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The 10th Annual Shortlist

Shortlist Announced!
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The 10th Annual Longlist

Longlist Announced!
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9th Annual Book Prize Winner

Things We Lost to the Water
by Eric Nguyen
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10th Annual Book Prize Judge

Ben Fountain was born in Chapel Hill and grew up in eastern North Carolina. His most recent book is Beautiful Country Burn Again, a narrative, with history, of the 2016 presidential election. He is also the author of the novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which was adapted for film by three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, and the short story collection Brief Encounters with Che Guevara.
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The 2021 Book Prize Winner

As a River
by Sion Dayson
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The 2022 Book Prize Judge

Ron Rash is the author of the PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to the critically acclaimed novels The Risen, Above the Waterfall, The Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight...
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