Inside Literary Prize: And the Winner Is…



A brief, moving excerpt from the recent award ceremony at the New York Public Library announcing the inaugural winner of the Inside Literary Prize, the first major U.S. book award to be judged exclusively by people who are incarcerated.

Hear from Freedom Reads founder and CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts, and from this year’s winner…

And please be sure to listen to our earlier episode, profiling the work of some of the judges for this prize: ‘Inside Literary Prize: Shakopee Women’s Prison.’