a Meaningful Categorization? Is "Women Writers" a Meaningful Categorization? This House of Books January 29, 2019

Getting An Agent Catherine Nichols Sent out manuscript queries to agents under her own name, then the name of George Catherine 50 agents: requests 2 George 50 agents: requests 17 “Fully a third of the agents who saw his query wanted to see more, where my numbers never did shift from one in 25” writes Nichols

Publishing, Reviews, and Recommendations The Atlantic, The London Review of Books, The New Republic, The Nation 75 men published to 25 women (both reviewers and reviewed) “By the Book,” New York Times (books on writers’ nightstands) 100 most recent columns August 2018 Male authors recommend books by other men four times as much as they recommend books by women Half of the 54 male authors mentioned no women writers, Women authors recommend books by men and women about equally

“Women Write About Family, Andrew Piper and Richard Jean So Men Write About War” Andrew Piper and Richard Jean So New Republic, April 8, 2016

Prizes Nobel Prize for Literature: 14 women out of 100 prizes  Man Booker Prize: fewer than 40% women

High Plains Book Awards 2007 - 2018 Category Number Male Female Art & Photography 8 7 1 Best New Book Book of Year Children’s Book 5 Creative Nonfiction 3 2 Culinary Fiction 11 6 First Book Indigenous Writer Medicine & Science 4 Nonfiction Poetry 10 Short Stories Woman Writer Young Adult   92 46 47 82 37 50% 56% 44% -12% for women

Percentage 8% 92% 79% 23% Woman-Dominated Categories Male-Dominated Categories Category Number Male Female Art & Photography 8 7 1 Best New Book Book of Year Children’s Book 5 Creative Nonfiction 3 2 Culinary Fiction 11 6 First Book Indigenous Writer Medicine & Science 4 Nonfiction Poetry 10 Short Stories Woman Writer Young Adult Total 13 12 33 26 Percentage 8% 92% 79% 23%