2015 Winners

To order copies of the winning books, the links below will allow you to order through the 2020 MLA bookseller, Longfellow Books.

Book Award for Fiction
Let Me Be Frank With You Richard Ford

Book Award for Crime Fiction
And Grant You Peace Kate Flora

Book Award for Nonfiction
The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America Brian Kevin

Book Award for Memoir
The Prince of los Cocuyos Richard Blanco

Book Award for Poetry
Otherwise Unseeable Betsy Sholl

Book Award for Young People’s Literature
The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill Megan Frazer Blakemore

Book Award for Children’s Literature 
Adventures in Vacationland Mark Scott Ricketts

Book Award for Anthology (editors)
The Story I Want to Tell The Telling Room

John N. Cole Award for Maine-themed Nonfiction
Island Naturalist Kathie Fiveash

Excellence in Publishing
Before We Eat (Tilbury House) Pat Brisson

Drama Award (for film, theater, and other scripts)
Hugh Aaron

Short Works Competition, Fiction
CB Anderson

Short Works Competition, Nonfiction
Lesley Heiser

Short Works Competition, Poetry
Rachel Contreni Flynn

Youth Competition, Fiction
Emily Noyes

Youth Competition, Nonfiction
Faris Baziga

Youth Competition, Poetry
Alicia Thurston

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SPECIAL AWARDS

2015 MWPA DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Presented to Longfellow Books co-founder Stuart Gersen (1951-2015) for exceptional and steadfast contributions to the Maine literary arts. The award was accepted by his children, Ari and Julia Gersen.

2015 BOOK DONATION RECIPIENTS
Webster Free Library in Kingfield