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The Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize

The Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, founded in 2005, “seeks to acknowledge – and honor – the great traditions of literary nonfiction” by publishing “the boldest and most innovative books from emerging nonfiction writers” (Robert Polito). Submissions of finished books to the Nonfiction Prize are welcomed from previously unpublished U.S. authors. The winner is announced in April of each year.

List of Winners

  • 2008: Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays by Eula Biss
  • 2007: Black Glasses Like Clark Kent by Terese Svoboda
  • 2006: Neck Deep and Other Predicaments by Ander Monson
  • 2005: Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles by Kate Braverman

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