‘Circle of Sawdust’ Wins North Street Book Prize!

Congratulations to Rob Mermin, whose memoir won First Place in Creative Nonfiction with the North Street Book Prize! The award, granted by Winning Writers, honors the best self-published and hybrid-published books each year. Chosen out of 1,930 books across eight categories, Rob was awarded a $1,000 cash prize.

“Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem, and Magic is a rollicking six-decade journey from his early life as a European circus clown through his founding of Circus Smirkus, Vermont's youth circus,” the judges wrote. “The memoir's deeper resonance is the model it provides for the artistic life, a deft balance of spontaneity and dedication that leaves no room for self-aggrandizement.” See the full review here.