News & Media
News, organizational updates, awards, fellowships, and more from BIO and the wider biography community.
Registration for the 2026 BIO Conference is now open. Co-sponsored with The Leon Levy Center for Biography, the two-day event will occur both in person and online May 28 and…
You can now register for Biography Lab 2026, BIO’s fourth annual online forum, which will take place via Zoom on Saturday, January 24, 2026. This event brings together biographers and publishing professionals…
Biographers International Organization (BIO) invites applications for its 2026 fellowships and prizes, which support and celebrate the craft of biography at every stage—from dissertation research to debut works and beyond.…
A new fellowship supporting archival research by biographers is now open for applications. The Clio Fellowship for Archival Research, established by Biographers International Organization (BIO), awards $5,000 to one or…
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University will host Three Conversations on Contemporary Biography on Friday, October 10, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The symposium,…
Biographers International Organization (BIO) is pleased to announce that Kate Medina is the 2025 recipient of the Editorial Excellence Award. Established in 2014, this annual award honors an editor for…
The 2026 BIO Conference is tentatively scheduled for May 28–29 in New York City, and the Conference Committee—co-chaired by Jared Stearns—invites members to submit panel proposals for consideration. The Committee…
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…