Photo credit, Meryl Schenker

Claudia Rowe is the winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award. She has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Seattle Times, Mother Jones, A&E Biography and The Stranger.

Selected Literary Honors

2018 — Winner, Washington State Book Award for Memoir

2013 – GAP Literary Award, Artist Trust, Washington

2012 – Fellow, Jack Straw Writers Program, Seattle

2011 – Promise Award for Literature, Sustainable Arts Foundation, San Francisco

Recent Journalism Awards

2018 — Finalist, Investigative Reporting, Education Writers Association

2015 – First Place, Coverage of Diversity, C.B. Blethen Awards

2015 – Associated Press Media Editors’ Journalism Excellence Awards, Community Engagement

2009 – Finalist, Taylor Award for Fairness, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University

2008 – First Place, Coverage of Minorities, Society of Professional Journalists

2008 – Winner, Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, Journalism Center on Children & Families at the University of Maryland