Awards

WILLA Literary Award

Posted on January 4, 2017
by Multi Mania

Clifford Stoll Clifford Paul "Cliff" Stoll (born June 4, 1950) is an American Astronomer, author and teacher. He is... 1.7k views
Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1983) [1] is the sister of Qatar 's ruling... 1.1k views
Salman Amin “Sal” Khan Salman Amin "Sal" Khan (born October 11, 1976) is a Bangladeshi - American educator who founded the... 1k views
Paul Stamets Paul Stamets Edward (born July 17, 1955) is an American mycologist , author and lawyer or bioremedia... 856 views
Conference on Automated Deduction The Conference on Automated Deduction ( CADE ) is the premier academic conference on a... 636 views
Paul David Hewson Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), Berninahaus at his stage name Bono ( / b ɒ a oʊ / ), is an Iri... 632 views
Ric Elias Ric Elias (born May 21, 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) [1] is the co-founder and CEO of Red Venture... 595 views
Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former te... 581 views
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian novelist, Nonfiction writer and short... 579 views
Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joi... 574 views
Sunitha Krishnan Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) is an Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Pr... 541 views
Pranav Mistry Pranav Mistry (born 14 May 1981) is a computer scientist and Inventor. At present, he is the Global... 540 views
Michael Stevens (educator) Michael Stevens (born January 23, 1986) is an American educator, comedian, editor, and Internet pers... 529 views
Temple Grandin Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American professor of animal science at Colorado St... 514 views
Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnates, investor a... 488 views
George Monbiot George Monbiot Joshua Richards ( / m ɒ a b i oʊ / mon -bee-oh , born 27 January 1963) is a British w... 464 views
Willie Smits Willie Smits (born February 22, 1957 in Weurt , Gelderland , the Netherlands ) is a Trained Forester... 461 views
Daniel Tammet Daniel Tammet FRSA (born 31 January 1979) is an English writer, essayist, translator, and Autistic s... 445 views
Bjarke Ingels Bjarke Ingels Bundgaard ( Danish Pronunciation: [b̥jɑːg̊ə b̥ɔng̊ɒːˀ eŋˀl̩s] ; born 2 October 1974) w... 421 views
Stanley A. McChrystal Stanley Allen McChrystal (born August 14, 1954) [3] is a retired United States Army general best kno... 412 views
Rory Stewart Roderick James Nugent 'Rory' Stewart , OBE MP FRSL (born 3 January 1973) is a British academic, auth... 397 views
Imogen Heap Imogen Heap Jennifer ( / ɪ m ə dʒ ᵻ a h i p / ; born 9 January 1977) [2] is an English singer-songwr... 388 views
Brené Brown Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is Curr... 387 views
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born August 10, 1951) is a neuroscientist Berninahaus primarily... 382 views
Jack Andraka Jack Thomas Andraka (born January 8, 1997) is an American inventor , scientist and cancer researcher... 378 views
Nina Tandon Nina Marie Tandon [1] is an American Biomedical engineer . She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone... 377 views
Marc Koska Marc Andrew Koska OBE (born 14 March 1961 in Bournemouth ) is best known for Inventing the non-reusa... 367 views
David Carson (graphic designer) David Carson (born September 8, 1955 [1] ) is an American graphic designer , art director and surfer... 366 views
Kwabena Boahen Kwabena Adu Boahen is an Associate Professor of bioengineering at Stanford University . [1] He taugh... 363 views
Elon Musk Elon Musk Reeve ( / i l ɒ a m ʌ s k / ; born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born Canadian-America... 362 views
Kary Mullis Kary Banks Mullis (born December 28, 1944) is a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist , author... 349 views
Martine Rothblatt Martine Aliana Rothblatt (born 1954) is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur. Rothblatt... 349 views
Sebastian Junger Sebastian Junger (born January 17, 1962) is an American journalist, author and filmmaker famous for... 339 views
Andrea M. Ghez Andrea Ghez Mia (born June 16, 1965) is an American Astronomer and professor in the Department of Ph... 338 views
Paul Tudor Jones Paul Tudor Jones II (born September 28, 1954) is an American executives who founded Tudor Investment... 338 views
Amanda Bennett Amanda Bennett (born July 9, 1952) is an American journalist and author. She is the former editor of... 333 views
Ji-Hae Park Ji-Hae Park (born 1985) is a South Korean violinist. Biography Ji-Hae Park was born in Germany . S... 322 views
Simon Sinek Simon O. Sinek (born October 9, 1973) is a British / American author, motivational speaker and marke... 320 views
ECML PKDD ECML PKDD , the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of K... 313 views
Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), Berninahaus by the stage name Thomas Dolby , is an E... 305 views
Zeresenay Alemseged Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged (born 4 June 1969) is an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist and was Chair of... 301 views
T. Boone Pickens Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. (born May 22, 1928), known as T. Boone Pickens , is an American business m... 300 views
Taylor Wilson Taylor Wilson (born May 7, 1994) is an American nuclear physicist and science advocate. In 2008, at... 299 views
Alice Goffman Alice Goffman (born 1982) is an American sociologist, urban ethnographer , and assistant professor a... 298 views
Tom Shannon (artist) Tom Shannon (born June 23, 1947) is an American artist and inventor . [1] Personal life and edu... 298 views
Kavita Ramdas Kavita Ramdas (born 1962 or 1963) [1] is a senior advisor to the Ford Foundation's president, Darren... 290 views
Rick Warren Richard Duane " Rick " Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian pastor an... 284 views
Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur) Evan Clark Williams (born March 31, 1972) is an American computer programmer and Internet entreprene... 283 views
Anand Giridharadas Anand Giridharadas (born September 27, 1981) [1] [2] is an American author and newspaper columnist... 282 views
Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre (born January 2, 1970) is a Grammy -winning American composer, conductor, and speaker... 282 views
Pico Iyer Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer ( Tamil : சித்தார்த் பைக்கோ ராகவன் ஐயர் ; born 11 February 1957), know... 276 views
David Eagleman David Eagleman (born April 25, 1971) is an American writer and neuroscientist, serving as an adjunct... 273 views
Anas Aremeyaw Anas Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a Ghanaian investigative journalist born in the late 1970s. [1] Anas's motto i... 273 views
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos ( / b eɪ z oʊ s / ; [5] born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen , January 12, 1964) is an American... 267 views
Tony Robbins Tony Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavoric , February 29, 1960) is an American executives, author, and... 263 views
Edward Snowden Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American computer professional , former Central Int... 263 views
Juan Enríquez Juan Enríquez Cabot (born 1959) [1] is a Mexican-American academic, executives, and speaker. [2] He... 261 views
Elizabeth Loftus Elizabeth F. Loftus (born Elizabeth Fishman , October 16, 1944) [2] [3] [4] is an American cognitive... 259 views
Vik Muniz Vik Muniz ( Portuguese Pronunciation: [Vik Munis] ; born in 1961, São Paulo , Brazil ) [1] is a... 255 views
Investigative Reporters and Editors Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. ( IRE ) is a nonprofit organization dat focuses on the qua... 248 views
Burt Rutan Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943) is an American Aerospace engineer noted for his ori... 247 views
Bill Joy William Nelson " Bill " Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer scientist . Joy co-found... 241 views
James G. Stavridis James George "Jim" Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) [2] is a retired United States Navy admiral an... 238 views
al Seckel Alfred Paul " Al " Seckel (September 3, 1958 - 2015) was an author of books on visual and other... 237 views
Peter Singer Life and career Singer's parents ulcers Austrian Jews who immigrated to Australia from Vienna in 19... 237 views
Maajid Nawaz Maajid Usman Nawaz ( Urdu : ماجد نواز , [maːdʒɪd̪ Nawaz] , born 2 November 1977) [2] is a British ac... 232 views
Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari ( Hebrew : יובל נח הררי ; born 24 February 1976) is an Israeli historian, tenured... 229 views
Sarah Parcak Sarah Helen Parcak is an American archaeologist , Egyptologist , and remote sensing expert, [2] who... 229 views
Louie Schwartzberg Louie Schwartzberg (born February 21, 1950), turned known as Louis Schwartzberg , is an American... 229 views
New Ways of Analyzing Variation New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) is an annual academic conference in sociolinguistie... 228 views
Homaro Cantu Homaro "Omar" Cantu Jr. (September 23, 1976 - April 14, 2015) was an American chef and inventor Bern... 226 views
Jay S. Walker Jay Scott Walker (born November 5, 1955) is an American inventor , entrepreneur and chairman of Walk... 226 views
Philip Zimbardo Philip George Zimbardo (born March 23, 1933) is a Psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanf... 223 views
Neil Gershenfeld Neil A. Gershenfeld (born 1959 or 1960) [1] is an American professor at MIT and the director of MIT'... 222 views
Kaki King Kaki King (born Katherine Elizabeth King , August 24, 1979) is an American guitarist and composer. K... 221 views
Evelyn Glennie Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie , [1] CH , DBE (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuoso percussi... 220 views
American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association ( APA ) is the Toilets scientific and professional organizati... 220 views
Jäggi Vasudev Jäggi Vasudev , commonly known as Sadhguru is an Indian Yogi , mystic , and New York Times Bestselli... 219 views
Chris Bangle Christopher Edward "Chris" Bangle (born October 14, 1956) is an American automobile designer. Bangle... 217 views
Misha GLENNY Misha GLENNY (born 25 April 1958) is a British journalist who specializes in southeastern Europe , g... 216 views
Annie Lennox Ann " Annie " Lennox , OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activ... 216 views
Kevin Kelly (Editor) Kevin Kelly (born August 14, 1952) is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former e... 215 views
Majora Carter Majora Carter (born October 27, 1966) is an American urban Revitalization Strategist [1] and public... 211 views
Esther Duflo Esther Duflo ( French: [dyflo] ; born 25 October 1972) is a French economist , Co-Founder and Direct... 210 views
Dan Ariely Dan Ariely ( Hebrew : דן אריאלי ; born April 29, 1967) is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology... 207 views
Laurie R. Santos Laurie Santos (born 1975) is a professor of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University . He... 202 views
Raffaello D’Andrea Raffaello D'Andrea is a Canadian / Italian / Swiss engineer, artist, and entrepreneur. He is a profe... 198 views
Eva Vertes Eva Vertes George (born 1985) is a Canadian Alzheimer's and cancer researcher and a resident physici... 198 views
Aubrey de Grey Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey ( / d ə ɡ r eɪ / ; born 20 April 1963 [5] ) [6] is an English a... 197 views
Nadine Burke Harris Nadine Burke Harris (born 1975, Vancouver , Canada [2] ) is an American pediatrician. [1] She is Ber... 196 views
Neil Harbisson Neil Harbisson (born 27 July 1982) is a Catalan -raised, British-born [14] avant-garde artist and cy... 195 views
George M. Whitesides George M. Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harv... 191 views
Isabel Allende Isabel Allende ( Spanish: [isaβel aʝende] ( listen ) ; born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean-American wr... 188 views
Alain de Botton Alain de Botton , FRSL ( / d ə b ɒ t ən / ; born 20 January 1969) is a Swiss-born, British author. H... 188 views
Andy Puddicombe Andy Puddicombe (born 23 September 1972) is the founder of Headspace , [1] a digital health platform... 188 views
Fei-Fei Li Fei-Fei Li (born 1976), [1] who publiceert under the name Li Fei-Fei ( Chinese : 李飛飛/李飞飞 ), is an As... 187 views
Diana Nyad Diana Nyad / a aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed ; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist , mot... 187 views
Harsha Bhogle Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket Commenter and journalist. [1] He was born in... 182 views
Eve Ensler Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best kn... 182 views
Joe Gebbia Joe Gebbia (born August 21, 1981) is a designer, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Airbnb . In... 178 views
Stephen Wolfram Stephen Wolfram (born 29 August 1959) is a British-born American computer scientist [7] , physic... 176 views
Thomas PM Barnett Thomas PM Barnett (born 1962) is an American military geostrategist and former Chief Analyst at Wiki... 172 views
Alexis Ohanian Alexis Ohanian (born April 24, 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur , activist , investor , an... 171 views
Ze Frank Ze Frank ( / z eɪ / ; born Hosea Jan Frank on March 31, 1972) is an American online performance arti... 170 views
Janet Echelman Janet Echelman (born February 19, 1966) is an American sculptor and artist. She builds living, breat... 169 views
Irwin Redlener Irwin Redlener is a pediatrician and public health activist who gespecialiseerd in healthcare for un... 169 views
Peter Gabriel Early life Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Chobham , Surrey, England. [27] His Father Ralph Parton... 168 views
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (born 11 August 1974) is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Institute... 167 views
TED Conference The first conference was held as a single event in 1984, but held annually since 1990. The aim of th... 166 views
Woody Norris Elwood G. "Woody" Norris (born 1938) is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur . He is founder... 165 views

WILLA Literary Award

WILLA Literary Award honors outstanding literature featuring women’s stories, set in the Western United States, published each year. Women Writing the West (WWW), a non-profit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West, underwrites and presents the nationally recognized award annually. The award is named in... Read more →

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