The Winner of the 2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is St. John for his essay "Spiteful Sunshine."
St. John won the 2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize at the May 20th, 2021 finale online event in which eleven other authors read excerpts from their essays.
Kathleen Griffin is the 2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Runner-up for her essay titled "Dreams of the Astronaut."
The May 20th, 2021 program consisted of readings of Brooklyn non-fiction stories by twelve finalists in the 2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize competition.
2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize
Finalists:
Hal Ackerman - “ MITT"
Mark Berger - “ Town Hill “
Mercedes Solis Cabbagestalk – “The Woman Who Taught Me How to Make Rice”
Don Conway – “Cannoli”
Makada Duncan - “Two in One”
Kathleen Griffin – “ Dreams of the Astronaut”
Denise Kaplan - “Faith, Hope and Clarity”
Evelyn Krieger - “ The Wizard of Brooklyn”
St. John - “Spiteful Sunshine”
Karen Paul - “The End of the Line”
Sarah Shellow - “Brooklyn Beats: A Heart Memoir” -
Wes Trexler - “Stalking Gotham in Haste”
