KILLINGLY wins Edna Ferber Fiction Book Prize

Killingly has won the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Prize for 2024 from the Wisconsin Writing Awards, administered by the Art + Lit Lab and judged by Alison Stine. Hurrah!

The awards reading and celebration will be held Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 6 PM in Madison, at the Art + Lit Lab (111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703). The award ceremony includes brief readings by first place winners and will be followed by a reception and book signing by the authors. Mystery to Me will be on hand selling books.

From the Art + Lit Lab announcement:

The Wisconsin Writers Awards was established in 1964 and is Wisconsin’s longest-running literary award for published work. The eight awards include four awards for books; three awards for short form works including short stories, poetry, and nonfiction; and one special prize for writing by a Wisconsin high school student. The awards celebrate works published in 2023 by writers currently residing in or having lived for a significant period of time in Wisconsin (entries for the Wisconsin Young Writers Award need not have been previously published). … In addition to cash prizes, first-place winners of the Wisconsin Writers Awards … each receive a five-day writing residency at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point. Honorable mentions receive a cash prize and five-day residency at Ernest Hüpeden's Painted Forest in Wonewoc, WI. Out-of-state judges made the decisions for each award.