Aleksandar Hemon wins St. Francis College Literary Prize!

Aleksandar Hemon has won the first ever St. Francis College Literary Prize for his fourth book, Love and Obstacles. The prize, which comes with a $50,000 award, was announced at the Gala Opening Night Party of the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 12. Hemon will conduct a short fiction workshop for a group of St. Francis College students and perform a reading from the winning book. Read more about the prize and see video from the awards ceremony here.