Congratulations to Rob Mermin, whose memoir won First Place in Creative Nonfiction with the North Street Book Prize! The award, granted by Winning Writers, honors the best self-published and hybrid-published books each year. Chosen out of 1,930 books across eight categories, Rob was awarded a $1,000 cash prize.
“Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem, and Magic is a rollicking six-decade journey from his early life as a European circus clown through his founding of Circus Smirkus, Vermont's youth circus,” the judges wrote. “The memoir's deeper resonance is the model it provides for the artistic life, a deft balance of spontaneity and dedication that leaves no room for self-aggrandizement.” See the full review here.
