{"id":2456551,"date":"2020-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=323535"},"modified":"2020-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T06:00:00","slug":"aspen-words-literary-prize-moved-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-words-literary-prize-moved-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Words Literary Prize moved online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aspen Words has announced finalists for its inaugural literary prize.<\/strong>
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Aspen Words will host a virtual winner announcement and celebration of the Aspen Words Literary Prize on April 16, the nonprofit announced Monday.<\/p>\n

The $35,000 annual award goes to a work of fiction that illuminates vital contemporary issues. The celebration will include video content premiering across Aspen Words\u2019 and the Aspen Institute\u2019s social platforms and websites.<\/p>\n

Some of the Aspen Words Literary Prize judges, including Esmeralda Santiago and Alexander Chee, will interview the finalist authors about their books and writing careers (7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.). Aspen Institute President Dan Porterfield and Aspen Words executive director Adrienne Brodeur will discuss the role of literature during this time of global pandemic (2 p.m.).<\/p>\n

The celebration will culminate with the naming of the prize winner at 4 p.m..<\/p>\n

In the weeks leading up to the announcement, Aspen Words has partnered with the Instagram account @fictionmatters to launch a reading challenge centered around the finalist titles. Aspen Words also will encourage readers to participate in the celebration on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook using #AspenLitPrize.<\/p>\n

Four novels and one short story collection are in the running for the 2020 award, to be presented in collaboration with media partner NPR Books: \u201cOpioid, Indiana\u201d by Brian Allen Carr (Soho Press); \u201cPatsy\u201d by Nicole Dennis-Benn (Liveright); \u201cThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u201d by Christy Lefteri (Ballantine Books); \u201cLost Children Archive\u201d by Valeria Luiselli (Knopf); and \u201cLot by Bryan Washington\u201d (Riverhead Books).<\/p>\n

This is the third year the Aspen Words Literary Prize will be conferred. For its first two years, the prize was awarded live at a ceremony at The Morgan Library in New York City. Mohsin Hamid received the inaugural award<\/a> in April 2018 for \u201cExit West,\u201d his novel about migration and refugees. Tayari Jones received the 2019 award<\/a> for \u201cAn American Marriage,\u201d her novel about wrongful incarceration.<\/p>\n

Aspen Words decided to take the 2020 winner announcement online due to safety concerns about COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an exciting opportunity for us to reimagine what a literary prize awards ceremony can look like and how we can engage with a wider audience,\u201d Brodeur said in the announcement. \u201cWe believe even though everyone is social distancing, it\u2019s still possible to have a collective moment of connection and celebration through great literature. Our team looks forward to sparking thought-provoking conversations about the finalist books.\u201d<\/p>\n

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