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It was originally endowed by private benefactor, Dr. Geoffrey Cains, and the original prize money was $ 12,500. In 2002, Cains said of endowing the award that "I wanted to give back to literature something, it had given me so much; besides, philanthropy in this country is so overlooked and
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These Few Lines: A Convict Story – The Lost Lives of Myra and
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The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: In Search of an
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Biography and me: notes on the wonders of others (and some on self)
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