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  -  “ 4^th 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”

2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finale at St. Francis College on January 24th, 2020

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2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finale at St. Francis College on January 24th, 2020

The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival in partnership with St. Francis College will present the 2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale on Friday, January 24th, 2020 at St. Francis College.

Twelve essayists who are competitors for the 2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize's $500 annual writing award will read excerpts from their submissions. The writers will share their very real and personal stories about their own Brooklyn experiences in the 2019 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale event titled, “Brooklyn Life.”  This program begins at 7:00 pm Friday, January 24^th, 2020 in the Maroney Theater at St. Francis College located at 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York, 11201. This event is Free and open to the General Public.

Speakers include Dr. Athena Devlin, Chair of the English Department of St. Francis College, Alfred Kohler and Holly Fuchs of the Society of Old Brooklynites.

The St. Francis College English Department is an event sponsor.

https://www.sfc.edu/newsevents/events/details/~occur-id/680121

The Winner of the 2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Mark P. Cohen

                         The Winner of the 2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Mark P. Cohen

The Winner of the 2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Mark P. Cohen  for his powerful essay titled, "Neighborhood Ghosts."

2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finale Program at St. Francis College on December 21st, 2018

2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize

The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival in partnership with St. Francis College will present the 2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale on Friday, December 21st, 2018at St. Francis College.


Ten essayists who are competitors for the 2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize's $500 annual writing award  will read excerpts from their submissions. The writers will share their very real and personal stories about their own Brooklyn experiences in the 2018 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale event titled, “Brooklyn Unbound.” 

 

 This program begins at 7:00 pm Friday, December 21st, 2018 in Room 6214 at St. Francis College located at 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York, 11201.

Honorable Mention Authors for the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize

 

Honorable Mention Authors for the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize

We are pleased to announce three authors that are being recognized as an Honorable Mention for the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize.

This new category for the competition has been established to give recognition to essays of great distinction which are deserving of special merit.

   The three authors whose essays have been conferred with Honorable Mention for the 2017 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize are the following:

 Daysean Higgs for his story "To Brownsville"  

Reynold Junker for his story "Baseball, a Game of Strategy"

Connie Pertuz-Meza for her story "A Girl From Sunset"