Fiction: Shannon Perri (winner) and May Lee-Yang (honorable mention)

You can read these winning works in BLR Issue 50, coming this spring! 📖

Many thanks to our judges, to our editors, and to the many writers whose work we had the privilege of reviewing. 🙏

Nonfiction: Won Lee (winner) and Ardis Garcia (honorable mention)

5. Kate Broad's debut novel follows a teen's pivotal choice after a tragedy occurs at her family's mansion. One of People Magazine's Best New Books.
6. Deborah Derrickson Kossmann's memoir follows her dig into her childhood home after learning her mother is a hoarder.

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3. Paula Bohince's poetry collection is a meditation on PTSD.
4 Phillip B. Williams novel follows a woman in the 1800s who brings freed slaves to her haven. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, NPR, and more.

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