2022 U.S. Selfies Winners Announced
The winners of the 2022 U.S. Selfies, copresented by Publishers Weekly and BookBrunch, were announced on June 16. The winning authors each receive a $1,000 cash prize, promotional book displays valued at over $2,500 from Combined Book Exhibit (CBE), a feature in the CBE librarians’ newsletter, and a $5,000 package of print and digital advertising in Publishers Weekly.
A history of the Black-owned discos in 1970s New York, After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party by Noel Hankin, won the prize for the inaugural memoir/autobiography category. The winner in the fiction category, Sisters of the Sweetwater Fury by Kinley Bryan, tells the tale of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, with stories inspired by the author’s great-grandfather, who was at the helm of the four-masted schooner Golden Age, and his wife, Annabel, serving as ship’s cook, when the storm hit. Amanda, Toy Engineer by Aubre Andrus, won in the children’s category; a book for young readers about a mechanical engineer and marathon runner, Amanda teaches readers about science, technology, and more.
