Townsend Prize for Fiction Ceremony

Chris will join the other nominees for the 2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction at the Old Courthouse in Decatur.  The keynote speaker will be Guggenheim recipient and two-time National Book Award nominee Brad Watson, author of Miss Jane.

The finalists for the 2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction are:

• The Guineveres by Sarah Domet
• Over the Plain Houses by Julia Franks
• The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome by Man Martin
• Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen
• The Half Wives by Stacia Pelletier
• Among the Living by Jonathan Rabb
• Shadow of the Lions by Christoper Swann
• The Hidden Light of Northern Fires by Daren Wang