‘Beneficence,’ ‘Sigh, Gone’ among Maine Literary Awards finalists
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance will reveal the winners during an online ceremony May 27.
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The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announced finalists for the 2021 Maine Literary Awards on Thursday. The winners will be revealed May 27, when the awards are presented via Zoom, beginning at 7 p.m. Nearly 300 writers and publishers submitted works for consideration by more than 40 jurors.
The finalists:
Claire Ackroyd, “Murder in the Maple Woods”
Book Award for Fiction
Kate Kennedy, “Skin: A Memoir”
Éireann Lorsung, “The Century”
Michael K. Komanecky, Jane Biano, and Angela Waldron, “Maine and American Art: The Farnsworth Art Museum”
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