Nominate Your Favorite Book Published by an RPCV in 2013
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It is time to nominate your favorite Peace Corps book published in 2013 for the Peace Corps Writers annual awards. Make your nomination(s) in the comment section following this announcement so people can see what books have been recognized. You may nominate your own book; books written by friends; books written by total strangers. The 
books can be about the Peace Corps or on any topic. The books must have been published in 2013. The awards will be announced in August. Thank you for nominating your favorite book written by a PCV, RPCV or Peace Corps Staff. A framed certificate and money are given to the winners. Email your nominations to jpcoyne@optonline.net.
Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award
First given in 1990, the Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award was named to honor Paul Cowan, a Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Ecuador. Cowan wrote The Making of An Un-American about his experiences as a Volunteer in Latin America in the sixties. A longtime activist and political writer for The Village Voice, Cowan died of leukemia in 1988.
Maria Thomas Fiction Award
First given in 1990, The Maria Thomas Fiction award is named after the novelist Maria Thomas [Roberta Worrick (Ethiopia 1971-73)] author of a well-reviewed novel and two collections of short stories all set in Africa. She lost her life in August, 1989, while working in Ethiopia for a relief agency. She went down in the plane crash that killed Congressman Mickey Leland of Texas.
Moritz Thomsen Peace Corps Experience Award
In 1992, The Peace Corps Experience Award was initiated. It is presented annually to a Peace Corps Volunteer or staff member, past or present, for the best short description of life in the Peace Corps. It can be a personal essay, story, poem, letter, cartoon or song. The subject matter can be any aspect of the Peace Corps experience – daily life, assignment, travel, host country nationals, other Volunteers, readjustment.
In 1997, this award was renamed to honor Moritz Thomsen (Ecuador 1965-67) whose Living Poor has been widely cited as an outstanding telling of the essence of the Peace Corps experience.
Award for Outstanding Poetry Book
In 1997, the first annual award for an outstanding poetry book by a Peace Corps writer was presented.
Award for Best Travel Writing
The award for Best Travel Book was first presented in 2001.
Award for Best Children’s Book
by a Peace Corps writer
The award for Best Children’s Book was first given out in 2001.
Remember to email your nominations to jpcoyne@optonline.net
I’d like to nominate Mark Wentling’s “Africa’s Release: The Journey Continues”, for best non-fiction.
Thanks.
Leita
John, it would be nice if you had a list, or a link to one, so we know what was published when.
Thanks,
Sue
Actually, there IS one–it’s on the side here: “Books Published by Peace Corps Writers.” Sorry; sometimes I have trouble navigating this site to find what I want to find. My bad!http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/category/peace-corps-writers-imprint/Sue O’Neill
In the “Peace Corps Writers” blog one can click on the “Categories” listing “New books” and all articles about new books, most recent listed first, can be viewed.
Yeah, I got that. It’s in my comment that’s being moderated. Must be because I put the link in it?
Sue