Dayton Literary Peace Prize

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Press Releases

2020:

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2020 Call for Entries
January 27, 2020

2019:

Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow andWhat We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde Named Winners of 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 7, 2019

Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2019 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
August 28, 2019

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor N. Scott Momaday with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 22, 2019

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces a Special Evening to Honor 2018 Nonfiction Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates
March 1, 2019

Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2019 Call for Entries
January 24, 2019

2018:

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan and We Were Eight Years in Power By Ta-Nehisi Coates Named Winners of 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 17, 2018

Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2018 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
August 14, 2018

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor John Irving with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 7, 2018

2017:

The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel and What Have We Done by David Wood Named Winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 3, 2017

Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2017 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 7, 2017

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Colm T�ib�n with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 13, 2017

2016:

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Nagasaki by Susan Southard Named Winners of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 11, 2016

Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2016 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 14, 2016

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Marilynne Robinson with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 24, 2016

2015:

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil Named Winners of the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 30, 2015

Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2015 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 9, 2015

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Gloria Steinem with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2015

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2015 Call for Entries
January 28, 2015

2014:

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here by Karima Bennoune Named Winners of 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 24, 2014

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2014 Finalists
September 4, 2014

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Louise Erdrich with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 18, 2014

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2014 Call for Entries
January 31, 2014

2013:

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson, Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Named Winners of the 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 24, 2013

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2013 Finalists
August 20, 2013

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Wendell Berry with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2013

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2013 Call for Entries
January 30, 2013

2012:

"The Sojourn" by Andrew Krivak, "To End All Wars" By Adam Hochschild Named Winners of 2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 26, 2012

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2012 Finalists
August 22, 2012

Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Author Tim O'Brien with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 31, 2012

2011:

The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee and In the Place of Justice by Wilber Rideau Named Winners of 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 26, 2011

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2011 Finalists
August 24, 2011

2010:

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and The Book of Night Women by Marlon James Named Winners of 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 22, 2010

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2010 Finalists
September 1, 2010

Historical Novelist Geraldine Brooks to Receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
August 19, 2010

2009:

A Crime So Monstrous by Benjamin Skinner and Peace by Richard Bausch Named Winners of 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 22, 2009

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to Receive 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
August 18, 2009

2008:

Junot D�az, Edwidge Danticat Named Winners of 2008 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 4, 2008

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2008 Finalists
August 11, 2008

Taylor Branch to Receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
April 29, 2008

Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces Call for Entries
April 21, 2008

2007:

Elie Wiesel Recognized for Lifetime Achievement By Dayton Literary Peace Prize Committee
April 20, 2007

2006:

First Annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize; International Authors to Join Studs Terkel at Schuster Center Award Ceremony Nov. 5
October 16, 2006

Studs Terkel Named Recipient of Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
July 17, 2006

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Committee Announces the Inauguration of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
June 11, 2006

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