Member Awards and Achievements Jesmyn Ward and Karen English Among 2017 Kirkus Prize Finalists September 19, 2017 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Kirkus Reviews announced the finalists for the 2017 Kirkus Prize on September 19. Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing was a finalist in the category of Fiction. Karen English’s It All Comes Down to This was a finalist in the category of Young Readers’ Literature.