FUTUREPOEM AUTHOR SIMONE WHITE 
WINS A 2017 WHITING AWARD

We are so thrilled to share the news that Simone White, author of Of Being Dispersed from Futurepoem, has won a 2017 Whiting Award. The "Whiting" founded in 1985 and accompanied by an award of fifty thousand dollars, are based on “early accomplishment and the promise of great work to come.” The program has recognized over 320 writers and poets, including Colson Whitehead, Suzan-Lori Parks, Alice McDermott, Akhil Sharma, David Foster Wallace, August Wilson, Tracy K. Smith, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Jeffrey Eugenides, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Leopoldine Core and Mona Simpson. 

You can read more about Simone's award and learn about this year's other winners at this official announcement at The Paris Review.

Our warmest congratulations to Simone on this incredible recognition of her work!