Debut Novel by Michael Sadowski Wins William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition

Michael Sadowski, Bard’s associate dean of the college, has won the top prize in the novel category of the 2024 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for his debut novel, Indiana Queer. The book, which was selected from 188 novels and short story collections, tells the story of a gay Boston-area high school teacher who leaves his comfortable New England bubble to teach in rural Indiana just as the state’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” laws are taking effect—and the past relationship that compels him to do it. Set both in the 2020s and the 1980s, Sadowski’s novel depicts the changing face of anti-queerness at two different time periods in the same Midwestern community. The competition is sponsored annually by the Pirate’s Alley Society, Inc., a nonprofit literary and educational organization intended to honor and assist writers, provide high quality literary entertainment for general public readers, and combat illiteracy in the US.

Post Date: 09-30-2024