{"id":13932,"date":"2026-09-17T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-dayton-literary-peace-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:19:00","slug":"here-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-dayton-literary-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-dayton-literary-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the winners of the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured-img-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today, the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation<\/a>, which celebrates \u201cwriters whose work demonstrates the power of the written word to foster peace,\u201d announced the winners of the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (for books published in 2025).<\/p>\n<p>For fiction, the winner is <strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/132\/9780063418226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sunflower Boys<\/a><\/em> by Sam Wachman<\/strong>; the runner-up is <strong>Charlotte McConaghy\u2019s <\/strong><em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/132\/9781250827951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild Dark Shore<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The nonfiction winner is <strong>Kevin Sack\u2019s <em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/132\/9781524761301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church<\/a><\/em><\/strong>; the runner-up is\u00a0<strong><em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/132\/9780593243725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism<\/a> <\/em>by Eve L. Ewing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will each receive a $10,000 cash award, and the runners-up will take home $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>As was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2026-dayton-literary-peace-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously announced<\/a>, Ann Patchett has also been named as this year\u2019s recipient of the Foundation\u2019s Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, which is \u201cbestowed upon a writer whose body of work reflects the Prize\u2019s mission of fostering peace, social justice, and global understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-dayton-literary-peace-prize\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, which celebrates \u201cwriters whose work demonstrates the power of the written word to foster peace,\u201d announced the winners of the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (for books published in 2025). 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