To the Other Side of the Sea (Nonfiction Memoir), Milton, VT To the Other Side of the Sea is a memoir about silence, inheritance, and belonging against the backdrop of the Philippines and the ... [Read More]
Sahar Delijani
The Luminous Blue (Literary Fiction), New York, NY The Luminous Blue explores life in a dictatorship, the inheritance of loss and trauma and the way we survive by the stories we tell. “I hope ... [Read More]
Ryan D. Matthews
Country Music (Fiction), Brooklyn, NY In Country Music, three students struggle within their impoverished rural community when a school shooting—perpetrated by one of the boys—leaves survivors ... [Read More]
Max Watman
Tomorrow, the War (Historical Fiction/Literary Fiction), Powhatan, VA Tomorrow, the War is about the adventures of the outlaw Jed Stokes, and his relationship with the formerly enslaved Bodkin ... [Read More]
Lydia Kim
The Divers (Novel), San Francisco Bay Area, CA The Divers explores the struggle of breaking painful cycles when misogyny, self-exile, and unacknowledged trauma create gulfs between generations, ... [Read More]
Leila Christine Nadir
Afghan Americana: An Intimate Geopolitical Memoir (Literary Memoir), Farmington, ME Afghan Americana is a lyrical geopolitical investigation and a coming-of-age story of the wars that rage within ... [Read More]
Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham
What Time Is It Mr. Wolf? (Literary Fiction/Horror), Copenhagen, DENMARK What Time Is It Mr. Wolf? is a mythologized account of Craigwell-Graham's uncle's struggle with mental illness as a young ... [Read More]
Ja’net Danielo
Migration (Poetry), Long Beach, CA Migration grapples with what it means not just to survive cancer but to be truly alive. "I hope these poems help others find solace in the interconnectedness ... [Read More]
Camille Wanliss
An Ornament and a Disgrace (Historical Novel), New York, NY An Ornament and a Disgrace is a novel about land and legacy set in 1960s Jamaica. "My aim is to create complex yet accurate portrayals ... [Read More]
Caroline Schmidt
The Understudy (Novel), Phoenix, AZ The Understudy, a bildungsroman, follows Norwegian teen Matty Johansen as he moves between cities and countries in an attempt to make sense of the suicide of his ... [Read More]