Here are the 2013 Literary Awards Program finalists in the Fiction category. Judging should be complete in early October, selecting a grand prize-winner and two runner ups. For Fiction and for nonfiction, I’ll have a shortlist of 10 finalists in the next couple...
Here they are! They finalists for the 2013 Awards Program Nonfiction Category. The entries below are in no particular order. Judging continues, and we plan to announce a grand prize-winner and two runner-ups by the end of the month… Let me know if I made any...
Chocolá can be reached by traveling from Guatemala City along a labyrinthine network of mountain roads leading to a region neither exactly in the highlands nor exactly in the lowlands known to archaeologists as the “Southern Maya Zone.” It is a real place. I have been...
When Joe Schuster contacted me about his new release, The Might Have Been, it was a much needed kick in the pants to get on here and talk about the plans for the next SFWP Awards Program. Chapter one of The Might Have Been can be found right here, and here’s a...
Joseph M. Schuster. In 2004, Literary Awards Program judge Richard Currey saw a remarkable talent and, with two others, placed Schuster’s entry, A Saint in the Family, solidly in the winner’s circle. Now, this year, Schuster has released his first book...
