A couple weeks ago, we announced the 2019 SFWP Literary Awards Program Long List.
Today, we received the “short list.” We are down to just 20 manuscripts. One of the authors below will be the winner of the 2019 Literary Awards program.
Let’s get right to it:
Sun Night by E.H. de la Espriella
Kiva Song by Deborah Jackson Taffa
The Birth of a Tree: A Memoir of Memory, Forgiveness, and The Legacy of Family Trauma by Jocelyn M. Ulevicus
Silver Beach by Claire Cox
More Fun in the New World by Amy Stuber
Mona At Sea by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
The Violence Almanac by Miah Jeffra
The Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of My Life With Momma by Beverly J. Armento
Heir to the Crescent Moon by Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
Negative Space: Inheriting the Legacy of my Father’s Art and Addiction by Lilly Dancyger
Fleece by Michele Suzann
Labia Bats and Other Essays by E.C. Kelly
Thanks for This Riot by Janelle Bassett
Your Nightmare by Joseph Holt
Mile Marker 49 by Mac McCaskill
Mama’s Hand: A South Central L.A. Memoir by Mary Hill
The Grammar of Untold Stories by Lois Melina
*Your Actual Life May Vary by Linda Lenhoff
My Old Faithful by Yang Huang
Stronger in Heaven by Ginny Fite
Ah! My heart is thumping in my chest! Congrats to all of the writers!!!!!
Best wishes to everyone on the list, as well as all those writers who submitted–we are in this together! Jocelyn
Congrats to those who made the short list! Best of luck!
This is wonderful! Congrats all around. I want to read them all, please…
Congratulations to all the short listers! I can’t wait to read the books that result from this.
Didn’t make the final cut but soooooooo honored to have been in the top 20. Thanks everyone for your support!