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2009 New Hampshire Literary Awards
November 14, 2009, at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester

Join us November 14th as we honor the 2009 Literary Award Winners!

To celebrate the rich and varied literary talent in the Granite State, the New Hampshire Writers’ Project will present the 2009 New Hampshire Literary Awards on November 14, 2009, at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. The ceremony will be hosted by NHPR's Virginia Prescott.

Tickets for the reception and ceremony are $15.
Purchase your tickets today.

Award Day Schedule:

3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Award Day Workshops*
5:30 p.m.
Reception Robert Frost Hall
6:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
8:15 p.m.
Book Sales and Signings

*Not included in Award Ceremony ticket price.

The 2009 New Hampshire Literary Award winners are:


Lifetime Achievement Award:
David Carroll

Outstanding Book of Fiction:

James Patrick Kelly, The Wreck of the Godspeed


Outstanding Book of Nonfiction:
Mimi Schwartz, Good Neighbors, Bad Times

Outstanding Work of Children’s Literature:

Lita Judge, Pennies for Elephants
Joseph Monninger, Hippie Chick

The Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry:
Mimi White, The Last Island

Donald M. Murray Outstanding Journalism Award:
John Walters, Collection of articles from Kearsarge Magazine and Upper Valley Life

Previous Winners

 

All awards, except Lifetime Achievement, are given for an outstanding book (or collection of articles for the Journalism Award) that is written by a New Hampshire resident or native or that deals with subject matter deemed by the judges to be inherently connected to New Hampshire.

 

Special Events

Purchase your tickets to the 2009 New Hampshire Literary Awards Ceremony

Award Day Workshops
Choose from three exciting workshops offered before the Literary Awards Ceremony from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. Make a day of it--hone your craft, gain new skills from leading experts, and next time, the winner could be you! $40 for members; $55 for nonmembers.

What Makes Characters Sing?
with Bret Anthony Johnston
Seeing Spots and Telling Stories: Writing for Radio
with Elaine Appleton Grant
Everything you Need to Know About a Book Deal But Were Afraid to Ask
with Paul Durham
Register here.

NHWP is proud to be

working in collaboration with the:

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Rick Carey 2007 Literary Awards