Our Favorite Books of 2017

The year is nearly over, so it’s time for some best-of book recommendations. We gathered together and reviewed our recently-read book pile to make a list of our favorites to share with you. Here they are in no particular order. Wendy J. Fox Grand-prize winner of...

Author Spotlight: Nancy Smith

Thinking about the end of the world and the routine of “work” By Monica Prince   Nancy Smith is featured as one of the incredible contributors in the inaugural issue of the SFWP Annual, a new release from the Santa Fe Writers Project whose debut on October 1 in...

Author Spotlight: Wendy J. Fox

Grand prize winner Wendy J. Fox on being compelled to write but constrained by time By Monica Prince   Wendy J. Fox is the breakout star of the 2017 Literary Awards Program and this year’s grand prize winner for her manuscript, If the Ice Had Held, chosen...

Author Spotlight: Kate Wisel

Seeing pain as a wild animal By Monica Prince   In the midst of hundreds of submissions to the 2017 Literary Awards Program, Kate Wisel’s manuscript Driving in Cars with Homeless Men caught the eye of judge Benjamin Percy. Wisel’s work, a linked short...

Author Spotlight: Doug Crandell

Writing when there are bills to pay: An exchange with author Doug Crandell By Monica Prince   This year’s Literary Awards Program had stiff competition and stellar manuscripts for judge Benjamin Percy to review. Author Doug Crandell placed as one of two...