Announcement: 2026 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition Shortlist

We are delighted to announce the authors and works that have been shortlisted for the 2026 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition. This year’s submissions reflected remarkable depth, courage, and artistry in storytelling.

Please join us in congratulating the shortlisted authors (listed in alphabetical order):

• Death of a Dreamer: A Memoir by Martha-Grace Duncan

• My Own Good Daemon by Michael Gracey

• Poser: A Mostly-True Memoir-in-Essays by Robert Johnson

• 6 Then 5: An Armenian Diaspora Story by Nicholas Michalopoulos

• Just Writing This Is Killing Me, Tales of Love and Lockdown by Laura Esther Wolfson

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors for their outstanding contributions to the field of creative nonfiction.