Maine Literary Awards

Nora Curry
Jun 28, 2022
1 min read

The Maine Literary Awards take place every year in spring to honor the writing of Mainers from the previous year, with nominations open to all residents. The awards recognize published works, drama, short works, and student writing across various categories and offer a chance to celebrate the best of Maine writing while often bringing lesser known creators to light. The annual competition is held by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Are you a writer? You can even self-nominate, so let that idea inspire you as you take pen to paper!

Follow the links below to learn more about the 2022 winners of published works and request them from our catalog.

Crime Fiction

Dead by Dawn, Paul Doiron

Fiction

Margreete’s Harbor, Eleanor Morse

Nonfiction and Co-Winner for John N. Cole Award for Maine Nonfiction

The Field House: A Writer's Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine, Robin Clifford Wood

Memoir

We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration, Rachael Cerrotti

Poetry (Co-Winners)

Dear Specimen, W.J. Herbert

Antique Densities: Modern Parables & Other Experiments in Short Prose, Jefferson Navicky