Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists announced

DAYTON, Ohio ( WDTN ) — Finalists for a prestigious, Dayton-centric award were recently announced.

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize has released its list of finalists.

The two categories feature six authors of fiction and non-fiction respectively. The winners of each category will receive a $10,000 cash prize, with first runner-ups receiving $5,000.

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize was inspired by the Dayton Accords, which ended the Bosnian War. The award is the first and only international literary peace prize awarded in the U.S. and recognizes writers whose work demonstrates how the written word aids in fostering peace, social justice, and global understanding between peoples.

Winners will be announced in September. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation will recognize runner-ups at a ceremony in Dayton during the weekend of Nov. 9-10.

Fiction

• Janika Oza – “A History of Burning”
• Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai – “Dust Child”
• Paul Lynch – “Prophet Song”
• Eleanor Shearer – “River Sing Me Home”
• Anne Berest – “The Postcard”
• Erum Shazia Hasan – “We Meant Well”

Non-Fiction

• Dana Sachs – “All Else Failed”
• Edwin Raymond – “An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America”
• Victor Luckerson – “Built From the Fire”
• Tania Branigan – “Red Memory”
• Darrin Bell – “The Talk”
• Dina Nayeri – “Who Gets Believed?”

For more information, visit the award website .

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