The Winner of the 2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is
Gregg Williard for his extraordinary essay titled "MHW"
The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival is the first original Brooklyn-focused film and arts festival. We present programs that illuminate the rich, diverse cultural history of Brooklyn. Since the first screening of Brooklyn films in 2007, the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival has presented Brooklyn-focused film and Brooklyn-literature programs. In 2011 the Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize,the first of its kind Brooklyn-focused literature project was established by the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival.
Friday, January 24, 2020
2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finalists
The following are the essayists who have been selected as the 2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finalists.
Mark
Berger - “Power
to the People”
Melissa
Matthews - “I’m
Not a Kid Anymore”
Wayne
Judge - –
“Julie’s New Chevy”
Israela
Margalit – “Relic
of the Future”
Loretta
Masullo Comfort
- “ 4th Street Memoir”
Bill
Teitelbaum – “The Abduction of Carmela Branca”
Cheryl
Abel - “Tony
Versus the Lemons”
Dallas
Itzen - “Prompted”
Rebecca
Kreiser –- “A
Tomato Grows in Brooklyn”
Jim
Loughead – “Memories of Brooklyn and the Bottle”
Phyllis
DeMarco – “The French Café”
Mel
King
- “Bergen Street”
Bill
McKitty - “An
Afternoon in Flatbush”
Kierra
Watson - “Afflicted Sun”
Gregg
Willard -
“MHW”
Matthue
Roth - “Reasons for Restaurants”
Sarah
Xerar Murphy – “Rubble and the Sparkler:
A Brooklyn Story”
Colin
McGinnis - “Where art thou Brooklyn”