{"id":779,"date":"2026-02-20T07:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/howlingbird\/?p=779"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:07:19","slug":"2026-howling-bird-press-nonfiction-prize-winner-and-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/howlingbird\/2026\/02\/20\/2026-howling-bird-press-nonfiction-prize-winner-and-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Howling Bird Press Nonfiction Prize Winner and Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Congrats to the Winner and finalists of the 2026 Howling Bird Press Nonfiction Contest (listed in alphabetical order)<\/h1>\n

A profile about the author and winning manuscript will be released on our website in April.<\/p>\n

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2026 Howling Bird Press Nonfiction Prize Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mellitus: Essays on Up\/Rooting\u00a0<\/i>by Jennifer Jussel<\/p>\n

Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elegy, 1991\u00a0<\/em>by J. A. Bernstein<\/p>\n

The Rabbit Witch Spell Book <\/em>by Sheri Rysdam<\/p>\n

Three Strands: Essays on Love, Food, and Loss <\/em>by Judith Sharlin<\/p>\n

My Ghost Fleet\u00a0<\/em>by Faith Shearin<\/p>\n

Thank you to all our incredible submitters. We were blown away by the quality of the submissions we received and had an incredibly difficult time narrowing down to these semifinalists and finalists. We appreciate the talent, time, and dedication that goes into putting together such works and look forward to seeing you continue to blow readers away in your future writing endeavors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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