We are glad to announce the prizes and grand prizes of Eyelands Book Awards 2021!

Short Stories

Judge: Andriana Minou

Published: It’s Funny Until Someone Loses an Eye (Then It’s Really Funny) / Kurt Luchs / USA

Unpublished: A General History of the Feminine Brain / Raluca Comanelea / USA

Poetry

Judge: Gail Sidonie Sobat

Published:  Tears In My Bread /Maria Papageorgiou-Foroudi /Australia

Unpublished:  Resistance /Colin Campbell Robinson / Scotland

Novels

Judge: Gregory Papadoyiannis

Published: The Landlord of Hummingbird House / Jane Harvey/UK – Channel Islands

Unpublished: The Accidental Time Traveller / Sylvia Bluck /UK

Historical fiction – Memoir

Judge: Gregory Papadoyiannis

Published:  Drudgeries for Feat, Identifying and Leveraging Opportunities in a Foreign Country/ Beatrice Hofmann /UK

Unpublished: Yesteryear / Stephen G. Eoannou /USA

Children’s book

Judge: P.H.C. Marchesi

Published: Sailing away to Nod/  Brenda M. Spalding/USA

Unpublished: The Grinning Throat (Mudlark Mystery 1) Kate Wiseman/ UK

U-18 Category: 1941 / Abigail  Keoghan /Ireland

GRAND PRIZES

Published:  Perishable World /poetry / Alicia Hokanson / USA  

Unpublished: Bridge over the Neretva / novel / Django Wylie /Switzerland

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Grand prize (published books): Five-day staying in Athens plus a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and publication (excerpts) online on our website. A unique handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards

The ceremony will take place in Athens in May 2022.

Alternative prize: (in case of travel restrictions): online ceremony & translation of the prize winner book in Greek

Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books. A unique handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards

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Prizes: a unique handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and a book from Strange Days books plus Certification document.

Congratulations and a happy new year to all!!