Stanford University Libraries announced today the shortlist for the fourth William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (Saroyan Prize), which includes Minal Hajratwala's Leaving India and Joe Tsujimoto's Morning Side Heights: New York Stories:
Non-Fiction
Aesop's Mirror
by Maryalice Huggins
Bottomfeeder
by Taras Grescoe
Come on Shore and We Will
Kill and Eat You All
by Christina Thompson
The Curse of the Labrador Duck
by Glen Chilton
Everyone Had Cameras
by Richard Street
The Fallen Sky
by Christopher Cokinos
Grass, Sky, Song
by Trevor Herriot
The King of Vodka
by Linda Himelstein
Leaving India
by Minal Hajratwala
Me As Her Again
by Nancy Agabian
Notes from No Man's Land
by Eula Bliss
Opa Nobody
by Sonya Huber
The Past is Never Dead
by Harry MacLean
Surviving Paradise
by Peter Rudiak-Gould
Trauma Farm
by Brian Brett
Fiction
Apologize, Apologize!
by Elizabeth Kelly
Atmospheric Disturbances
by Rivka Galchen
Auto-Erotica
by Stacia Saint Owens
The Bigness of the World
by Lori Ostlund
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It
by Maile Meloy
Concord, Virginia
by Peter Neofotis
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
by Wells Tower
Mathilda Savitch
by Victor Lodato
Morningside Heights: New York Stories
by Joe Tsujimoto
Picking Bones from Ash
by Marie Matsuki Mockett
Saroyan's Bookie
by Larry Hill
The Southern Cross
by Skip Horack
Sugarless
by James Magruder
The Theory of Light and Matter
by Andrew Porter
The Torturer's Wife
by Thomas Glave
Intended to encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan literary legacy of originality, vitality and stylistic innovation, the Saroyan Prize recognizes newly published works of both fiction and non-fiction. A prize of $5,000 will be awarded in each category. Winners will be announced this summer.
This year's distinguished judging panel for fiction consists of Geoffrey Burn, Director of Stanford University Press; award-winning author Elizabeth McKenzie; and Hank Saroyan, writer, performer, and nephew of William Saroyan. The non-fiction panel includes Keith Devlin, Executive Director at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information; Professor Patrick Hunt; and Fritz Maytag, legendary brewer, distiller and wine maker. More information on our judges can be found here.
Literary fiction, including novels, short story collections, and drama, are eligible for the Saroyan Fiction Prize. Literary non-fiction of any length is eligible for the Saroyan Non-fiction Prize, most particularly writing in the Saroyan tradition: memoirs, portraits and excursions into neighborhood and community. Entries in either category are limited to English language publications that are available for individual purchase by the general public.
(More information HERE.)
Non-Fiction
Aesop's Mirror
by Maryalice Huggins
Bottomfeeder
by Taras Grescoe
Come on Shore and We Will
Kill and Eat You All
by Christina Thompson
The Curse of the Labrador Duck
by Glen Chilton
Everyone Had Cameras
by Richard Street
The Fallen Sky
by Christopher Cokinos
Grass, Sky, Song
by Trevor Herriot
The King of Vodka
by Linda Himelstein
Leaving India
by Minal Hajratwala
Me As Her Again
by Nancy Agabian
Notes from No Man's Land
by Eula Bliss
Opa Nobody
by Sonya Huber
The Past is Never Dead
by Harry MacLean
Surviving Paradise
by Peter Rudiak-Gould
Trauma Farm
by Brian Brett
Fiction
Apologize, Apologize!
by Elizabeth Kelly
Atmospheric Disturbances
by Rivka Galchen
Auto-Erotica
by Stacia Saint Owens
The Bigness of the World
by Lori Ostlund
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It
by Maile Meloy
Concord, Virginia
by Peter Neofotis
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
by Wells Tower
Mathilda Savitch
by Victor Lodato
Morningside Heights: New York Stories
by Joe Tsujimoto
Picking Bones from Ash
by Marie Matsuki Mockett
Saroyan's Bookie
by Larry Hill
The Southern Cross
by Skip Horack
Sugarless
by James Magruder
The Theory of Light and Matter
by Andrew Porter
The Torturer's Wife
by Thomas Glave
Intended to encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan literary legacy of originality, vitality and stylistic innovation, the Saroyan Prize recognizes newly published works of both fiction and non-fiction. A prize of $5,000 will be awarded in each category. Winners will be announced this summer.
This year's distinguished judging panel for fiction consists of Geoffrey Burn, Director of Stanford University Press; award-winning author Elizabeth McKenzie; and Hank Saroyan, writer, performer, and nephew of William Saroyan. The non-fiction panel includes Keith Devlin, Executive Director at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information; Professor Patrick Hunt; and Fritz Maytag, legendary brewer, distiller and wine maker. More information on our judges can be found here.
Literary fiction, including novels, short story collections, and drama, are eligible for the Saroyan Fiction Prize. Literary non-fiction of any length is eligible for the Saroyan Non-fiction Prize, most particularly writing in the Saroyan tradition: memoirs, portraits and excursions into neighborhood and community. Entries in either category are limited to English language publications that are available for individual purchase by the general public.
(More information HERE.)
