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Edition 5 (2017)

FictionNonfictionPoetryDrama (Plays)English LiteratureInternational Literary Prize

Winners

8 people
Marina Carr Winner

A play that brings Greek tragedy into the present and focuses on female anger and loss from the side of the defeated.

A tragedy that begins at the end of war and keeps a quiet but forceful tone.

39 pages
tragedywargrieffemale power
Ike Holter Winner

A play in which a group of millennial friends confronts adulthood and chaos when one of them returns after being presumed dead.

Behind the jokes, the play carries the weight of interrupted and restarted lives.

85 pages
friendshipadulthoodcomedyChicago
André Alexis Winner

A novel set in a small Canadian town that weaves together faith, miracles, desire, and philosophical inquiry.

Miracle-like events and inner uncertainty gradually enter a quiet town.

160 pages
faithsmall townmiraclesphilosophy
Erna Brodber Winner

This entry covers Erna Brodber's fiction, which moves between the shadows of colonial history and individual memory, especially through diaspora and identity.

A body of fiction centered on Jamaican memory and identity.

diasporamemoryidentity
Maya Jasanoff Winner

This entry covers Maya Jasanoff's history writing, which connects imperial history and biography while probing the relationship between power and memory.

History writing that links empire and biography.

historyempirebiography

This entry covers a set of essays that use place, family, and growth to explore private experience in a quiet, attentive voice.

Essays that explore private experience in a restrained voice.

growthplacepersonal essay

This entry covers poetry that weaves Indigenous experience, trauma, and the memory of colonialism into a world built from vivid images.

Poetry shaped by Indigenous experience and trauma.

Indigenous experiencetraumacolonialism

This entry covers poetry that turns political reality and ethical tension into sharp, resonant verse.

Poetry that echoes the tensions of politics and ethics.

political poetryhistoryethics