Kentucky Literary Awards Winners
 Jonathan Jeffrey & Kim Edwards |
Winners of the Kentucky Literary Awards for excellence in fiction, nonfiction and poetry were announced on Friday, April 7 at the Bowling Green Community College of Western Kentucky University.
Kim Edwards, author of Memory Keeper’s Daughter, received the award for fiction. The finalist for fiction was Gwyn Hyman Rubio for Woodman’s Daughter. Thomas Parrish received the nonfiction award for his book, Restoring Shakertown. The finalist in this category was Monica Weis for her book, Thomas Merton’s Gethsemani. The award for poetry was given to Wendell Berry for Given. The finalist in poetry was Edmund August, author of Moon Dogs. The winners received a cash prize of $1,000.
“Our stellar panel of judges has once again sifted through a record number of Kentucky Literary Award nominations and has made outstanding choices,” said Jonathan Jeffrey, chair of the Kentucky Literary Awards selection committee. “In its fourth year, the Kentucky Literary Awards are now being acclaimed as the Commonwealth’s premier recognition of outstanding writing,” concluded Jeffrey.
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