Linda Baer, Winfred Cook, and L.S. Johnson Win the 2nd Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its second annual North Street Book Prize competition for self-published books. Linda L.T. Baer of Charleston, SC won first prize in Creative Nonfiction & Memoir for Red Blood, Yellow Skin. Winfred Cook of Oakland, CA won first prize in Mainstream/Literary Fiction for his novel Uncle Otto. L.S. Johnson of San Leandro, CA won first prize in Genre Fiction for her story collection Vacui Magia. They each won $1,500 plus services and benefits from Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of The Frugal Book Promoter, and BookBaby. $6,500 was awarded in all. We received 473 entries. Jendi Reiter and Ellen LaFleche judged, assisted by Lauren Singer and Annie Keithline. Read the complete release. Read about the winning entries.
Published: February 15, 2017
