WESTPORT — Three novels, a singular honor: The Westport Prize for Literature.

The Westport Library this week announced the three finalists for the literary prize, now in its second year. The winner will be honored Sept. 21 during the library’s annual “StoryFest,” a multi-faceted showcase for stories and storytellers, which will take place Sept. 20-24.

This year’s finalists are:

“Freedom is a Feast,” by Alejandro Puyana: A multi-generational saga, set in Venezuela, “of love and revolution in which a rebel who commits a youthful betrayal receives a late-life chance at redemption and a new life,” according to the publisher.

“How to Read a Book,” by Monica Wood: “A heartfelt, uplifting novel about a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely friendships and the life-changing power of sharing stories,” the publisher says.

“skin & bones,” by Renée Watson: “A soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love and, ultimately, what gets passed down from one generation to the next,” according to the publisher.

The Westport Prize for Literature is open to novels in all genres, published during the calendar year. For a full list of the award criteria, click here.

Submissions for this year’s prize were read and vetted by nearly 50 volunteer readers, with the best-reviewed manuscripts advancing to a five-person jury, which will select the winner, library officials said.

The jurors are: book blogger and aggregator Suzanne Leopold, publishing industry veteran Erica Melnichok, “The Lifeboat” author Charlotte Rogan, nonfiction writer and former Book of the Month Club judge Nina Sankovitch and Lauren Tarshis, author of the “I Survived” series.

Last year, the inaugural Westport Prize for Literature, with a grant of $10,000, was presented to Zadie Smith for her novel, “The Fraud.”

For more information, call the Westport Library at 203-291-4800,