2025 Winners of the Keepers of the Fire Prize for Fiction & Nonfiction
Please join Raven Chronicles & the 2025 winners of the Keepers of the Fire Prize for Fiction and Nonfiction, Georg Koszulinski & Rena Priest at the Hugo House for a celebration, reading, and book launch!
The House bar will be open to serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.George Koszulinski
Georg Koszulinski is an award-winning writer/director who has been producing films since 1999. Georg's forthcoming feature documentary, A Map of the World in Time, in 34 days at sea in the Arctic Circle. He recently wrote and directed the award winning featured film, Red Earth (2023) and won a juried prize at the Atlanta film festival and the Best Featured Film at New York Sci Fi Film Festival. Georg lives in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Learn more at georgkoszulinski.com.
Rena Priest
Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award, an American Book Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Nia Tero, The Vadon Foundation, and Indigenous Nations Poets. She has authored three books and edited two anthologies. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Learn more at renapriest.com.Â
