The Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction

Special Guest Judge, Bernadette Murphy

“Eternal Father & The Other Army” is a narrative of healing crafted with lyric language and deep emotional insight. The author limns the human condition in all its complexity and messiness, celebrating moments of peace and redemption amid the pain and difficulties of growing up and moving forward.

Bernadette Murphy is the author of, most recently, Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life (Counterpoint Press, May 2016), and the bestselling Zen and the Art of Knitting.She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Antioch University Los Angeles.