Winner Announced for the 11th Annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize
January 8, 2024 DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kera Yonker, kerayonker@gmail.com Bobby Finger Wins $5000 Crook’s Corner Book Prize for The Old Place Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 8, 2024—The Old Place by Bobby Finger (Penguin Random House) is the winner of the eleventh annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize for the best debut […]
Winner Announced for the 10th Annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize
January 9, 2023 DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kera Yonker, kerayonker@gmail.com Caroline Frost Wins $5000 Crook’s Corner Book Prize for Debut NovelSHADOWS OF PECAN HOLLOW Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 9, 2023—Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost, published by William Morrow, is the winner of the tenth annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize […]
About the 11th Annual Book Prize Winner
Photo Credit: Elena Mudd | elenamudd.com Bobby Finger Bobby Finger’s debut novel The Old Place was published 2022 by Penguin Random House. It was selected by Vanity Fair as one of the best books of the year in 2022. He has a new novel coming out from Penguin Random House in June 2024, called Four […]
About the 10th Annual Book Prize Winner
Caroline Frost Caroline Frost is a native Texan, and Shadows of Pecan Hollow is her first novel. She has a Master of Professional Writing from University of Southern California and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She lives in the LA area with her husband and three young children. Author website: carolinefrost.com
10th Annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize Shortlist Announced
September 15, 2022 DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022—Today, the Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation announces the three finalists for its annual Shortlist – vying for best debut novel set in the American South. The winner, to be announced in January 2023, will be awarded the $5,000 literary prize. The […]
Crook’s Corner Book Prize 11th Annual Shortlist Announced
September 18, 2023 Download The Press Release CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023—Today, the Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation announces the three finalists for best debut novel set in the American South. “Writing a novel is hard enough. Getting attention for your first novel is even harder. Our goal is to shine a light […]
Crook’s Corner Book Prize 11th Annual Longlist Announced
August 3, 2023 Download The Press Release Chapel Hill, North Carolina—The Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation today announced its annual Longlist for best debut novel set in the American South. The $5,000 prize winner will be announced in January 2024. The Longlist is: The Gospel of Rot by Gregory Ariail (Mercer University Press) It Dies […]
Crooks Corner Book Prize 10th Annual Longlist Announced
Crook’s Corner Book Prize 10th Annual Longlist Announced July 12, 2022 Download The Press Release Chapel Hill, North Carolina—The Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation today announced its annual Longlist for best debut novel set in the American South. The $5,000 literary prize winner will be announced in January 2023. The Longlist is: Groundskeepingby Lee Cole(Knopf) […]
About the 9th Annual Book Prize Winner
About the 9th Annual Book Prize Winner Eric Nguyen Eric Nguyen earned an MFA in Creative Writing from McNeese State University in Louisiana. He has been awarded fellowships from Lambda Literary, Voices of Our Nation Arts, and the TinHouse Writers Workshop. He is the editor-in-chief of diaCRITICS.org. and lives in Washington, DC. Author website: ericpnguyen.com
Winner Announced for the 9th Annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize
Winner Announced for the 9th Annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize January 11, 2021 DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASEWATCH THE ANNOUNCEMENT ERIC NGUYEN WINS CROOK’S CORNER BOOK PRIZE FOR DEBUT NOVEL THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER Chapel Hill, NC, January 11, 2021—Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen, published by Knopf, is the winner […]