Eiseman Writers Awards

Seymour Schwartz and Karla Linn Merrifield are the winners of the 2009 Andrew Eiseman Writers Award at the University of Rochester. Schwartz' novel Putting "America" on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States was chosen in the nonfiction category and Merrifield's book Godwit: Poems of Canada was selected for poetry.

Created in 2005 by the alumnus Andrew Eiseman, the Eiseman Writers Award celebrates Rochester-area writers who have been published during the previous calendar year. The annual award comes with a $1,000 prize. The event is free and open to the public.