Sponsored by St. Francis College Reward(s) US$50,000 | Country United States Last awarded 2015 | |
Awarded for Mid-career authors who have recently published their 3rd to 5th work of fiction. First awarded 2009; 8 years ago (2009) | ||
The St. Francis College Literary Prize is a biennial literary award inaugurated in 2009. The prize of US$50,000 is presented to a mid-career author in honor of a third to fifth book of fiction. The winner is selected by a jury and invited to St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, for a speech. The SFC Literary Prize is meant to offer encouragement and significant financial support to a mid-career writer. The winner of the prize is announced from a whittled down shortlist during the Brooklyn Book Festival every other year in September.
Winners and shortlist
Blue Ribbon () = winner
2015
Jury: Sigrid Nunez, Erin McGraw, Daniel Torday
2013
Jury: Jonathan Dee, Peter Cameron, Kate Christensen.
2011
For books published between July 2009 and May 2011.
Jury: Francine Prose, Rick Moody, Darcey Steinke.
2009
Jury: Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Ben Marcus, Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon.