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PREVIEW OF 2025 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

FICTION
FIRST PLACE WINNER ($1,500 PRIZE)
Boy With Wings
by Mark Mustian
(Koehler Books)
SECOND PLACE WINNER ($750 PRIZE)
Gentle Hugs
by Lily Guzman, Illustrated by Dorota Rewerenda
(Self-Published)
THIRD PLACE WINNER ($500 PRIZE)
Told Ya! Stories
by Peta-Gaye Nash
(Tamarind Tree Books)
NON-FICTION
FIRST PLACE WINNER ($1,500 PRIZE)
The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration
by James Kilgore and Vic Liu, Illustrated by Vic Liu
(PM Press)
SECOND PLACE WINNER ($750 PRIZE)
Cherokee History and the Spirit Family
by James Barnes
(University of North Georgia Press)
THIRD PLACE WINNER ($500 PRIZE)
It's Not (All) Your Fault: Self-Help and the Individualization of Oppression
by Sharon Podobnik
(Manuscripts LLC)