2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners Announced
The 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize was awarded to two books centering World War II. Alexander Starritt’s novel We Germans won the prize for fiction and Ariana Neumann’s family memoir When Time Stopped won the prize for nonfiction. Winners receive a $10,000 honorarium will be honored during a gala weekend in Dayton on November 13 and November 14.
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai was named runner-up for fiction, and The Road from Raqqa by Jordan Ritter Conn was named runner-up for nonfiction. Runners-up receive a $5,000 honorarium.
Honorees were selected by a judging panel comprised of Richard Bausch, Garnette Cadogan, Anne Fadiman, and Diane Roberts. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, launched in 2006, recognizes authors "whose work advances peace as a solution to conflict, and leads readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view."
