
A five-judge panel chose Kearney as the winner from a pool of eleven finalists. The annual prize includes a publication contract along with a monetary award.
Kearney is author of two collections for adults, An Unkindness of Ravens and Home By Now, winner of the 2010 PEN New England L.L. Winship Award; as well as a heroic crown published as a chapbook titled The Ice Storm and a trilogy of novels in verse for teens.
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