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    Here are this year’s finalists for The Story Prize.

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    January 13, 2025, 11:00am

    This morning, The Story Prize—which seeks to recognize the best short story collection published every year—announced its three 2025 finalists, chosen from a total of 107 submissions. “Each of these three story collections is so original in conception and brilliantly executed that only the person who wrote them could have done so. Books like these demonstrate that the short story remains an elastic, vital, and dynamic literary form,” said Larry Dark, Director of the Story Prize, in a statement.

    The winner will be announced at a private event on Tuesday, March 25, and will be awarded $20,000; each runner-up will receive $5,000.

    The finalists are:

    Fiona McFarlane, Highway Thirteen

    Fiona McFarlane, Highway Thirteen
    FSG

    Ruben Reyes Jr., There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven
    Mariner Books

    Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Ghost Pains

    Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Ghost Pains
    And Other Stories

    Fiona McFarlane Jessi Jezewska Stevens Ruben Reyes Jr. The Story Prize

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