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... 532 views
Salman Amin “Sal” Khan Salman Amin "Sal" Khan (born October 11, 1976) is a Bangladeshi - American educator who founded the... 260 views
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian novelist, Nonfiction writer and short... 259 views
Conference on Automated Deduction The Conference on Automated Deduction ( CADE ) is the premier academic conference on a... 237 views
Paul David Hewson Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), Berninahaus at his stage name Bono ( / b ɒ a oʊ / ), is an Iri... 201 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... 191 views
Sunitha Krishnan Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) is an Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Pr... 189 views
Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former te... 175 views
Ric Elias Ric Elias (born May 21, 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) [1] is the co-founder and CEO of Red Venture... 167 views
Bjarke Ingels Bjarke Ingels Bundgaard ( Danish Pronunciation: [b̥jɑːg̊ə b̥ɔng̊ɒːˀ eŋˀl̩s] ; born 2 October 1974) w... 155 views
George Monbiot George Monbiot Joshua Richards ( / m ɒ a b i oʊ / mon -bee-oh , born 27 January 1963) is a British w... 141 views
Anas Aremeyaw Anas Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a Ghanaian investigative journalist born in the late 1970s. [1] Anas's motto i... 140 views
Nina Tandon Nina Marie Tandon [1] is an American Biomedical engineer . She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone... 130 views
Ji-Hae Park Ji-Hae Park (born 1985) is a South Korean violinist. Biography Ji-Hae Park was born in Germany . S... 129 views
Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnates, investor a... 123 views
Daniel Tammet Daniel Tammet FRSA (born 31 January 1979) is an English writer, essayist, translator, and Autistic s... 121 views
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born August 10, 1951) is a neuroscientist Berninahaus primarily... 116 views
Andrea M. Ghez Andrea Ghez Mia (born June 16, 1965) is an American Astronomer and professor in the Department of Ph... 110 views
Willie Smits Willie Smits (born February 22, 1957 in Weurt , Gelderland , the Netherlands ) is a Trained Forester... 109 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... 100 views
Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), Berninahaus by the stage name Thomas Dolby , is an E... 97 views
Stanley A. McChrystal Stanley Allen McChrystal (born August 14, 1954) [3] is a retired United States Army general best kno... 92 views
David Carson (graphic designer) David Carson (born September 8, 1955 [1] ) is an American graphic designer , art director and surfer... 90 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... 90 views
Investigative Reporters and Editors Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. ( IRE ) is a nonprofit organization dat focuses on the qua... 90 views
Neil Harbisson Neil Harbisson (born 27 July 1982) is a Catalan -raised, British-born [14] avant-garde artist and cy... 89 views
Zeresenay Alemseged Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged (born 4 June 1969) is an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist and was Chair of... 87 views
New Ways of Analyzing Variation New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) is an annual academic conference in sociolinguistie... 85 views
Kary Mullis Kary Banks Mullis (born December 28, 1944) is a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist , author... 84 views
TED Conference The first conference was held as a single event in 1984, but held annually since 1990. The aim of th... 83 views
Kevin Kelly (Editor) Kevin Kelly (born August 14, 1952) is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former e... 83 views
Jack Andraka Jack Thomas Andraka (born January 8, 1997) is an American inventor , scientist and cancer researcher... 81 views
Temple Grandin Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American professor of animal science at Colorado St... 80 views
Raffaello D’Andrea Raffaello D'Andrea is a Canadian / Italian / Swiss engineer, artist, and entrepreneur. He is a profe... 79 views
Jäggi Vasudev Jäggi Vasudev , commonly known as Sadhguru is an Indian Yogi , mystic , and New York Times Bestselli... 79 views
Pico Iyer Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer ( Tamil : சித்தார்த் பைக்கோ ராகவன் ஐயர் ; born 11 February 1957), know... 78 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... 75 views
Paul Tudor Jones Paul Tudor Jones II (born September 28, 1954) is an American executives who founded Tudor Investment... 72 views
Kwabena Boahen Kwabena Adu Boahen is an Associate Professor of bioengineering at Stanford University . [1] He taugh... 71 views
Sebastian Junger Sebastian Junger (born January 17, 1962) is an American journalist, author and filmmaker famous for... 70 views
Marc Koska Marc Andrew Koska OBE (born 14 March 1961 in Bournemouth ) is best known for Inventing the non-reusa... 70 views
re:publica re: publica is a conference in Europe that deals with Web 2.0 , especially blogs , social media and... 69 views
Maajid Nawaz Maajid Usman Nawaz ( Urdu : ماجد نواز , [maːdʒɪd̪ Nawaz] , born 2 November 1977) [2] is a British ac... 69 views
Dan Ariely Dan Ariely ( Hebrew : דן אריאלי ; born April 29, 1967) is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology... 68 views
VLDB VLDB is an annual conference held by the nonprofit Very Large Data Base Endowment Inc. T... 67 views
Edward Snowden Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American computer professional , former Central Int... 67 views
American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association ( APA ) is the Toilets scientific and professional organizati... 67 views
Kaki King Kaki King (born Katherine Elizabeth King , August 24, 1979) is an American guitarist and composer. K... 65 views
T. Boone Pickens Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. (born May 22, 1928), known as T. Boone Pickens , is an American business m... 65 views
James G. Stavridis James George "Jim" Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) [2] is a retired United States Navy admiral an... 64 views
Luca Turin Luca Turin (born 20 November 1953) is a biophysicist and writer with a long-standing interest in the... 63 views
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP / æ s k æ p / ) is an Am... 61 views
Martine Rothblatt Martine Aliana Rothblatt (born 1954) is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur. Rothblatt... 60 views
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos ( / b eɪ z oʊ s / ; [5] born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen , January 12, 1964) is an American... 57 views
Homaro Cantu Homaro "Omar" Cantu Jr. (September 23, 1976 - April 14, 2015) was an American chef and inventor Bern... 57 views
Kavita Ramdas Kavita Ramdas (born 1962 or 1963) [1] is a senior advisor to the Ford Foundation's president, Darren... 56 views
Tony Robbins Tony Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavoric , February 29, 1960) is an American executives, author, and... 56 views
Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre (born January 2, 1970) is a Grammy -winning American composer, conductor, and speaker... 56 views
Harsha Bhogle Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket Commenter and journalist. [1] He was born in... 55 views
David Chalmers David John Chalmers ( / tʃ æ l m ər z / ; [2] born 20 April 1966) is an Australian philosopher and c... 55 views
George Dyson (science historian) George Dyson (born 26 March 1953) is an American non-fiction author and historian of technology Whos... 55 views
Julie Taymor Julie Taymor (born January 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. She is best... 55 views
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) is a series of conferences design... 55 views
Annie Lennox Ann " Annie " Lennox , OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activ... 54 views
Elizabeth Loftus Elizabeth F. Loftus (born Elizabeth Fishman , October 16, 1944) [2] [3] [4] is an American cognitive... 54 views
Sarah Parcak Sarah Helen Parcak is an American archaeologist , Egyptologist , and remote sensing expert, [2] who... 54 views
Andy Puddicombe Andy Puddicombe (born 23 September 1972) is the founder of Headspace , [1] a digital health platform... 54 views
Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright [1] (born Marie Jana Korbelová , May 15, 1937) [2] [3] is an American... 53 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... 53 views
Rick Warren Richard Duane " Rick " Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian pastor an... 53 views
Blaise Aguera y Arcas Blaise Aguera y Arcas (born 1975) [1] is a software engineer, software architect, and designer. He i... 52 views
Anand Giridharadas Anand Giridharadas (born September 27, 1981) [1] [2] is an American author and newspaper columnist... 52 views
Matthew Carter Matthew Carter (born 1 October 1937) is a British type designer . [1] A 2005 New Yorker profile DESC... 51 views
Peter Gabriel Early life Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Chobham , Surrey, England. [27] His Father Ralph Parton... 51 views
Diana Nyad Diana Nyad / a aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed ; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist , mot... 51 views
Taylor Wilson Taylor Wilson (born May 7, 1994) is an American nuclear physicist and science advocate. In 2008, at... 51 views
Misha GLENNY Misha GLENNY (born 25 April 1958) is a British journalist who specializes in southeastern Europe , g... 50 views
Ziauddin Yousafzai Ziauddin Yousafzai (born 1969) is a Pakistani Diplomat best known as the Father of Nobel laureat... 50 views
Pranav Mistry Pranav Mistry (born 14 May 1981) is a computer scientist and Inventor. At present, he is the Global... 49 views
International Gender and Language Association The International Gender and Language Association ( Igalą ), is an international interdisc... 49 views
Isabel Allende Isabel Allende ( Spanish: [isaβel aʝende] ( listen ) ; born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean-American wr... 48 views
Woody Norris Elwood G. "Woody" Norris (born 1938) is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur . He is founder... 48 views
Mallika Sarabhai Mallika Sarabhai (born 9 May 1954) is an activist and Indian classical dancer from Ahmedabad , Gujar... 48 views
Rory Stewart Roderick James Nugent 'Rory' Stewart , OBE MP FRSL (born 3 January 1973) is a British academic, auth... 48 views
Amanda Palmer Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer [3] (born April 30, 1976), sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palm... 47 views
Yossi Vardi Joseph "Yossi" Vardi ( Hebrew : יוסי ורדי , born 1942) is an Israeli entrepreneur and investor. He i... 47 views
Thomas PM Barnett Thomas PM Barnett (born 1962) is an American military geostrategist and former Chief Analyst at Wiki... 45 views
David Eagleman David Eagleman (born April 25, 1971) is an American writer and neuroscientist, serving as an adjunct... 45 views
Nancy Kanwisher Nancy Kanwisher (born 1958) [1] is a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and... 45 views
ECML PKDD ECML PKDD , the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of K... 45 views
Peter Singer Life and career Singer's parents ulcers Austrian Jews who immigrated to Australia from Vienna in 19... 45 views
Nadine Burke Harris Nadine Burke Harris (born 1975, Vancouver , Canada [2] ) is an American pediatrician. [1] She is Ber... 44 views
Bran Ferren Bran Ferren (born January 16, 1953) is an American technologist, [4] [5] artist, [6] [7] architectur... 44 views
Charmian Gooch Charmian Gooch Penelope (born 1965) is an anti- corruption campaigner and activist. She is a co-foun... 44 views
Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish-American architect , artist , professor and set des... 44 views
Courtney E. Martin Courtney E. Martin (born January 31, 1979) [1] is an American feminist , author, speaker, and social... 44 views
Donald Sadoway Donald Robert Sadoway (born 7 March 1950) is the current (as of January 2013 ) John F. Elliott Profe... 44 views
Paul Stamets Paul Stamets Edward (born July 17, 1955) is an American mycologist , author and lawyer or bioremedia... 44 views
George M. Whitesides George M. Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harv... 44 views
Chris Bangle Christopher Edward "Chris" Bangle (born October 14, 1956) is an American automobile designer. Bangle... 43 views
Laurel Braitman Laurel S. Braitman (born February 11, 1978) is an American science historian, writer, [1] and a TED... 42 views
Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari ( Hebrew : יובל נח הררי ; born 24 February 1976) is an Israeli historian, tenured... 42 views
JR (artist) JR (born 22 February 1983 [3] ) is the pseudonym of a French photographer and artist Whose identity... 42 views
Burt Rutan Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943) is an American Aerospace engineer noted for his ori... 42 views
BlogHer Conference BlogHer is a community and media company founded by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins... 42 views
Michael Stevens (educator) Michael Stevens (born January 23, 1986) is an American educator, comedian, editor, and Internet pers... 41 views
Jill Bolte Taylor Jill Bolte Taylor ( / b ɒ l t i / ; born May 4, 1959) is an American neuroanatomist , author, and in... 41 views
World Business Forum The World Business Forum is an annual global business summit held in New York City . A 200... 41 views
Chrystia Freeland Christina Alexandra "Chrystia" Freeland [1] PC MP (born February 8, 1968) is a Canadian writer, jour... 40 views
al Gore Albert Arnold " Al " Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist... 39 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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