2025 Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading and Awards Lunch

Held annually in partnership with LMNL, the Patty Friedmann Writing Competition awards prizes in the following categories: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Public High School Creative Writing, and Beyond the Bars.

Join us to celebrate the winners and runners-up of the competition and hear them read from their prizewinning work, which will be published in a forthcoming LMNL anthology.

This is a Literature & Lunch session; ticket price includes a catered buffet lunch.

The Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice is accessible to community members who require mobility-related ADA accommodations. Parking near the venue is free, though somewhat limited. The nearest RTA stop is at N. Broad and Columbus.

Special thanks to our final-round judges this year:

• Andy Young–Poetry
• Annell Lopez–Beyond the Barsars
• Danny Fitzpatrick–Public High School
• Alex Jennings–Fiction
• Brooke Champagne–Creative Nonfiction

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