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Donald Murray Prize

The Donald Murray Prize is awarded to the author of the best essay/work of creative nonfiction on the subjects of teaching and/or writing published in the year. The prize is awarded by the Special Interest Group on Creative Nonfiction, a subsidiary group of the National Council of Teachers of English’s Conference on College Composition and Communication.

The Donald Murray Prize is generously sponsored by Wadsworth, a part of Cengage Learning, who provide an honorarium of $500 to the winner.

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Winners

Year Title Author
2008 Confluences Jennifer Sinor Shortlist...
2007 Poetry Stand Douglas Goetsch Shortlist...
2006 A Double Life Robert L Root Jr Shortlist...
2004 The Translucent Word: Religious Imagination in the Literature Classroom Carol Gilbertson Shortlist...
2003 Cut Out the Mother Christine Hemp Shortlist...
2003 What to Make of Missing Children (A Life Slipping Into Fiction) Jan Wellington Shortlist...
2002 Little People Jonathan Pitts Shortlist...