2011 Nominees

Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

from Two Dollar Radio

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Thi Bui

The Best We Could Do

from Harry Abrams

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Brian Dillon

Essayism

from Fitzcarraldo Editions

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Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah

“A Most American Terrorist”

from GQ

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David O’Reilly

“Everything”

from Double Fine Presents

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Raoul Peck

“I Am Not Your Negro”

from Velvet Film

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Jordan Peele

“Get Out”

from Blumhouse Productions

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Aisha Sloan Sabatini

Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit

from 1913 Press

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Selah Saterstrom

Ideal Suggestions

from Essay Press

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Zach Savich

“Body Map”

from Fanzine

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Lee Anne Schmidt

“Purge This Land”

from Lee Anne Schmidt Productions

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Phil Smith

“We Are Here to Help Each Other Get Through This Thing, Whatever It Is”

from Falling Tree Productions

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Jeannie Vanasco

The Glass Eye

from Tin House Books

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Shawn Wen

A Twenty-Minute Silence Followed by Applause

from Sarabande Books

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