Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker (1895–1976), a British working-class writer known for her short stories […]| Biographers International Organization
The 2025 Hazel Rowley Prize, honoring the best book proposal by a first-time biographer, has been awarded to Liz Schott, who is working on a biography of Dorothy Wright Liebes. […]| Biographers International Organization
Mary Chapman and Rebecca Roberts are the winners of the 2025 Robert and Ina Caro Travel Fellowships for travel. They will receive $5,000 each for research| Biographers International Organization
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BIO Announces Two Winners for the 2025 Plutarch Award| Biographers International Organization
A distinguished panel of judges from the Biographers International Organization (BIO) is proud to announce the five books shortlisted for the 2025 Plutarch Award, the only international literary award for […]| Biographers International Organization
Shennette Garrett-Scott and Fara Dabhoiwala are the recipients of the 2025 Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowship, awarded for biographical works-in-progress that significantly advance our understanding of the Black experience. The selection […]| Biographers International Organization
Dawn Porter has been awarded the 2025 BIO Award, an honor bestowed annually by the Biographers International Organization, to a distinguished colleague who has made significant contributions to the art […]| Biographers International Organization
Registration for the 2025 BIO Conference is now open. Co-sponsored with the Leon Levy Center for Biography, the two-day event will occur both in person and| Biographers International Organization
The 2025 Biographers International Organization Annual Conference| Biographers International Organization
The 2025 Plutarch Award Longlist Announced by the Biographers International Organization.| Biographers International Organization
The deadline to apply for Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship is February 15, 2025.| Biographers International Organization
Biographers International Organization (BIO) is excited to announce Biography Lab 2025, its third annual online forum, which will be held via Zoom on| Biographers International Organization
The first major national conference on Black biography in over 40 years, co-sponsored by the Biographers International Organization (BIO) and Troy University, will take place on March 21-22, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama. The conference will feature a full day of speakers, panel discussions, receptions, and other activities.| Biographers International Organization
The 2025 BIO Conference is tentatively scheduled for June 5–6, in Washington, D.C. The Program Committee co-chairs, Natalie Dykstra and Linda Leavell, invite| Biographers International Organization
Yepoka Yeebo is a British-Ghanaian journalist whose work has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, The Guardian, Quartz, and many other publications, and she| Biographers International Organization
Krithika Varagur and Keri Walsh are the winners of the 2024 Robert and Ina Caro Travel Fellowships for travel. They will receive $5,000 each for research| Biographers International Organization
The 2024 Hazel Rowley Prize honoring the best book proposal by a first-time biographer has been awarded to Tracy Floreani, who is at work on Invisible Woman:| Biographers International Organization
The longlist for the 2024 Plutarch Award has been determined, and you are the first to know. The committee for this year’s prize is composed of Carol| Biographers International Organization
Biographers International Organization (BIO) rejects censorship in all its guises. Since its inception, BIO has sought to support writers and readers of| Biographers International Organization
UPDATE: A recording of this event is now available here.| Biographers International Organization
