Gotham Book Prize Names Two Winners to Split Increased Prize Money

The Gotham Book Prize, an annual award first created in the early months of the pandemic to encourage and honor writing about New York City, has announced for the first time two winners of the third annual 2023 prize: Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana and The Sewing Girl’s Tale by John Wood Sweet. The authors of the two winning books will split the increased $70,000 prize, and they will be honored at an upcoming celebration at P&T Knitwear on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.  

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