The Parnassus Prize is Memoria College’s annual literary award given to a recent book that best contributes to the cultivation of the Western liberal arts tradition.

2022 WINNER

Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and the Beauty in the Western Tradition, by James Matthew Wilson

2022 Shortlist

How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education, by Scott Newstok

The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition, by James Matthew Wilson

The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles

Gallimaufry: A Collection of Essays, Review, Bits, by Joseph Epstein

The Music of Christendom: A History, by Susan Treacy