The Winner of the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Keith Haymes

The Winner of the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Keith Haymes for his remarkable essay titled, "The Brass Ring."

 Mr. Keith Haymes shared his very moving story about a close childhood friend whose life led to a very difficult path.

2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finale At St. Francis College

2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize

The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival in partnership with St. Francis College presented the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale on Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 at St. Francis College.


Ten essayists who were competitors for the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize's $500 annual writing award read excerpts from their submissions. The writers shared their very real and personal stories about their own Brooklyn experiences in the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale event titled, “All About Brooklyn.”

2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finale Presenters

Linda Bakst - "Nana’s Table"

Terry Chao  - "  A Banshee in Brooklyn"

Chuck Cascio - "The Light of Brooklyn"   - Read by John Florio

Amanda Gardner  - " Brooklyn"

Althea Wilson-Berkowitz - "Ma Sarah"

 

Daysean Higgs - "To Brownsville"

Pamela Hughes -  "Passages East, Brooklyn Unbound: On Bridges, Bumbling and Allen Ginsburg"

Connie Pertuz-Meza - "A Girl From Sunset"

Keith  Haymes - "The Brass Ring"

 

Brooklyn Dock by Andreas Feininger, 1948

The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival in partnership with St. Francis College will present the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale on Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 at St. Francis College.


More than a dozen Brooklyn essayists who are competitors for the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize will vie for the $500 annual writing award. These Brooklyn writers will read from their very real and personal stories about their own Brooklyn experiences in an event titled, “All About Brooklyn.”

This program begins at 7:00 pm Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 in the Maroni Theater at St. Francis College located at 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York, 11201.

This event will be Free and open to the general public. More information about the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival at www.FilmBrooklyn.org