Chris Huntington
for his novel
Mike Tyson Slept Here
Every May college graduates across the country ask themselves one very important question--now what? For Brant Gilmour the answer is prison. With little thought to a career, indeed, despite the bitter consequences of institutionalization, Brant takes a job teaching GED classes to inmates at the Indiana correctional facility made famous by Mike Tyson. And so begins Brant's education.
Look for Mike Tyson Slept Here in your
bookstore next year
About the Fabri Literary Prize
In 2006 Dr. Matthew McKay established the Fabri Literary Prize to honor the memory of Frances Fabri. A holocaust survivor, Frances spearheaded efforts in the US to record survivor stories, creating the interviewing protocols that are used widely today.
The Fabri Literary Prize recognizes the work of aspiring novelists by providing funds directly to authors, by publishing their novels in attractive trade editions, and by publicizing their work to literary reviewers, librarians, and booksellers.
The contest is open to American novelists. Submitted manuscripts must be unpublished and written for educated adults with broad interests. Excluded from consideration are books for children or young adults and books that are focused on the religious market.
The Fabri Literary Prize is a juried contest. The judges of the inaugural prize were Jim Krusoe, author of Blood Lake and Other Stories, Tara Ison, author of The List, and Cyndi Hughes, book editor and director of the Kansas Book Festival.
The inaugural Fabri Prize was awarded to David Fuller Cook of Durham, NC for his novel Reservation Nation.
“Entering the contest and being awarded the inaugural Fabri Literary Prize for Reservation Nation, came as an affirmation for the inexplicable light of confidence, that my writing is worth the reading. That the Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune praised the book was valuable, but it touched me most deeply that Indian Country, the nation's largest Native American news source, gave it a thumbs up. I thank Boaz Publishing Company for making this possible."
To learn more about Reservation Nation and David Cook, click here.
The 2008 Fabri Prize was awarded to Eli Brown of Oakland, CA, for his first novel, The Great Days.
Of The Great Days, Publishers' Weekly says,
"The story of a troubled young cult member, this debut novel from poet Brown is a carefully-imagined tale of delusion and disillusion....With lyrical, confident prose, Brown makes August’s dark journey a harrowing, convincing look into the heart of cult life that should linger with readers."
And The Philadelphia Inquirer says,
“…a story that peers into the inner minds of the faithful…The Great Days is accomplished and enormously powerful.”
To learn more, click here.
