The Story Prize is an annual book award established in 2004 that honors the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction with a $20,000 cash award. Each of two runners-up receives $5,000. Eligible books must be written in English and first published in the United States during a calendar year. The founder of the prize is
Julie Lindsey
Julie may refer to:
* Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Film and television
* ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day
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, and the director is
Larry Dark. He was previously series editor for the annual short story anthology ''
Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards'' from 1997 to 2002.
Publishers, authors, or agents may enter a short story collection written in English by a living author and published in the U.S. during a calendar year. Three finalists are announced in January. These authors participate in an award event at the
New School in New York City (co-sponsored with the Creative Writing Dept.) in early March at which they read from their work and have an on-stage discussion with Dark. At the end of the event, Julie Lindsey announces the winner, who, in addition to the prize money, receives an engraved silver bowl.
In March 2019, Catapult published ''The Story Prize: 15 Years of Great Short Fiction,'' an anthology celebrating the award's fifteenth anniversary.
Recipients
The Story Prize Spotlight Award
This $1,000 award is given to a short story collection of exceptional merit, as selected by the Director of the Story Prize, from among all entrants. Winners of The Story Prize Spotlight Award might be promising works by first-time authors, collections in alternative formats, or works that demonstrate an unusual perspective on the writers’ craft.
2021
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Adam Thompson
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, ''Born Into This''
2020
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Asako Serizawa
Asako Serizawa is a Japanese writer who is the recipient of PEN/Open Book Award in 2021, The Story Prize Spotlight Award, Massachusetts Book Award, Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that ...
, ''Inheritors''
2019
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Ayşe Papatya Bucak, ''The Trojan War Museum''
2018
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Akil Kumarasamy
Akil Kumarasamy is an American author and an assistant professor in the Masters of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences-Newark. Her collection of short stories ''Half Gods'' won The Story Prize#The Story Pr ...
, ''Half Gods''
2017
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Lee Conell
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...
, ''Subcortical''
2016
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Randa Jarrar
Randa Jarrar (born 1978) is an American writer and translator. Her first novel, the coming-of-age story ''A Map of Home'' (2008), won her the Hopwood Award, and an Arab American Book Award. Since then she has published short stories, essays, the ...
, ''
Him, Me, Muhammad Ali''
2015
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Adrian Tomine, ''
Killing and Dying
Killing, Killings, or The Killing may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Killing'' (film), a 2018 Japanese film
* ''The Killing'' (film), a 1956 film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick Television
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2014
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Kyle Minor, ''
Praying Drunk
''Praying Drunk'' is a collection of twelve short stories by Kyle Minor. The book was published in 2014 by Sarabande Books.
Reception
Reception to ''Praying Drunk'' has commonly noted how although the book is a collection of stories, the reader is ...
''
2013
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Ben Stroud, ''
Byzantium
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''
2012
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Krys Lee, ''
Drifting House
Drifting may refer to:
*Drifting (motorsport)
*Pipe drift or drifting, measuring a pipe's inner roundness
Film
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References
External links
The Story Prize web siteTSP: The Official Blog of The Story PrizeWebcast of 2008 eventWebcast of 2009 eventWebcast of 2010 eventWebcast of 2011 eventWebcast of 2012 eventWebcast of 2013 eventWebcast of 2014 eventWebcast of 2015 eventWebcast of 2016 eventWebcast of 2017 eventWebcast of 2018 eventWebcast of 2019 eventWebcast of 2020 event2021 video
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American literary awards
Short story awards
Awards established in 2004
English-language literary awards