The Winner of the 2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is St. John for his essay "Spiteful Sunshine"

 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 20^th, 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”