Award for Best Peace Corps Memoir

2020 is the first year for this award.

Awards are presented to books published during the previous year.

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com, click on the book cover or the bold book title, and Peace Corps Worldwide — an Amazon Associate — will receive a small remittance that will help support these annual writers awards.

The winner of the Best Peace Corps Memoir Award is —

2024

Taking the Plunge Into Ethiopia — Tales of a Peace Corps Volunteer
by William L. Hershey (Ethiopia 1968-70)

2020

Woven: A Peace Corps Adventure Spun with Faith, Laughter, and Love
Nanchy Heil Knor (Belize 1989-1991)