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The Writers\u2019 League of Texas (WLT), the largest literary arts organization in Texas with a forty-year history of supporting writers, has announced the Winners, Finalists, and Discovery Prize Winners for its WLT Book Awards, which celebrates books published in 2020 by Texas authors.<\/p>\n
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This is the WLT\u2019s 30th year of celebrating these awards. Since 1991, the WLT has showcased the accomplishments of Texas writers annually with this award. To be eligible, the author must be from or have lived for more than three years in Texas and the book must have a publication date within the calendar year being celebrated. For books published in 2020, Winners, Finalists, and Discovery Prize Winners were named in five categories with a total of thirty Texas writers honored. The Winners in each category receive a $1,000 cash prize and a commemorative award. The Discovery Prize Winners in each category receive a $250 cash prize.<\/p>\n
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The full list of 2020 WLT Book Awards Winners, Finalists, and Discovery Prize Winners are below and can be found on the WLT website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FICTION<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Winner:<\/strong><\/p>\n We Are All the Same in the Dark<\/em><\/a> by Julia Heaberlin<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finalists:<\/p>\n Crooked Hallelujah<\/em> <\/a>by Kelli Jo Ford, Simon the Fiddler <\/em>by Paulette Jiles, Trust Me<\/a><\/em> by Richard Santos, The Jetsetters <\/a><\/em>by Amanda Eyre Ward<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Discovery Prize Winner:<\/p>\n Above Us the Milky Way<\/a><\/em> by Fowzia Karimi<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NONFICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n Winner:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Dragons, the Giant, the Women<\/a><\/em> by Way\u00e9tu Moore<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finalists:<\/p>\n After the Last Border<\/a><\/em> by Jessica Goudeau, The Museum of Whales You Will Never See<\/a><\/em> by A. Kendra Greene, Perilous Bounty<\/em> by Tom Philpott, Phallacy <\/em>by Emily Willingham<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Discovery Prize Winner:<\/p>\n