Announcing The Story Prize Finalists
Three Collections Will Compete for the $20,000 Prize
Now in its 12th year, The Story Prize was established by Larry Dark and Julie Lindsey in 2004 to honor short fiction collections and to attract further attention to the form. Previous winners include Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff, Claire Vaye Watkins, and many others. This year, The Story Prize selected three finalists from 100 submissions representing 64 different publishers and imprints. The three collections vying for 2016’s $20,000 top prize are:
There’s Something I Want You to Do, Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter on The Story Prize blog · “Loyalty,” from There’s Something I Want You to Do · On Lit Hub, Baxter on the late poet Larry Levis
Thirteen Ways of Looking, Colum McCann
Colum McCann on The Story Prize blog · An excerpt from Thirteen Ways of Looking ·
On Lit Hub, an essay about the NYC subway
Fortune Smiles, Adam Johnson
Two excerpts from Fortune Smiles: “Interesting Facts” and on Lit Hub, “Nirvana”
Judges Anthony Doerr, Rita Meade, and Kathryn Schulz will choose a winner from these three finalists. The winner will be announced at The Story Prize’s annual award event at the New School’s Auditorium on Wednesday, March 2.
