The winners of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards, honoring the best books written by Indiana authors and awarded every two years, have been announced:
Debut: Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
Fiction: The Town of Whispering Dolls by Susan Neville
Nonfiction: Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote by Craig Fehrman
Genre: Hollow Heart by Paul Allor
Poetry: Be Holding by Ross Gay
YA: You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Middle Grade: All He Knew by Helen Frost
Children's: Grace and Box by Kim Howard
Each winner receives $5,000, a hand-crafted award and the opportunity to make a $500 donation to an Indiana library of their choice.
In addition, James H. Madison was given the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Indiana Humanities president and CEO Keira Amstutz said that Madison "has made telling Indiana's story his life's work, and we all are enriched by his devotion to deep and original research, vivid storytelling and candid revelations. We are delighted to acknowledge the work of someone who is not only a respected historian but also a passionate believer in the power of the humanities to inform and improve Hoosiers' lives."
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The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the finalists for the 2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers, which is presented "to an emerging Canadian writer who identifies as (but is not limited to) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or Two-Spirit for an outstanding debut book in any genre," CBC reported. The winner receives C$10,000 (about US$7,725), while the remaining finalists get C$1,000 (about US$770) each. This year's finalists are:
Acha Bacha by Bilal Baig
Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi
Whitemud Walking by Matthew James Weigel
For the first time, this year's winner will be announced at the annual Writers' Trust Awards on November 2. "Incorporating the Dayne Ogilvie Prize into Writers' Trust's array of fall awards is an important and necessary step in elevating the writing of Canadian LGBTQ2S+ emerging writers," said Charlie Foran, executive director of Writers' Trust. "Canada is home to a thriving and vibrant LGBTQ2S+ literary community that continues to be influential within the country's arts scene, and it's time we recognize those stories on the same stage as our other awards."