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.
Friday, December 22, 2017
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.”
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"
Monday, December 18, 2017
Brooklyn Dock by Andreas Feininger, 1948
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
Saturday, December 31, 2016
2016 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finalists and Semi-Finalists
2016 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Finalists
Joshua Schwartz, author of “Anticipation”
Joseph Nielsen, author of “How to Pick a Fight on the Subway and Not Die”
Yesenia Flores Diaz, author of “Abuela, My Redeemer"
2016 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Semi-Finalists
Teresa Hartmann - "5/11/06 (Technically 5/12)" Read by Kaneza Schaal
Joseph P. Griffith - "No Day at The Beach"
Peter
Swet - “Carpe Non
Diem, A Moment Not Seized” - Read by Jim Thesing
Richard
Jefferson - "My Peculiar Neighbors"
Danielle
James - “Frayed”
Jaliyah
Dowtin - "Brooklyn What A Place"
William J. Lannigan
– "Dahill Road"
Vanessa
Martir - "Remembering
My Brooklyn"
Jonathan
Segol - "Don't
Try This At Home"
Anthony J. Rubino - "Brooklyn, Circa 1970's"
Elisa
Estrella - “El
Barrio (The Hood”
Richard Vetere
- “The Real North 8th Street
Romance"
Elizabeth Papazian - “Queen
of Fourth Avenue”
Ira Goldstein - "The
Higher You Jump"
Winner of the 2016 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Yesenia Flores Diaz
The Winner of the 2016 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize is Yesenia Flores Diaz for her story, "Abuela, My Redeemer."
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
2016 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize Event at St. Francis College on December 20th, 2016
"Barton's Bonbonniere, Brighton Beach
Avenue, Brooklyn." by Gottscho-Schleisner, 1952.
The Brooklyn Film & Arts
Festival in partnership with St. Francis College will present the 2016
Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize finale on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 at St.
Francis College.
More than a dozen Brooklyn essayists who are competitors for the 2016 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, “Brooklyn, New York, The Way of this World.”
More than a dozen Brooklyn essayists who are competitors for the 2016 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, “Brooklyn, New York, The Way of this World.”
Professor Ian Maloney of St. Francis
College's English Department will open the program with a presentation discussing some unique characteristics of Brooklyn-literature.
This program begins at 6:30 pm Tuesday,, December 20th, 2016 in the Maroni Theater at St. Francis College located at 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York, 11201.
This program begins at 6:30 pm Tuesday,, December 20th, 2016 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
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