s largest (and newest) literary prizes.

By Brittany AllenAugust 20, 2026

Tony Tulathimutte, the dark wizard behind 2025’s seismic Rejection, has won a new (and massive!) literary prize. As the inaugural recipient of the Jack Galef Literary Arts Award, Tulathimutte will receive $150,000. The award is designated for graduates of Iowa’s prestigious

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Here’s the winner of the the 2026 Inside Literary Prize.

Today, the Inside Literary Prize, the US’s only literary prize judged by incarcerated readers, announced its 2026 winner: The Book Censor’s Library, by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from the Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain. The Inside Literary Prize, which

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LandxSea Film Festival

Taking place at the community-owned Montrose Playhouse from 11–13 September, this year’s LandxSea Film Festival will bring together 22 films and a packed programme of live Q&As, musical performances, workshops, community activities and conversations exploring the future of land, sea and the living world. Still from Walter Kalan’s ‘Children & Animals’ The festival opens on […]

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I published my first novel twenty-five years ago. It was not a masterpiece, but to me it was a miracle. Unboxing was still a private phenomenon back then and I remember looking at the book in disbelief. There it was

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