Here are the finalists for this year’s $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.
The DAG Foundation has announced the five finalists for the $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature, aimed at early-career prose writers. This year's finalists were selected from a pool of 220 applications and include diverse voices exploring various themes. The prize seeks to support innovative writing and the second prose projects of under-recognized authors.
- ▪The DAG Prize for Literature is awarded to an early-career prose writer.
- ▪Five finalists were chosen from 220 applications for this year's prize.
- ▪The prize aims to support significant innovation in American writing.
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Today, the DAG Foundation announced the five finalists for the DAG Prize for Literature, which grants $20,000 to “an early-career prose writer whose work expands the possibilities for American writing.” The prize, now in its second year, is given by musicians Alyssa and Douglas Graham (who also award annual prizes to musicians and visual artists), and seeks to champion “significant innovation,” and support the second prose project of an under-recognized writer. Here are the seven finalists, chosen from a pool of 220 applications, and their bios: Marcus Clayton is a multigenre Afrolatino writer who holds a PhD in Literature andCreative Writing from the University of Southern California, and an MFA in Poetry from California State University, Long Beach.
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