Sophia Stewart

Brooklyn

Editor at The Millions

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Editor at Publishers Weekly

editor of @the_millions / writing @theatlantic @lareviewofbooks etc

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Articles

PEN America Literary Awards Return After a Tumultuous Year

5 days ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

The 61st annual PEN America Literary Awards were held May 8 at the Town Hall in midtown Manhattan, awarding nearly $350,000 in prizes to writers, editors, and translators at a ceremony hosted by broadcast journalist and television personality Tamron Hall.
Percival Everett, Tessa Hulls Among 2025 Pulitzer Prize Winners

1 week ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

Percival Everett, Marie Howe, and Tessa Hulls were among the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes for Arts & Letters, announced on May 5. Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War by Edda L. Fields-Black (Oxford University Press) and Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal (Random House) won the Pulitzer Prize for history.
NEA Literary Grants, Staff Cut as Trump Proposes Eliminating the Agency

1 week ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

On May 2, the National Endowment for the Arts terminated or rescinded grants already awarded in the 2025 fiscal year to a number of cultural institutions, including several nonprofit publishers and literary organizations. That same day, the Trump administration proposed eliminating the NEA, its sister agency the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Library and Museum Services in the national budget for the next fiscal year.
Indie Bookstore Day 2025 Celebrated Shopping Local

1 week ago | publishersweekly.com | Claire Kirch |Sophia Stewart

Claire Kirch and Nathalie op de Beeck, with reporting by Sophia Stewart | More than 1,600 independent bookstores nationwide participated in Independent Bookstore Day on April 26, according the American Booksellers Association, with many reporting sales levels comparable to, or higher than, those of the holiday season.
Authors Equity Bets on German New Adult Romance Imprint

2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart |s Equity

Hybrid publishing startup Authors Equity has partnered with German new adult romance imprint LYX Books to bring bestselling LYX titles to North American readers. The two publishers plan to introduce a total of four different LYX series in the first six months of the partnership, with all installments release on a bimonthly schedule.
Independent Bookstore Day 2025 is a Celebration of Community-Building

2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Claire Kirch |Sophia Stewart |Emma Kantor

By Claire Kirch, Nathalie op de Beeck, with reporting by Sophia Stewart and Emma Kantor | More than 1,600 independent bookstores across the United States celebrated Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26—although some bookstores kicked off the festivities up to five days earlier, and others extended the party into Sunday.
The Young Publishers Association Is Nurturing The Industry’s Next Generation

2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

For young people in publishing, many conversations with industry veterans invoke mentions of the “good old days,” a bygone era of long lunches and lavish parties. Today, newcomers navigate a very different, far less social professional environment—shaped in many ways by the pandemic—in which hybrid work models and tight budgets are the norm.
Scott Miller, Trident Media Group EVP and Literary Agent, Dies at 53

2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

Scott Miller, EVP and literary agent at Trident Media Group, died on April 23 in New York. He was 53. Miller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English, received his JD from Temple University School of Law, and was admitted to the New York State Bar before beginning his publishing career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency. In 2000, he became a founding member of the literary agency Trident Media Group, where he represented such authors as W.
2025 Whiting Awards Recognize 10 Emerging Writers

1 month ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

The 10 winners of the 40th annual Whiting Awards, each of which comes with a $50,000 purse, were announced at a ceremony at the New York Historical on April 9. The event featured a keynote by poet and novelist Ocean Vuong. In his keynote address, Vuong reflected on his own Whiting win in 2016.
2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winners Hail from Seven Countries

1 month ago | publishersweekly.com | Sophia Stewart

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, organized by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre, has announced the winners of its 19th awards program across eight categories. This year’s winners hail from seven countries around the world, including the U.K., Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco and the UAE. This year's awards received more than 4,000 submissions from 75 countries.