Jonathan Mingle's book Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future (Island Press) was the book category winner of the 2025 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards. Presented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, the awards honor "writers whose work demonstrates the power of writing to capture critical environmental issues facing Southern communities."
In the journalism category, Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, and Steve Osunsami were recognized for their ABC News investigation, "Our Inheritance Is Washing Away," which revealed how a highway widening project in Alabama disproportionately harmed the predominantly Black community of Shiloh.
The winners will be honored March 21 during the Virginia Festival of the Book.
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The shortlist has been announced for the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre at the Department of Culture and Tourism--Abu Dhabi. Each finalist receives $10,000, and the winner receives another $50,000. The winner will be announced April 24. The shortlist:
Danshmand by Ahmed Fal Al Din (Mauritania)
The Valley of the Butterflies by Azher Jirjees (Iraq)
The Andalusian Messiah by Taissier Khalaf (Syria)
The Prayer of Anxiety by Mohamed Samir Nada (Egypt)
The Touch of Light by Nadia Najar (UAE)
The Women's Charter by Haneen Al-Sayegh (Lebanon)