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Edition 101 (2019)

FictionBiographyDrama

Winners

3 people
Lucy Ellmann るーしー・えるまん Winner

A sprawling stream-of-consciousness novel that follows an Ohio housewife as her thoughts circle family, work, social strain, and environmental unease.

A sprawling stream-of-consciousness novel that follows an Ohio housewife as her thoughts circle family, work, social strain, and environmental unease.

1020 pages
stream of consciousnessmotherhoodsocial critique
George Szirtes じょーじ・しるてす Winner

A memoir that moves backward through a mother's life, tracing exile, war, photography, and family memory.

A memoir that moves backward through a mother's life, tracing exile, war, photography, and family memory.

240 pages
memoirfamily historywar memory
Yasmin Joseph やすみん・じょせふ Winner

A play in which two young women navigate friendship, sexual politics, and tradition against the backdrop of Notting Hill Carnival.

A play in which two young women navigate friendship, sexual politics, and tradition against the backdrop of Notting Hill Carnival.

96 pages
playcarnivalfriendship