Drue Heinz Literature Prize

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize is a major American literary award for short fiction in the English language.

This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States was initiated in 1981 by Mrs. Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel. It has recognized and supported writers of short fiction and made their work available to readers around the world.

The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Warren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Michael Chabon, Frank Conroy, Richard Ford, John Edgar Wideman, Nadine Gordimer, and Rick Moody. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The winner is announced in February of each year.

Winners

Pulitzer Prize winner and University of Pittsburgh alumnus Michael Chabon served as the senior judge in 2004
YearWinning AuthorTitleSenior Judge
2014Kent NelsonThe Spirit Bird: Short StoriesDavid Guterson
2013Anthony WallaceThe Old PriestAmy Hempel[1]
2012Beth BosworthThe Source of Life and Other Stories Sven Birkerts[2]
2011Shannon CainThe Necessity of Certain Behaviors Alice Mattison
2010Tina May HallThe Physics of Imaginary Objects Renata Adler
2009Anne SanowTriple Time Ann Patchett
2008Anthony VaralloOut Loud Scott Turow
2007Kirk Nesset Paradise Road Hilary Masters
2006Todd James Pierce Newsworld Joan Didion
2005David Harris Ebenbach Between Camelots Stewart O'Nan
2004Darrell Spencer Bring Your Legs with You Michael Chabon
2003Suzanne Greenberg Speed-Walk and Other Stories Rick Moody
2002John Blair American Standard Elizabeth Hardwick
2001Brett Ellen Block Destination Known C. Michael Curtis
2000Adria Bernardi In the Gathering Woods Frank Conroy
1999Lucy Honig The Truly Needy and Other Stories Charles Johnson
1998Barbara Croft Necessary Fictions Bharati Mukherjee
1997Katherine Vaz Fado and Other Stories George Garrett
1996Edith Pearlman Vaquita and Other Stories Rosellen Brown
1995Geoffrey Becker Dangerous Men Charles Baxter
1994Jennifer Cornell Departures Alice McDermott
1993Stewart O'Nan In The Walled City Tobias Wolff
1992Jane McCafferty Director of the World and Other Stories John Edgar Wideman
1991Elizabeth Graver Have You Seen Me? Richard Ford
1990Rick Hillis Limbo River Russell Banks
1989Maya Sonenberg Cartographies Robert Coover
1988Reginald McKnight Moustapha's Eclipse Margaret Atwood
1987Ellen Hunnicutt In the Music Library Nadine Gordimer
1986Rick DeMarinis Under The WheatAlison Lurie
1985W. D. Wetherell The Man Who Loved LevittownMax Apple
1984Randall SilvisThe Luckiest Man in the WorldJoyce Carol Oates
1983Jonathan Penner Private Parties Wright Morris
1982Robley Wilson Dancing for Men Raymond Carver
1981David Bosworth The Death of Descartes Robert Penn Warren

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Wallace Awarded Drue Heinz Literature Prize". Boston University. February 1, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2012 Drue Heinz Literature Prize awarded to Brooklyn author" (PDF) (Press release). University of Pittsburgh Press. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
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