Welcome to the Dayton Literary Peace Prize press room, where you’ll find all the information you need to enhance your coverage. This page contains:

• Media Highlights
• Press Releases

For all media inquiries or to arrange an interview with Sharon Rab, Chair of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, please contact:

Patrick Kowalczyk, patrick (at) pkpr.com
PKPR, 212.627.8098

Media Highlights

• Poets and Writers
  Novel of Korean War, Memoir by Former Prisoner Win Literary Peace Prize
  September 27, 2011
• Dayton Daily News
  Novel, prison memoir win peace honors
  September 26, 2011
• GalleyCat
  Chang-Rae Lee & Wilbert Rideau Win 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 26, 2011
• Los Angeles Times
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize will go to Chang-Rae Lee
  September 26, 2011
• MSNBC.com
  Chang-Rae Lee, Wilbert Rideau win Ohio book prize
  September 26, 2011
• Washington Post
  Authors Chang-Rae Lee, Wilbert Rideau named this year’s winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 26, 2011
• USATODAY
  Chang-rae Lee and Wilbert Rideau named recipients of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 26, 2011
• The New York Times
  Dayton Literary Prize
  September 26, 2011
• USA Today
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize announces 2011 finalists
  August 24, 2011
• Minneapolis Star Tribune- On Books
  11 finalists announced for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  August 24, 2011
• Dayton Daily News
  Literary peace prize finalists named
  August 24, 2011
• Media Bistro- GalleyCat
  Barbara Kingsolver Wins the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
  August 3, 2011
• AP
  A Conversation with Author Barbara Kingsolver
  August 2, 2011
• AP
  Ohio literature award renamed for Holbrooke
  August 2, 2011
• USA Today
  Barbara Kingsolver wins literary peace prize
  August 2, 2011
• Los Angeles Times
  Barbara Kingsolver to receive lifetime achievement award
  August 2, 2011
• CBC
  Barbara Kingsolver wins award for promoting peace
  August 2, 2011
• Poets & Writers
  Kingsolver Honored for Peace Work
  August 2, 2011

2010

• Poets & Writers
  Eggers, Hacker, DeLillo and Others Honored for Literary Contributions
  September 24, 2010
• Mediabistro Galley Cat
  Dave Eggers and Marlon James Win the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 23, 2010
• Minnesota Public Radio
  "The Book of Night Women" wins literary peace prize
  September 22, 2010
• Star Tribune
  Macalester professor honored for 'The Book of Night Women'
  September 22, 2010
• St. Louis Today
  Eggers, James win Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 22, 2010
• Dayton Daily News
  Literary peace prize winners named
  September 22, 2010
• Utne Reader
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists: Marlon James, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dave Eggers, more
  September 3, 2010
• Miami Herald
  Between the Covers- Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists
  September 1, 2010
• Huffington Post
  Literary Prize: Eggers Leads List Of Award Winners
  September 1, 2010
• Dallas Morning News
  Verghese a finalist for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 1, 2010
• Mediabistro
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize Shortlist Announced
  September 1, 2010
• Dayton Daily News
  Literary Peace Prize Finalists Announced
  September 1, 2010
• Publishers Weekly
  Brooks Honored by Dayton Peace Prize Foundation
  August 20, 2010
• New York Times
  Arts, Briefly - Geraldine Brooks Wins Literary Peace Prize
  August 20, 2010
• Los Angeles Times
  Geraldine Brooks to receive the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's lifetime achievement award
  August 19, 2010
• Mediabistro GalleyCat
  Geraldine Brooks to Receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  August 19, 2010
• Dayton Daily News
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize names 2010 Lifetime Achievement winner
  August 19, 2010
• Poets & Writers
  Australian Novelist Wins Literary Peace Prize
  August 19, 2010
• Reuters
  Author Geraldine Brooks to receive Dayton literary prize
  August 17, 2010

2009

• Poets & Writers
  Bausch Book Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 23, 2009
• Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced
  September 23, 2009
• Memphis Flyer
  Bausch a Real Winner
  September 23, 2009
• Miami Herald
  Dayton Literary Peace Prizes awarded
  September 23, 2009
• New York Times
  Literary Prizes for Humanitarian Causes
  September 22, 2009
• Mediabistro
  Richard Bausch and Benjamin Skinner Win Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 22, 2009
• Dayton Daily News
  2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners named
  September 22, 2009
• The Book Studio
  Peace, Like a River: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's Recent Win
  September 9, 2009
• The Nation
  Nigerian Short-listed for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  August 23, 2009
• Shelf Awareness
  Awards: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
• MinnPost.com
  Hmmm…Erdrich or Friedman? Fiction or nonfiction?
  August 21, 2009
• Los Angeles Times
  First-time L.A. author among Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists
  August 20, 2009
• Associated Press
  Kristof, WuDunn to receive Dayton literary prize
  August 18, 2009
• New York Times
  Kristof and WuDunn Win Literary Peace Prize
  August 18, 2009
• Dayton Daily News
  Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists announced
  August 18, 2009
• Mediabistro
  Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Win Literary Peace Prize
  August 18, 2009
• JTA
  Israeli Novelist on Peace Prize Shortlist
  August 18, 2009
• Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Two Minnesota writers are finalists for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  August 18, 2009

2008

• LibraryJournal.com
  Book News: Junot Diaz and Edwidge Danticat Win Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 10, 2008
• Miami Herald (Between the Covers)
  More awards for Danticat, Diaz
  September 8, 2008
• National Post
  $10,000 paid out to each winner of literary peace awards
  September 6, 2008
• MediaBistro (GalleyCat)
  Hey, Diaz! Save Some Awards for the Rest of Us
  September 5, 2008
• St. Paul Pioneer Press
  Rochester author is a finalist for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  August 13, 2008
• Christian Science Monitor: Chapter & Verse
  The Hard Work for Peace
  August 12, 2008
• Los Angeles Times: Jacket Copy
  Dayton Award Nominees: Abanu, Alarcon, Diaz, and more
  August 11, 2008
• New York Times
  Arts Briefly: Prize Finalists Named
  August 8, 2008
• Dayton Daily News
  Young@Heart story doesn't get old
  June 1, 2008
• Dayton Daily News
  King biographer latest Literary Peace Prize honoree
  May 18, 2008
• Publisher’s Weekly
  Release Me: The Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  May 2, 2008
• MediaBistro Blog: Galley Cat
  Taylor Branch to Get Special Literary Peace Prize; Other Nominees Still Welcome
  May 2, 2008
• Baltimore Sun
  Taylor Branch Awarded Literary Peace Prize
  May 1, 2008

2007

• Associated Press
  For "Birds in Fall" Author, Inspiration Takes Root on Goat Farm
  November 18, 2007
• Gatehouse News Service
  Peace, Literature Meet to Make Prestigious Prize
  November 15, 2007
• Dayton Daily News
  Dayton Awards 2007 Peace Prizes
  October 15, 2007
• Dayton Daily News
  Author Wiesel to Receive Dayton Literary Honor
  April 27, 2007

2006

• Dayton Daily News
  Three win Dayton Peace Prizes
  November 6, 2006
• Associated Press
  Studs Terkel to Receive First Dayton Literary Prize
  July 19, 2006
• UPI (United Press International)
  Studs Terkel Wins Dayton Lit Prize
  July 19, 2006
• Dayton Daily News
  Terkel Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  July 19, 2006

Press Releases

• The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee and In the Place of Justice by Wilber Rideau Named Winners of 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 26, 2011
• Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2011 Finalists
  August 24, 2011
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Barbara Kingsolver with First-ever Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
  August 2, 2011
• Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and The Book of Night Women by Marlon James Named Winners of 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 22, 2010
• Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2010 Finalists
  September 1, 2010
• Historical Novelist Geraldine Brooks to Receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  August 19, 2010
• A Crime So Monstrous by Benjamin Skinner and Peace by Richard Bausch Named Winners of 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 22, 2009
• Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to Receive 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  August 18, 2009
• Junot Díaz, Edwidge Danticat Named Winners of 2008 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  September 4, 2008
• Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2008 Finalists
  August 11, 2008
• Taylor Branch to Receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  April 29, 2008
• Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces Call for Entries
  April 21, 2008
• Elie Wiesel Recognized for Lifetime Achievement By Dayton Literary Peace Prize Committee
  April 20, 2007
• First Annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize; International Authors to Join Studs Terkel at Schuster Center Award Ceremony Nov. 5
  October 16, 2006
• Studs Terkel Named Recipient of Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  July 17, 2006
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize Committee Announces the Inauguration of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
  June 11, 2006