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, 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. [1]

Finalists and winners

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2019
The winner for books published in 2019 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on Feb. 26, 2020.[2]

2018
The winner for books published in 2018 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 6, 2019.[3]

2017
The winner for books published in 2017 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on Feb. 28, 2018.[4] [5]

2016
The winner for books published in 2016 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 8, 2017.[6]

  • Rick Bass, For a Little While
  • Anna Noyes, Goodnight, Beautiful Women
  • Helen Maryles Shankman, They Were Like Family to Me (published in hardcover as In the Land of Armadillos)

2015
The winner for books published in 2015 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 2, 2016.[7]

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.[8][9]

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.[10][11]

2012
The winner for books published in 2012 was announced at The New School University in New York City on March 13, 2013.[12]

2011
The winner for 2011 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 21, 2012.[13]

2010
The winner for 2010 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 2, 2011.[14][15]

2009
The winner for 2009 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 3, 2010.[16][17]

2008
The winner for 2008 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 4, 2009.[18]

2007
The winner for 2007 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on February 27, 2008.[19]

2006
The winner for 2006 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on February 28, 2007.

2005
The winner for 2005 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on January 25, 2006.[20]

2004
The winner for 2005 was announced at an event at Symphony Space in New York City on January 25, 2006.[21]

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.

2019

  • Ayşe Papatya Bucak, The Trojan War Museum[22]

2018

  • Akil Kumarasamy, Half Gods[23]

2017

  • Lee Conell, Subcortical

2016

2015

2014

2013

  • Ben Stroud, Byzantium

2012

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References
  1. https://books.catapult.co/products/the-story-prize-pre-order
  2. "Author Edwidge Danticat wins $20,000 Story Prize". Associate Press. February 26, 2020.
  3. "Lauren Groff's 'Florida' wins $20,000 Story Prize". Associated Press. March 6, 2019.
  4. "Announcing the 2018 Story Prize Finalists". Literary Hub. January 9, 2018.
  5. John McMurtrie (February 28, 2018). "Elizabeth Strout wins Story Prize for 'Anything Is Possible". San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. John McMurtrie (March 8, 2017). "Rick Bass wins Story Prize". San Francisco Chronicle.
  7. "Adam Johnson wins $20,000 Story Prize for short fiction". Washington Post. Associated Press. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  8. "The Winner of The Story Prize Is Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 4, 2015
  9. "Elizabeth McCracken wins Story Prize for Thunderstruck". The Guardian. Reuters. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  10. "George Saunders Wins His First Book Award, The Story Prize, for Tenth of December", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 5, 2014
  11. "U.S. author George Saunders wins Story Prize for short fiction". Reuters. March 5, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  12. Carolyn Kellogg (January 16, 2013). "Congrats to the Story Prize finalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  13. Aparna Narayanan (March 26, 2012). "The Story Prize awards Steven Millhauser, honors Don DeLillo and Edith Pearlman". Capital New York. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  14. "Anthony Doerr's Memory Wall Wins The Story Prize", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 3, 2011
  15. "Anthony Doerr wins Short Story award". BBC. April 8, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  16. "Daniyal Mueenuddin's In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Wins The Story Prize", Larry Dark, official TSP Blog, March 3, 2010
  17. Thessaly La Force (March 4, 2010). "Daniyal Mueenuddin Wins the Story Prize". New Yorker. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  18. Michaud (March 4, 2009). "Tobias Wolff wins Story Prize for short fiction". Reuters. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  19. Jean Hartig (February 29, 2008). "Jim Shepard Wins Story Prize: Postcard From New York City". Poets & Writers. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  20. Sarah Crown (January 26, 2006). "O'Keeffe takes Hill Road to glory". The Guardian. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  21. Lauren Mechling (January 19, 2005). "He Tells the Story Of the Story Prize". New York Sun. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  22. https://thestoryprize.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-trojan-war-museum-by-ayse-papatya.html
  23. https://thestoryprize.blogspot.com/2019/01/half-gods-by-akil-kumarasamy-is-winner.html
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