The Story Prize

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, 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, editors, 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 in late February or 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.

Finalists and winners

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2015
The winner for books published in 2015 will be announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 2, 2016.

• Charles Baxter, "There’s Something I Want You to Do"
• Adam Johnson, "Fortune Smiles"
• Colum McCann, "Thirteen Ways of Looking"

2014
The winner for books published in 2014 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 4, 2015.

• Elizabeth McCracken, Thunderstruck
• Francesca Marciano, The Other Language
• Lorrie Moore, Bark

2013
The winner for books published in 2013 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 5, 2014.

• George Saunders, Tenth of December
• Andrea Barrett, Archangel
• Rebecca Lee, Bobcat

2012
The winner for books published in 2012 was announced at The New School University in New York City on March 13, 2013.

• Claire Vaye Watkins, Battleborn
• Dan Chaon, Stay Awake
• Junot Díaz, This Is How You Lose Her

2011
The winner for 2011 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 21, 2012.

• Steven Millhauser, We Others
• Don DeLillo, The Angel Esmeralda
• Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision

2010
The winner for 2010 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 2, 2011.

• Anthony Doerr, Memory Wall
• Yiyun Li, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
• Suzanne Rivecca, Death Is Not an Option

2009
The winner for 2009 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 3, 2010.

• Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
• Victoria Patterson, Drift
• Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

2008

• Tobias Wolff, Our Story Begins
• Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
• Joe Meno, Demons in the Spring

2007

• Jim Shepard, Like You'd Understand, Anyway
• Tessa Hadley, Sunstroke and Other Stories
• Vincent Lam, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

2006

• Mary Gordon, The Stories of Mary Gordon
• Rick Bass, The Lives of Rocks
• George Saunders, In Persuasion Nation

2005

• Patrick O'Keeffe, The Hill Road
• Jim Harrison, The Summer He Didn't Die
• Maureen F. McHugh, Mothers and other Monsters

2004

• Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker
• Cathy Day, The Circus in Winter
• Joan Silber, Ideas of Heaven

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.

2014

• Kyle Minor, Praying Drunk

2013

• Ben Stroud, Byzantium

2012

• Krys Lee, Drifting House

External links

• The Story Prize web site
• TSP: The Official Blog of The Story Prize
• Webcast of 2008 event
• Webcast of 2009 event
• Webcast of 2010 event
• Webcast of 2011 event
• Webcast of 2012 event
• Webcast of 2013 event
• Webcast of 2014 event
• Webcast of 2015 event

• http://lithub.com/announcing-the-story-prize-finalists/
• "The Winner of The Story Prize Is Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 4, 2015
• "George Saunders Wins His First Book Award, The Story Prize, for Tenth of December", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 5, 2014
• "Anthony Doerr's Memory Wall Wins The Story Prize", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 3, 2011
• "Daniyal Mueenuddin's In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Wins The Story Prize", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 3, 2010