Press Releases
2023
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation Announces 2023 Winners
October 10, 2023 - Sandra Cisneros to Recieve the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award And Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 12, 2023 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens Call for Entries: Submission Deadline is March 10, 2023
February 1, 2023
2022
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Named Winners of 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 29, 2022
- Recognizing the Power of Literature in the Mission of Promoting Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2022 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 13, 2022
- Sharon Rab, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Founder and Board of Trustees President, to be Inducted into the Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame
September 2, 2022
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Wil Haygood with Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 18, 2022
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- Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2022 Call for Entries
January 17, 2022
2021
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation Hires Nicholas Raines as its First Full Time Executive Director
November 5, 2021 - We Germans by Alexander Starritt and When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann Named Winners of the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 23, 2021 - Columbus Arts Organizations Celebrate Wil Haygood and the Release of Colorization: 100 Years of Black Films in a White World
August 27, 2021 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2021 Finalists in Fiction and Nonfiction
August 18, 2021 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2021 Call for Entries
January 28, 2021
2020
- The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman and Know My Name by Chanel Miller Named Winners of the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
November 11, 2020 - Recognizing the power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2020 Finalists in Fiction and Nonfiction
October 5, 2020 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Margaret Atwood with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
September 14, 2020 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2020 Call for Entries
January 27, 2020
2019
- Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow andWhat We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde Named Winners of 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 7, 2019 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2019 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
August 28, 2019 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor N. Scott Momaday with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 22, 2019 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces a Special Evening to Honor 2018 Nonfiction Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates
March 1, 2019 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2019 Call for Entries
January 24, 2019
2018
- Salt Houses by Hala Alyan and We Were Eight Years in Power By Ta-Nehisi Coates Named Winners of 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 17, 2018 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2018 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
August 14, 2018 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor John Irving with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 7, 2018
2017
- The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel and What Have We Done by David Wood Named Winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 3, 2017 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2017 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 7, 2017 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Colm Tóibín with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 13, 2017
2016
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Nagasaki by Susan Southard Named Winners of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 11, 2016 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2016 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 14, 2016 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Marilynne Robinson with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 24, 2016
2015
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil Named Winners of the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 30, 2015 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2015 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 9, 2015 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Gloria Steinem with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2015 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2015 Call for Entries
January 28, 2015
2014
- The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here by Karima Bennoune Named Winners of 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 24, 2014 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2014 Finalists
September 4, 2014 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Louise Erdrich with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 18, 2014 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2014 Call for Entries
January 31, 2014
2013
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson, Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Named Winners of the 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 24, 2013 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2013 Finalists
August 20, 2013 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Wendell Berry with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2013 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2013 Call for Entries
January 30, 2013
2012
- “The Sojourn” by Andrew Krivak, “To End All Wars” By Adam Hochschild Named Winners of 2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 26, 2012 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2012 Finalists
August 22, 2012 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Author Tim O’Brien with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 31, 2012
2010
- 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
2008
- 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
2006
- 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
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Named Winners of 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 29, 2022 - Recognizing the Power of Literature in the Mission of Promoting Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2022 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 13, 2022 - Sharon Rab, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Founder and Board of Trustees President, to be Inducted into the Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame
September 2, 2022 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Wil Haygood with Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 18, 2022
See more coverage from AP News, NPR, ABC News, US News & World Report, and The Economic Times. - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2022 Call for Entries
January 17, 2022
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation Hires Nicholas Raines as its First Full Time Executive Director
November 5, 2021 - We Germans by Alexander Starritt and When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann Named Winners of the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 23, 2021 - Columbus Arts Organizations Celebrate Wil Haygood and the Release of Colorization: 100 Years of Black Films in a White World
August 27, 2021 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2021 Finalists in Fiction and Nonfiction
August 18, 2021 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2021 Call for Entries
January 28, 2021
- The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman and Know My Name by Chanel Miller Named Winners of the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
November 11, 2020 - Recognizing the power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2020 Finalists in Fiction and Nonfiction
October 5, 2020 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Margaret Atwood with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
September 14, 2020 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2020 Call for Entries
January 27, 2020
- Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow andWhat We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde Named Winners of 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 7, 2019 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2019 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
August 28, 2019 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor N. Scott Momaday with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 22, 2019 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces a Special Evening to Honor 2018 Nonfiction Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates
March 1, 2019 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2019 Call for Entries
January 24, 2019
- Salt Houses by Hala Alyan and We Were Eight Years in Power By Ta-Nehisi Coates Named Winners of 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 17, 2018 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2018 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
August 14, 2018 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor John Irving with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 7, 2018
- The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel and What Have We Done by David Wood Named Winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 3, 2017 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2017 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 7, 2017 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Colm Tóibín with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 13, 2017
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Nagasaki by Susan Southard Named Winners of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 11, 2016 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2016 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 14, 2016 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Marilynne Robinson with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 24, 2016
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil Named Winners of the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 30, 2015 - Recognizing the Power of Literature to Promote Peace and Reconciliation, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2015 Finalists in Fiction & Nonfiction
September 9, 2015 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Gloria Steinem with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2015 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2015 Call for Entries
January 28, 2015
- The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here by Karima Bennoune Named Winners of 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 24, 2014 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2014 Finalists
September 4, 2014 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Louise Erdrich with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 18, 2014 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2014 Call for Entries
January 31, 2014
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson, Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Named Winners of the 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 24, 2013 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2013 Finalists
August 20, 2013 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Wendell Berry with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2013 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Opens 2013 Call for Entries
January 30, 2013
- “The Sojourn” by Andrew Krivak, “To End All Wars” By Adam Hochschild Named Winners of 2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 26, 2012 - Celebrating the Power of Literature to Promote Peace, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2012 Finalists
August 22, 2012 - Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Author Tim O’Brien with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
July 31, 2012
- 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
- 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
- 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
Media Highlights
2021
- Yahoo
Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
01/29/2021
2020
- Dayton Daily News
JUST ANNOUNCED: Women sweep top Dayton Literary Peace Prize awards
11/11/2020 - Literary Hub
Here are the winners of the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
11/11/2020 - Publishers Weekly
2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners Announced
11/11/2020 - Fine Books & Collections Magazine
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announces 2020 Finalists
10/06/2020 - Voice of America
Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/16/2020 - USA Today
Handmaid’s Tale’ author Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/14/2020 - The Guardian
Margaret Atwood wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/14/2020 - Literary Hub
Margaret Atwood will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/14/2020 - Dayton Daily News
Author of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ will receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s top honor
09/14/2020 - CTV News
Margaret Atwood honoured with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/14/2020 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Margaret Atwood honoured with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/14/2020 - Associated Press
Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/14/2020 - Kirkus Review
Margaret Atwood Wins a Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/01/2020
2019
- Peace News
Native American author honored with peace prize
07/23/2019 - Lit Hub
N. Scott Momaday awarded Dayton Literary Peace Prize
07/22/2019 - USA Today
He Pioneered a renaissance in Native Americcan Literature. Now, a peace prize.
07/22/2019 - VOA News
Pioneering Native American Author Honored with Peace Prize
07/22/2019 - Dayton Daily News
Pulitzer Prize winner to receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize top honor
07/22/2019 - Houston Chronicle
Pioneering Native American author honored with peace prize
07/22/2019
2018
- Bookforum
Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists announced
08/16/2018 - Dayton Daily News
These authors are finalists for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
08/14/2018 - Associated Press
Author John Irving wins literary peace award
07/17/2018 - The Toronto Star
Toronto’s John Irving wins literary peace award
07/17/2018 - Chicago Sun-Times
‘Garp,’ ‘Cider House Rules’ author John Irving wins Dayton Literary prize
07/17/2018 - Boston Globe
Novelist and New Hampshire native John Irving wins lifetime achievement award
07/17/2018
2017
- Associated Press
2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced
10/03/2017 - Literary Hub
Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
10/03/2017 - The Booklist Reader
Winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Announced
10/03/2017 - Public Radio of Armenia
Armenian Genocide Book Shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/21/2017 - Tampa Bay Times
Two Florida authors are finalists for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
09/08/2017 - The Minneapolis Star Tribune
St. Paul writer Kao Kalia Yang goes head to head with national literary stars for big award
09/07/2017 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Story of ex-St. Louisan’s murder is among Dayton literary prize finalists
09/07/2017 - The Sunday Times
Irish author wins US award for promoting peace
7.14.2017 - MSN
Irish Novelist Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
7.13.2017 - Irish Independent
Irish novelist Colm Toibin wins US lifetime achievement award
7.13.2017
2016
- Bookforum
Marilynne Robinson wins Peace Prize
August 26, 2016 - The Guardian
Marilynne Robinson wins literary peace prize for tales ‘of reconciliation and love’
August 25, 2016 - Iowa City Press Citizen
Marilynne Robinson earns Holbrooke award
August 24, 2016 - Adweek
Marilynne Robinson to Win Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 24, 2016 - Associated Press
Ohio literary peace award to Marilynne Robinson
August 24, 2016 - MSN
Marilynne Robinson Wins Award
August 24, 2016
2015
- Dayton Daily News
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists Announced
September 9, 2015 - Publishing Perspectives
Writer/Activist Gloria Steinem Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 20, 2015 - Adweek GalleyCat
Gloria Steinem Wins the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 12, 2015 - Bustle
Gloria Steinem Has Been Honored With The Only U.S. International Literary Peace Prize
August 12, 2015
2014
- NPR
Book News A Prize In Memory Of Peace Picks Its Winners
September 26, 2014 - Los Angeles Times
Dayton Literary Peace Prize goes to Bob Shacochis, Karima Bennoune
September 25, 2014 - The Washington Post
Bob Shacochis wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction
September 24, 2014 - WYSO
2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners Announced
September 24, 2014 - Dayton Daily News
Winners of 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced
September 24, 2014
2013
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
“Your Words Have Changed My Life”: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Ceremony Salutes Literary Heavyweights
November 8, 2013 - Dayton Business Journal
Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners honored Sunday
November 4, 2013 - WYSO
Wendell Berry Honored at Dayton Literary Peace Prize
November 4, 2013 - Dayton Daily News
A Sunday Chat with Wendell Berry
November 3, 2013 - Moyers & Company
Wendell Berry on His Hopes for Humanity
October 4, 2013 - Publishers Weekly
2013 Dayton Peace Prize Winners Announced
September 26, 2013 - The Washington Post
Finalists for the 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 21, 2013 - Poets & Writers
Erdrich, Fountain Among Peace Prize Finalists
August 21, 2013 - Associated Press
Author Wendell Berry Wins Ohio Peace Award
August 13, 2013 - Publishers Weekly
Wendell Berry Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 13, 2013 - Library Journal
Wendell Berry Wins Distinguished Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 13, 2013 - Mediabistro
Wendell Berry Wins the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
August 13, 2013 - Huffington Post
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Lifetime Achievement Award Announced
August 13, 2013 - Salon
Author Wendell Berry Wins Peace Award
August 13, 2013 - Mother Nature Network
Author and activist Wendell Berry, called a modern-day Thoreau, receives prestigious prize
August 13, 2013 - Louisville Courier Journal
Wendell Berry awarded Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 12, 2013 - USA Today
Literary Peace Prize
August 12, 2013
2012
- Mediabistro
Tim O’Brien Wins the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
November 27, 2012 - Austin American Statesman
Tim O’Brien on life, literature and peace
November 10, 2012 - Minnesota Public Radio
Tim O’Brien speaks on war
November 9, 2012 - WDTN-TV
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize
November 7, 2012 - WYSO (NPR-Dayton)
2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
November 4, 2012 - WBUR (NPR-Boston)
Andrew Krivak’s War Novel ‘The Sojourn’ Wins Literary Prize
October 4, 2012 - Mediabistro
Free Samples of the 2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists
October 3, 2012 - St.Louis Post-Dispatch
Hochschild, Krivak win Dayton Peace Prizes
October 1, 2012 - The Atlantic
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 1, 2012 - New York Times
Winners Named for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
September 30, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
Ondaatje, Hochschild among Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists
August 22, 2012 - The Oregonian
Portland writer Ismet Prcic is a finalist for Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 23, 2012 - Poets & Writers
Tim O’Brien Receives Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 21, 2012 - Dayton Daily News
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation announces finalists
August 12, 2012 - Associated Press
Author O’Brien wins Ohio Peace Prize
August 1, 2012 - Huffington Post
Author Tim O’Brien Wins 2012 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
August 1, 2012 - St. Paul Pioneer Press
Tim O’Brien: Author, Minnesota native wins Ohio Peace Prize
August 1, 2012 - Dayton Daily News
Dayton Literary Peace Prize to honor bestselling author
August 1, 2012 - Austin American Statesman
Prize for O’Brien
August 1, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Tim O’Brien awarded Dayton Literary Prize
August 1, 2012
2011
- 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
Trifold Brochure
Letters of Support for the 2019 Irma Lazarus Award
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation is delighted to announce that DLPP is the recipient of the prestigious Irma Lazarus Award, considered to be the highest of the Ohio Governor’s Awards for the Arts. The Irma Lazarus Award goes to “individuals or organizations who have helped shape public support for the arts through their work as advocates and have brought national and international recognition to Ohio through sustained dedication to artistic excellence.”
We would like to thank Ron Rollins, Content Director of Community Engagement for the Cox Media Group, Ohio, and a member of our Advisory Council, for nominating us. We would also like to thank, Governor Robert Taft, Chair of the DLPP Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award; Carol Loranger, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University and member of our Advisory Council; Karima Bennoune, professor of international law at the University of California-Davis School of Law and 2014 DLPP Nonfiction Winner for Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here; Gilbert King, 2013 DLPP Nonfiction Runner-up for Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America, and member of the DLPP Honorary Advisory Board; and Katherine Vaz and Christopher Cerf, writers, and former judges for the DLPP and members of our DLPP Honorary Advisory Board for their letters of support.
We have included their letters below where you can read their opinions of the role DLPP plays as the proponent for advancing peace through literature. Click on their names or simply scroll down the page to read their letters.
- Bob Taft, Distinguished Research Associate, University of Dayton, Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007
- Carol S. Loranger, Associate Dean, Wright State University
- Gilbert King, Author, 2013 DLPP Runner-up for Nonfiction for The Devil in the Grove
- Karima Bennoune, Professor of Law, United Nations Special Rapporteur
- Katherine Vaz, Author & Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction (2003-09, Harvard)
The Foundation, Board, Advisory Council and staff of the DLPP are honored and will continue to live up to the spirit of the award. We congratulate our fellow recipients and look forward to celebrating with them in Columbus on May 15. Should you be interested in joining in the celebration, reservations will open in March and will be available through Ohio Citizens for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council’s event partner. Individual tickets run $50.00 and a table of 10 is available for $1,000. We will put out an alert when tickets go on sale with details as to how to order them.
Thank you for your interest in the DLPP.
Sharon Rab
Founder and Chair
Bob Taft, Distinguished Research Associate,
University of Dayton, Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007
Carol S. Loranger, Associate Dean, Wright State University
Gilbert King, Author, 2013 DLPP Runner-up for Nonfiction
The Devil in the Grove
Karima Bennoune, Professor of Law,
United Nations Special Reporter
Katherine Vaz, Author & Briggs-Copeland Fellow of Fiction,
(2003-09, Harvard)
2013 TEDx-Dayton Presentation by Sharon Rab
In the fall of 2013, Sharon Rab, the founder and co-chair of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, gave a short talk at TEDx-Dayton titled, “Words Matter.” Sharon is an educator and writer. She taught English for many years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and Kettering Fairmont High School, where she encouraged readers and writers to discover the power of the written word. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the culmination of her interests and experience, bringing together readers, writers and educators from the world community to share literature that advances peace.