-2017 WINNERS-
DAN’S PAPERS $6,000
LITERARY PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
Grand Prize
Thomas Fox, “The East End Rocks”
Runners Up
Heather Tomich, “A Little Wild”
Eve Eliot, “Seeking Hamptons Based Organically Grown Lover”
Judges Choice Awards
Joel Vig, “She Was Dancing on the Edge—My Last Memory of Marilyn”
John Zaremba, “A Letter to My Daughter”
Jayleen Lawler, “Mama Lee and Rose”
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DAN’S PAPERS $4,000
EMERGING YOUNG WRITERS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
For those aged 25 and under
Grand Prize
Anthony DeFeo, “The Last Landscape”
Runners Up
Amanda Birbara, “If I Could Tell Him”
Jordan Ferdman, “Pink Sweater”
Judges Choice Awards
James Michaelson, “Skipping Rocks”
Rebecca Poutasse, “Two Worlds”
Alexander Motz, “Grey Butterfly Gardens”
Rules:
All entries must be original works of nonfiction between 600 and 1500 words, and they must include references to the East End in a meaningful way. Entry fees is $25 per entry for the Literary Prize and just $10 per entry for the Emerging Young Writers Prize. One person can enter up to three times per contest. They can be reminiscences, memoirs, biographies, humor, history, family legends or anything else that fits the category of nonfiction (but no poetry).
Winners will be announced at the Dan’s Papers Literary Prize Gala Awards Ceremony as part of the Dan’s Papers Literary Festival at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall. In addition to the monetary prizes, trophies will be awarded to the winners. Special entertainment, and a key note speaker will highlight the event and special celebrities will read the winning entries.
