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Two Sylvias Press Poetry Chapbook Prize

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Critique by Jendi Reiter Francesco Granieri's epic memoir Pavarotti and Pancakes chronicles growing up with a mother who slid into psychosis because of sexual abuse in her childhood. Part family saga, part cultural history of Italian-American manhood, “Chichi's” tragicomic coming-of-age narrative is set against a backdrop of the rise and…

Trading Fours

Critique by Ellen LaFleche Trading Fours by Angela Carole Brown was one of my most enjoyable and compelling reads in this year's contest. Brown's novel about Los Angeles musicians whose lives revolve around setting up gigs and making ends meet is a smart commentary about being a talented, struggling artist…

She’s Such a Bright Girl

Critique by Ellen LaFleche Petula Caesar's memoir She's Such a Bright Girl: An American Story, an exploration of the intersections of racism, classism, and sexism with a focus on colorism within the author's nuclear family, urgently needs a wider audience. As one of our screeners noted: “This book is a…

Saving Nary

Critique by Jendi Reiter Saving Nary, Carol DeMent's historical novel about the 1970s Cambodian genocide, is both wrenching and inspirational, with some touches of humorous domestic drama to lighten the fare. The issues raised by this book remain highly relevant in present-day America, as we face another refugee crisis where…

Sarabande

Critique by Ellen LaFleche Sarah Hina's Sarabande is a lyrical romance novel in which two strangers are drawn together by music, archaeology, and coincidence—or perhaps fate. Spoiler alert: the following two paragraphs of this critique reveal some of Sarabande's unusual plot twists. Colin, a young man who works as an…

Prophet and Loss

Critique by Jendi Reiter K. Gordon Neufeld's slim but intense story collection Prophet and Loss: Stories of Extreme Beliefs serves up a montage of characters who are insidiously recruited into various cults. Some fight for their freedom, while others succumb to the expert manipulations that exhaust and isolate them. The…

Home Water

Critique by Ellen LaFleche Juliette Chen's Home Water: Poems, Stories, Prints was my favorite book in this year's contest, the first year that included poetry as a category. I especially loved the artistic creativity of this book; it is a hybrid work that includes poems, lyric prose, and the writer's…

From the Banks of Brook Avenue

Critique by Jendi Reiter W.R. Rodriguez's poetry collection From the Banks of Brook Avenue immersed me in the New York City I remember from my 1970s Lower East Side childhood—the many fertile layers of industrial and immigrant history buried under the grit and hustle of new enterprises. Here, a working-class…

A Friendship Forever

Critique by Ellen LaFleche Jeannine Bernardi's picture book A Friendship Forever, illustrated by Rob Hay, focuses on the joyous friendship between two chimpanzees in their natural rainforest environment. Human interventions are causing sickness and deforestation. Neo goes missing, and Ayo must cope with the loss of his best friend. A…

Our Last Six Months

Critique by Jendi Reiter Emily Bracale's graphic narrative Our Last Six Months is a refreshing variation on the end-of-life caregiver memoir. The grayscale illustrations, in simple pen-and-ink wash, convey both the gentle hush of a soul letting go, and the monotony and depression of a family's world constricting to the…

Once Upon a Parsnip

Critique by Ellen LaFleche Once Upon a Parsnip by Barbara Jean Hicks and Kevin R. Wood, with illustrations by Ben Mann, is a creative retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood tale. It's packed with illustrations and Seuss-like rhymes sure to delight listening children and the adults who read the…

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North Street Book Prize 2018

Honoring the best self-published books of poetry, children’s picture books, genre fiction, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction

W.R. Rodriguez

W.R. Rodriguez grew up in the South Bronx. He was blessed to have loving parents, and his neighborhood abounded with aunts, uncles, and cousins. When he was eleven, he began working in the family business: the shoe shine parlor that his family had owned since the Depression. Rodriguez attended Fordham…

Sarah Hina

Sarah Hina writes poetry and fiction from her home in Athens, Ohio, where she lives with her husband and two children. Her debut novel, Plum Blossoms in Paris, was hailed by Booklist as “a terrific literary love letter to the City of Light.” A published poet, Sarah is privileged to…

Petula Caesar

Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Petula has resided in Baltimore, Maryland since she was a teenager. “I am glad to be from both Paterson and Baltimore. Growing up in Paterson made me physically tough. I spent my days climbing over rocks, running down hard asphalt streets. Concrete is everywhere. The…

K. Gordon Neufeld

K. Gordon Neufeld was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. From an early age, captivated by the mystery and adventure novels he was reading, he aspired to be a writer who would write novels and stories that are both exciting reads and of high literary quality. He studied Creative Writing…

Juliette Chen

Juliette Chen's collection of poems, stories, and prints is entitled Home Water, a literal translation of the Vietnamese term “nhà nước”, which means “country”. This seems an appropriate title for an immigrant perpetually caught between different cultures. Juliette's writing and prints are suffused with a wistfulness for vanished worlds. Like…

Jeannine Bernardi

Jeannine Bernardi always enjoyed writing while growing up in upstate New York. Her journey began in fourth grade when she would peel off into the closet of her classroom to create stories, plays, and skits—which occasionally were performed on the school stage. Jeannine continued to write throughout middle school, which…

Francesco Granieri

Francesco Granieri is an Italian-American author from Atlantic City, New Jersey. He is an Emmy award winning Graphics Interface Coordinator with ESPN/ABC and a former teacher in the New Jersey public school system. Pavarotti and Pancakes is Francesco's first full-length work. Committed to “slinging as much mud as possible,” Francesco…

Emily Bracale

Emily Bracale's work often combines art, writing, and teaching in order to support creativity and healing. Her first book, In the Lyme-Light: Portraits of Illness and Healing (2011), is based on a traveling art and writing exhibit she created in 2010, revealing her experiences with chronic Lyme disease to raise…

Carol DeMent

A child of military parents, Carol DeMent was born in Paris and sadly does not remember a thing about it. Back in the states at age two, she grew up in Maryland and California, went to college in Montana and Washington State, and lived for brief and exciting summers in…

Barbara Jean Hicks

Award-winning author, storyteller, speaker and educator Barbara Jean Hicks began her professional writing career with a series of romance novels and novellas. After publishing thirteen books and reading an online review of one of her romantic comedies that suggested she “really ought to be writing for children, [as] no one…

Angela Carole Brown

Author and musician Angela Carole Brown was born in Los Angeles, California, to an artist father and a political mother, and has continued to live in L.A. which provides the setting for most of her writing. She has made her primary living as a musician and recording artist for the…

Radical Copyeditor

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The Writer Magazine: Essays About Writing

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The Write Life’s 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2019

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Etheree for Heather Heyer

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Spine Magazine

Online journal of book news and author profiles, with special interest in graphic design

Erika Krouse’s Ranking of 500 Literary Magazines for Short Fiction

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Next Generation Indie Book Awards

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About Place Journal

Call for Submissions at About Place Journal: “Dignity as an Endangered Species: Maintaining Respect, Honesty, and Integrity in the 21st Century” (no fee)