Milkweed National Fiction Prize
Milkweed seeks manuscripts of high literary quality that embody humane values and contribute to cultural understanding for the National Fiction Prize
Winners
- 2010 Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles by Kira Henehan
- 2008 Driftless by David Rhodes
- 2007 The Farther Shore by Matthew Eck
- 2006 Visigoth by Gary Amdahl
- 2005 Crossing Bully Creek by Margaret Erhart
- 2004 Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner
- 2002 Roofwalker by Susan Power
- 2001 Hell's Bottom, Colorado by Laura Pritchett
- 1999 Falling Dark by Tim Tharp
- 1998 Tivolem by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
- 1997 The Tree of Red Stars by Tessa Bridal
- 1996 The Empress of One by Faith Sullivan
- 1995 Confidence of the Heart by David Schweidel
- 1993 Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
- 1992 Larabi's Ox by Tony Ardizzone
- 1990 Aquaboogie by Susan Straight
- 1989 Blue Taxis by Eileen Drew
- 1988 Ganado Red by Susan Lowell
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