prizewinner
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“Nuisance Bear,” a prizewinner at Sundance earlier this year, brought an effective style of its own to a story set in Churchill, Manitoba, aka the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
A prizewinner and a New York Times bestseller, poet Zamora’s book describes his migration — alone — from El Salvador to the U.S. at the age of 9, to be reunited with his parents.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
But don’t expect the top prizewinner or any of the other awards to be his choices alone.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
If you saw last year’s spine-tingling Sundance prizewinner “Nanny,” you might recall the figure of an African water spirit called Mami Wata.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Harry eyed me and then said, “Let me look at him. He’s a prizewinner, isn’t he? If they had an entry for moths at the Fentress Fair, you’d take it, easy.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
She’s the eldest child of John Cheever, the 20th-century literary titan whose short-story collections and novels were once enormous bestsellers and habitual prizewinners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
The Cannes Film Festival’s top prizewinners have generated more Oscar traction in recent years, as demonstrated by last year’s “Triangle of Sadness” and 2019’s big winner, “Parasite.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
In an open letter, the postponement was condemned by over 600 writers, including Nobel prizewinners such as Abdulrazak Gurnah, Annie Ernaux, and Olga Tokarczuk, and Booker Prize winners Anne Enright, Richard Flanagan and Ian McEwan.
From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2023
The previous nine winners have all gone on to secure a best-picture Oscar nomination, as have 13 of the last 14 People’s Choice prizewinners.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
As a result, German schools lost some of the best minds, including physicists and Nobel prizewinners such as Albert Einstein.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
