{"id":24,"date":"2017-10-04T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/writing-mfa\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:53:33","slug":"housatonic-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/writing-mfa\/housatonic-book-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Housatonic Book Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University and its alumni organization, the MFA Alumni Writers Collaborative, are proud to present the 2026 Housatonic Book Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Award will be given to book-length works in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and YA\/Middle-Grade. Books must have been published in 2025. The Award carries a $1,000 honorarium in exchange for appearing at the winter or summer residency of the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University to give a public reading and a one-day, three-hour workshop with MFA students. The Award also includes a $500 travel stipend and hotel stay during the residency.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information and submission guidelines, visit: Housatonic Book Awards<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Past Winners Include…<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\"jasonmott-copy\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Sandra-Beasley-Color-300-DPI-Credit-Andrew-Lightman\"<\/a>\"51g-8bmO7cL\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Scott\"<\/a>\"91xgLwFWCJL\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

The Office of Historical Corrections<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

by Danielle Evans<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n

Original Kink<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

by Jubi Arriola-Headley<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nonfiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

by Julie Marie Wade<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n

Young Adult\/Middle Grade<\/span><\/p>\n

The Newspaper Club<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

by Beth Vrabel<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

Girls Like Us<\/em> by Cristina Alger<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Poetry<\/span><\/p>\n

Leave Smoke <\/i>by Jeff Walt<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nonfiction<\/span><\/p>\n

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

by David Treuer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

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