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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.

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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.

Finalists and winners

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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.

  • 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.

  • Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles
  • Charles Baxter, There’s Something I Want You to Do
  • 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
    The winner for 2008 was announced at an event at The New School University in New York City on March 4, 2009.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

    2015

  • Randa Jarrar, Him, Me, Muhammad Ali

    • 2015

  • Adrian Tomine, Killing and Dying

    • 2014

  • Kyle Minor, Praying Drunk

    • 2013

  • Ben Stroud, Byzantium

    • 2012

  • Krys Lee, Drifting House

    • References

    The Story Prize Wikipedia
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